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<blockquote data-quote="Old teacher" data-source="post: 809907" data-attributes="member: 48420"><p>Thanks for the info, XMan. I will check with Hornady on that.</p><p>Sidecar: couldn't agree more on the brass. I have gone to Nosler and Lapua for all my brass. The Nosler comes ready to load, , sized, checked for runout, and sorted by weight. I have never had to throw one out, and if you anneal the necks about every fourth loading, they last a long time, depending on caliber. The Lapuas don't arrive quite so detailed, but I have never had one with runout problems. I know this will probably start a firestorm of criticism, but after 50 years of loading for probably 30 different calibers and wildcats, I am not so sure that some of the tiny details we talk about so much really make much difference. A case in point: the two best groups I have ever fired came out of my 300 Win mag Sendero. At 200 yards, I put three shots through the same hole, and only examination under a magnifying glass could you tell that all three, indeed, did pass through the same hole. I fired one more three shot group, two went directly through the same hole, and after the third shot, I looked over at my partner and told him that I pulled the third shot a half inch to the right. I was off a bit; when measured it was .4 to the right. What was interesting is that I was shooting garbage...left overs from various experiments of powders, cases, and primers just to get rid of them. The only thing consistent was the bullet, they were all Nosler Ballistic Tips. It remains a mystery at times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old teacher, post: 809907, member: 48420"] Thanks for the info, XMan. I will check with Hornady on that. Sidecar: couldn't agree more on the brass. I have gone to Nosler and Lapua for all my brass. The Nosler comes ready to load, , sized, checked for runout, and sorted by weight. I have never had to throw one out, and if you anneal the necks about every fourth loading, they last a long time, depending on caliber. The Lapuas don't arrive quite so detailed, but I have never had one with runout problems. I know this will probably start a firestorm of criticism, but after 50 years of loading for probably 30 different calibers and wildcats, I am not so sure that some of the tiny details we talk about so much really make much difference. A case in point: the two best groups I have ever fired came out of my 300 Win mag Sendero. At 200 yards, I put three shots through the same hole, and only examination under a magnifying glass could you tell that all three, indeed, did pass through the same hole. I fired one more three shot group, two went directly through the same hole, and after the third shot, I looked over at my partner and told him that I pulled the third shot a half inch to the right. I was off a bit; when measured it was .4 to the right. What was interesting is that I was shooting garbage...left overs from various experiments of powders, cases, and primers just to get rid of them. The only thing consistent was the bullet, they were all Nosler Ballistic Tips. It remains a mystery at times. [/QUOTE]
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