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Reloading
Anybody reload at the range?
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<blockquote data-quote="1yotedog" data-source="post: 2515767" data-attributes="member: 97433"><p>I do load development at the range. Like you, my range is far from home but it's a good range so that's where I go for load development. One range trip is enough to ladder up powder charges, find max, then go back to promising nodes and do seating tests. Different bullets can also be tested. Brass is prep'd and primed before-hand. I experimented with how to weigh charges using several different portable scales that had little holes to drop powder through but wind affects always caused problems. If a load acted "funny" there was always the question of whether or not the charge weight was accurate. What works is an RCBS Chargemaster Lite powered a 115vac output laptop computer battery pack (easy find on Amazon). The Chargemaster Lite has a windscreen that with no holes and dispenses powder with a button press. There are no wind effect on the scale. The scale is frequently tested with check weights but is almost never off. Bullets are pressed on an RCBS Summit press which is small, not too heavy for transport, and easily mounted to an aluminum plate clamped to the adjoining bench. I like the Redding seating die with the sliding case alignment sleeve. Runout checks of ammo loaded this way is as good as anything done at home. No load is "good" until its shoots well again so confirmation loads are done on my setup at home for retest at the range. Load development done this way results in almost no powder/bullets/primers wasted on bad loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1yotedog, post: 2515767, member: 97433"] I do load development at the range. Like you, my range is far from home but it's a good range so that's where I go for load development. One range trip is enough to ladder up powder charges, find max, then go back to promising nodes and do seating tests. Different bullets can also be tested. Brass is prep'd and primed before-hand. I experimented with how to weigh charges using several different portable scales that had little holes to drop powder through but wind affects always caused problems. If a load acted "funny" there was always the question of whether or not the charge weight was accurate. What works is an RCBS Chargemaster Lite powered a 115vac output laptop computer battery pack (easy find on Amazon). The Chargemaster Lite has a windscreen that with no holes and dispenses powder with a button press. There are no wind effect on the scale. The scale is frequently tested with check weights but is almost never off. Bullets are pressed on an RCBS Summit press which is small, not too heavy for transport, and easily mounted to an aluminum plate clamped to the adjoining bench. I like the Redding seating die with the sliding case alignment sleeve. Runout checks of ammo loaded this way is as good as anything done at home. No load is "good" until its shoots well again so confirmation loads are done on my setup at home for retest at the range. Load development done this way results in almost no powder/bullets/primers wasted on bad loads. [/QUOTE]
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