getting the trifecta

[ARlife4me]

Checking in on what is more important to you? Several sort by weight, then there's length, then ogive. If you had to choose 1 of the 3, what would it be?

1) weight
2) length
3) ogive (ctbo)

If you could only choose 2 of the 3, what would they be?

I've never checked ctbo before as not having the tool necessary to check. Weight I haven't checked before as I only had a beam scale (yes I could, but chose not too). Length never came to thought as I don't shoot prc type matches, only shoot varmints and targets for 0ing. These forums brought many things to life, but I've changed some of my reloading habits on bullet selecting.

 

[QuietTexan]

Sorting bullets? I used to do BTO then I did bearing surface length. Then I got really crazy and did bearing surface followed by weight. I had a small parts sorter, like the ones that used to come filled with screws and nuts and bolts and washers, I labeled the compartments vertically by BTO and horizontally by weight..... it was a dark time in my life Now after reading Litz's Volume 3 book I sort by overall length using calipers.

If mean loaded rounds, IMO there's too much variability in case weight that has no correlation to case capacity for total weight to matter. I set the seating die for CBTO and spot check in the batch - unless I sort the bullets going in I don't get upset over a =/-0.001" variance from the set point. I do not adjust the die at all during the batch trying to make them all match exactly.