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Case Head Separation
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<blockquote data-quote="just_jon" data-source="post: 1943162" data-attributes="member: 112153"><p>Steven/Bill- Excellent point re bullet weight. In doing further research after the fact, I discovered that Sierra max for 52 SMK is 39.5 grains. Had no clue their manual even listed 22-250AI. Up until this point, all load development had been done with the 50 grain V-Max. After finding a wide velocity node in Satterlee testing with Varget, but unable to find acceptable accuracy in OCW testing, I made the mistake of trying an old standby bullet without rethinking charge weight. </p><p></p><p>Opa-lopa - As for annealing, I tend to agree. This was the first lot of brass I annealed with my Annealeez. I used 700 degree tempilaq on the neck and 400 mid way on the body on several test cases and everything looked normal temp wise Unit was set at 65% which is a touch over four seconds. I kept a dozen of this lot of brass for</p><p></p><p>Seebeeken - I'll try the false shoulder technique when I get my new brass. Seems like good insurance against a repeat occurrence. I load for five AIs and have always fire formed using the COW method. </p><p></p><p>Goes to show that despite loading for more than 35 years, one can still screw the pooch by not paying attention to the detail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just_jon, post: 1943162, member: 112153"] Steven/Bill- Excellent point re bullet weight. In doing further research after the fact, I discovered that Sierra max for 52 SMK is 39.5 grains. Had no clue their manual even listed 22-250AI. Up until this point, all load development had been done with the 50 grain V-Max. After finding a wide velocity node in Satterlee testing with Varget, but unable to find acceptable accuracy in OCW testing, I made the mistake of trying an old standby bullet without rethinking charge weight. Opa-lopa - As for annealing, I tend to agree. This was the first lot of brass I annealed with my Annealeez. I used 700 degree tempilaq on the neck and 400 mid way on the body on several test cases and everything looked normal temp wise Unit was set at 65% which is a touch over four seconds. I kept a dozen of this lot of brass for Seebeeken - I’ll try the false shoulder technique when I get my new brass. Seems like good insurance against a repeat occurrence. I load for five AIs and have always fire formed using the COW method. Goes to show that despite loading for more than 35 years, one can still screw the pooch by not paying attention to the detail. [/QUOTE]
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