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Reloading
Long throat question
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1072985" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>Bergers pretty universally shoot good within 0.010" of the lands. I don't mess with any other seating depths unless they won't shoot there. Off hand I can't remember any situation where they didn't. Seems to me you could go with the 180 VLD which may let you get near the lands.</p><p> </p><p>Since someone mentioned using the lands to seat a bullet to find the max COAL for that bullet I'll mention a refinement to that technique. Do the same thing but split the neck of the case with a hacksaw so you can adjust the seating depth with your hand. When chambered, the bullet will get pushed into the case by the rifling to the precise length of max COAL for that bullet. You can then pull the bullet by hand and use it for a different bullet. To get consistent results, you may have to play with the neck tension by resizing again to tighten or by bending the bullet to loosen. I have one of these cases made for every bullet I load. You can also use this case to set the bullet seater for the desired seating depth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1072985, member: 63138"] Bergers pretty universally shoot good within 0.010" of the lands. I don't mess with any other seating depths unless they won't shoot there. Off hand I can't remember any situation where they didn't. Seems to me you could go with the 180 VLD which may let you get near the lands. Since someone mentioned using the lands to seat a bullet to find the max COAL for that bullet I'll mention a refinement to that technique. Do the same thing but split the neck of the case with a hacksaw so you can adjust the seating depth with your hand. When chambered, the bullet will get pushed into the case by the rifling to the precise length of max COAL for that bullet. You can then pull the bullet by hand and use it for a different bullet. To get consistent results, you may have to play with the neck tension by resizing again to tighten or by bending the bullet to loosen. I have one of these cases made for every bullet I load. You can also use this case to set the bullet seater for the desired seating depth. [/QUOTE]
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