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Reloading manual errors
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 1780810" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>I have a handful of cartridges I reload for, so occasionally I'll run into some errors that are minor, to something else, that if a less experienced, "new to reloading" person might get caught in a more hazardous situation. </p><p>In this case, today I picked out a lower pressure load to fire some new brass in to just get some good data on water capacity increases, albeit around 1-3 extra grains of H2O were expected after(SAAMI chamber/SAAMI brass).</p><p>The cartridge overall length stated in manual was creating a .050 jam into the rifling, after I became suspicious visually of the seating depth.</p><p>I tested the first round seated and it was waaay out there, jamming hard by .050. Although this powder charge was mild, that jam was making me wonder what would have happened if someone thought "this must be ok..." and let one fly at the shooting range.</p><p>I set them .070 deeper from the manual (.020 jump). </p><p>I've had conversations with the same popular company but the techs laugh it off by telling me they know there are errors, "..but it cost too much to fix them all".</p><p>Yikes....</p><p>Are any of you seeing the same across a broader spectrum of manuals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 1780810, member: 104363"] I have a handful of cartridges I reload for, so occasionally I'll run into some errors that are minor, to something else, that if a less experienced, "new to reloading" person might get caught in a more hazardous situation. In this case, today I picked out a lower pressure load to fire some new brass in to just get some good data on water capacity increases, albeit around 1-3 extra grains of H2O were expected after(SAAMI chamber/SAAMI brass). The cartridge overall length stated in manual was creating a .050 jam into the rifling, after I became suspicious visually of the seating depth. I tested the first round seated and it was waaay out there, jamming hard by .050. Although this powder charge was mild, that jam was making me wonder what would have happened if someone thought "this must be ok..." and let one fly at the shooting range. I set them .070 deeper from the manual (.020 jump). I've had conversations with the same popular company but the techs laugh it off by telling me they know there are errors, "..but it cost too much to fix them all". Yikes.... Are any of you seeing the same across a broader spectrum of manuals? [/QUOTE]
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