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Can you accurately shoot hunting bullets in a VLD throat?
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<blockquote data-quote="fmajor" data-source="post: 2983163" data-attributes="member: 20646"><p>@LanceKenyon, [USER=122164]@VinceMule[/USER], and [USER=5219]@AZShooter[/USER] (and [USER=14204]@FEENIX[/USER] as well)</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for sharing your top-notch wisdom - this is certainly a new chapter of reloading for me to learn (i'm not a machinist, gunsmith, and no longer serving in .mil - i'm just a humble hunter/shooter - my expertise is in another field). </p><p></p><p>There are many voices on this site - I've seen so many come and go over the years and through that I've come to respect your subject matter knowledge. Additionally, I don't post much because if a good answer is posited, I don't see a need to add to it.</p><p></p><p>Wildcats or a "custom chamber" are new areas for me. Any of the other rifles i've had made were chambered in mainstream cartridges for ease and availability of ammo or reloading components. For reloading, I could simply work out the best bullet/case/powder/primer loading for that particular barrel/chamber (staying away from excessive bullet jump). </p><p></p><p>I was taught that excessive jump was inviting excessive pressure and most likely a loss in accuracy. The guy who taught me had a reloading business for decades with had worked with many wildcats. He may not have said to avoid bullet jump - that's just what i remember from 30yrs ago. However, I am learning that a VLD contoured leade/throat and long bullet-jump may just well be okay (i'd never worked with the Weatherby chamberings). </p><p></p><p>For now, i'll start with minimum loads and go from there. Currently I have 8lbs of 7828 (bought thinking it was NOT temp sensitive - wrong) and 8lbs of H1000 enroute. Hopefully the barrel likes the H1000 but I won't know until then. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fmajor, post: 2983163, member: 20646"] @LanceKenyon, [USER=122164]@VinceMule[/USER], and [USER=5219]@AZShooter[/USER] (and [USER=14204]@FEENIX[/USER] as well) Thank you all for sharing your top-notch wisdom - this is certainly a new chapter of reloading for me to learn (i'm not a machinist, gunsmith, and no longer serving in .mil - i'm just a humble hunter/shooter - my expertise is in another field). There are many voices on this site - I've seen so many come and go over the years and through that I've come to respect your subject matter knowledge. Additionally, I don't post much because if a good answer is posited, I don't see a need to add to it. Wildcats or a "custom chamber" are new areas for me. Any of the other rifles i've had made were chambered in mainstream cartridges for ease and availability of ammo or reloading components. For reloading, I could simply work out the best bullet/case/powder/primer loading for that particular barrel/chamber (staying away from excessive bullet jump). I was taught that excessive jump was inviting excessive pressure and most likely a loss in accuracy. The guy who taught me had a reloading business for decades with had worked with many wildcats. He may not have said to avoid bullet jump - that's just what i remember from 30yrs ago. However, I am learning that a VLD contoured leade/throat and long bullet-jump may just well be okay (i'd never worked with the Weatherby chamberings). For now, i'll start with minimum loads and go from there. Currently I have 8lbs of 7828 (bought thinking it was NOT temp sensitive - wrong) and 8lbs of H1000 enroute. Hopefully the barrel likes the H1000 but I won't know until then. Thanks again! [/QUOTE]
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