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Reloading
Brass much thicker right by neck?
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1640230" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Another thing to remember is that different bullets even by the same manufacturer have different ogives. I use Speer HotCor and Sierra Gameking bullets extensively, along with the Sierra 180 grain ProHunter. The ogives on the sierra bullets are slightly different, and the Hotcor is also different. One of my seating dies are set to seat the bullet with the sharpest curve about 0.04 from the lands. This keeps any of the rounds from being jammed into the lands on chambering. I have a second 30-06 seating die that is set up especially for the 180 and 200 grain Gameking projectiles which seats them a little farther out. They're about 0.02 from the lands and grooves in my Ruger, and a little farther from the -03A3's lands. This allows for closer to maximum charges with these bullets while keeping pressures down and a shorter jump to the rifling for slightly greater accuracy. But I don't use that die much, as the other die produces more than adequate accuracy for most of my needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1640230, member: 60453"] Another thing to remember is that different bullets even by the same manufacturer have different ogives. I use Speer HotCor and Sierra Gameking bullets extensively, along with the Sierra 180 grain ProHunter. The ogives on the sierra bullets are slightly different, and the Hotcor is also different. One of my seating dies are set to seat the bullet with the sharpest curve about 0.04 from the lands. This keeps any of the rounds from being jammed into the lands on chambering. I have a second 30-06 seating die that is set up especially for the 180 and 200 grain Gameking projectiles which seats them a little farther out. They're about 0.02 from the lands and grooves in my Ruger, and a little farther from the -03A3's lands. This allows for closer to maximum charges with these bullets while keeping pressures down and a shorter jump to the rifling for slightly greater accuracy. But I don't use that die much, as the other die produces more than adequate accuracy for most of my needs. [/QUOTE]
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