Hi there,
I am about to start reloading a 7mm weatherby mag in a mark v weatherby and would value some advice from those of you who have done so.
Normally when I begin a load work up I start by focusing on the powder charge. I tend to seat the bullets 0.01 - 0.02 off the lands (unless i am loading barnes tsx then i start at 0.04) and leave it there until I have identified the powder charge I will use. When that is done I play around with seating depth to see if I can tighten the groups.
However, with the extra free bore in the weatherby mark v I understand that it is unlikely I will be able to get that close to the lands.
Should I instead use magazine length as a starting point and if so how far off that length should I back off-in terms of bullet seating?
Your thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
I am about to start reloading a 7mm weatherby mag in a mark v weatherby and would value some advice from those of you who have done so.
Normally when I begin a load work up I start by focusing on the powder charge. I tend to seat the bullets 0.01 - 0.02 off the lands (unless i am loading barnes tsx then i start at 0.04) and leave it there until I have identified the powder charge I will use. When that is done I play around with seating depth to see if I can tighten the groups.
However, with the extra free bore in the weatherby mark v I understand that it is unlikely I will be able to get that close to the lands.
Should I instead use magazine length as a starting point and if so how far off that length should I back off-in terms of bullet seating?
Your thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
