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Reloading
Getting ES and SD down to single digits
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2398533" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>The single most important thing I ever did to improve consistency in my reloads was to start paying attention to neck tension.</p><p></p><p>If you inspect your empty case necks closely you will find they are not consistent in thickness all the way around nor completely uniform from batch to batch.</p><p></p><p>If your chamber has enough tolerance this will not cause you much issue hence people talking about "no turn necks" but unless your chamber tolerances are specific to this type of loading you will have some issues.</p><p></p><p>If you are not already turning necks try it on fifty or so and see what that does for you.</p><p></p><p>Second to improve consistency I started putting a light crimp on all my loads at consistent depth and pressure.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you are getting down to hair splitting minutae for nth degree accuracy and consistency which means you're already doing very well. As mentioned above, don't go crazy on it or you will drive yourself nuts, burn up lots of components, and maybe even burn through a nice new barrel before you ever reach that nth degree.</p><p></p><p>If you're trying to kill game rather than win a world championship shooting targets ask yourself what it's really worth in time, money, and frustration to get to that nth degree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2398533, member: 30902"] The single most important thing I ever did to improve consistency in my reloads was to start paying attention to neck tension. If you inspect your empty case necks closely you will find they are not consistent in thickness all the way around nor completely uniform from batch to batch. If your chamber has enough tolerance this will not cause you much issue hence people talking about "no turn necks" but unless your chamber tolerances are specific to this type of loading you will have some issues. If you are not already turning necks try it on fifty or so and see what that does for you. Second to improve consistency I started putting a light crimp on all my loads at consistent depth and pressure. It sounds like you are getting down to hair splitting minutae for nth degree accuracy and consistency which means you're already doing very well. As mentioned above, don't go crazy on it or you will drive yourself nuts, burn up lots of components, and maybe even burn through a nice new barrel before you ever reach that nth degree. If you're trying to kill game rather than win a world championship shooting targets ask yourself what it's really worth in time, money, and frustration to get to that nth degree. [/QUOTE]
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