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Powder charge and seating depth
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<blockquote data-quote="Philward" data-source="post: 2433350" data-attributes="member: 92604"><p>I always start about 0.030 off the lands and load the desired powder in steps of 0.5 grains up to close to max in whatever reference manual I decide to use-if its a bullet manufacturer manual of the bullet I'm using or the powder manufacturer load data for the weight of bullet I'm using. Look for velocity and pressure signs and when I get the velocity I'm satisfied with and no pressure signs I'll shoot for a group. If it shoots well I'll play with seating depth a bit. I never start at what the book says and anytime I have, because I've read where somebody says book seating depth is usually great, it doesn't shoot good at all. I'm not wasting hundreds of bullets and pounds of powder and primers. Exhaustive testing and record keeping over multiple trips to the shooting range under varying conditions invites a lot of chance for errors and not to mention the changing shooting form and feel you may have from session to session. I make it good enough and call it good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philward, post: 2433350, member: 92604"] I always start about 0.030 off the lands and load the desired powder in steps of 0.5 grains up to close to max in whatever reference manual I decide to use-if its a bullet manufacturer manual of the bullet I'm using or the powder manufacturer load data for the weight of bullet I'm using. Look for velocity and pressure signs and when I get the velocity I'm satisfied with and no pressure signs I'll shoot for a group. If it shoots well I'll play with seating depth a bit. I never start at what the book says and anytime I have, because I've read where somebody says book seating depth is usually great, it doesn't shoot good at all. I'm not wasting hundreds of bullets and pounds of powder and primers. Exhaustive testing and record keeping over multiple trips to the shooting range under varying conditions invites a lot of chance for errors and not to mention the changing shooting form and feel you may have from session to session. I make it good enough and call it good. [/QUOTE]
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