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Seating depth discovery....and question
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<blockquote data-quote="Bullmark" data-source="post: 2196561" data-attributes="member: 113003"><p>So I made an interesting discovery last night. I don't re-load, so I generally order from one particular company online. I think highly of them and have been pleased over the years. Roughly 2yrs ago I had a rifle built, a .280AI, and used by online source to find a load that shot well for hunting purposes. I settled on a Berger 168vld and 57gr of H4350. We also tinkered with the seating depth and after moving a smidge closer to the lands, the rifle was shooting better than I could've asked for.....so we stopped and called it good. I then ordered a couple hundred rounds and figured they would last this rifle a long time. </p><p>So last night I was organizing my ammo storage and for some reason decided to look at those .280AI rounds. I've put around 25 rounds through since settling on a recipe and stocking up....but I had shot rounds from 3 different boxes. So I had 3 boxes that were all roughly half full (10-12 per box). </p><p>When I sat two loose rounds beside one another it was obvious that one was a good bit longer. I then frantically went through every box and compared each round. Somehow the seating depth on some of the rounds was different. </p><p>All total I found 17 rounds that were "shorter".....out of 165.....I'll say approx b/c my dog bumped into the table and set off a domino affect and rounds fell everywhere. </p><p>The pics show the actual difference. My question is 1) is this considered a big difference, from a seating depth perspective? I'm a real newbie to reloading and the long range game.....so pardon my ignorance. </p><p>2) I wonder what difference it may have made when I was confirming distances and setting up my turret? I have no way of knowing how many short ones I shot or when I shot them. </p><p>3) I guess I'll pull the short ones and confirm my specs.....but is there anything I'm missing? </p><p>Thanks to everyone in advance for the advice and candor. I love this site. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]274025[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]274026[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullmark, post: 2196561, member: 113003"] So I made an interesting discovery last night. I don’t re-load, so I generally order from one particular company online. I think highly of them and have been pleased over the years. Roughly 2yrs ago I had a rifle built, a .280AI, and used by online source to find a load that shot well for hunting purposes. I settled on a Berger 168vld and 57gr of H4350. We also tinkered with the seating depth and after moving a smidge closer to the lands, the rifle was shooting better than I could’ve asked for.....so we stopped and called it good. I then ordered a couple hundred rounds and figured they would last this rifle a long time. So last night I was organizing my ammo storage and for some reason decided to look at those .280AI rounds. I’ve put around 25 rounds through since settling on a recipe and stocking up....but I had shot rounds from 3 different boxes. So I had 3 boxes that were all roughly half full (10-12 per box). When I sat two loose rounds beside one another it was obvious that one was a good bit longer. I then frantically went through every box and compared each round. Somehow the seating depth on some of the rounds was different. All total I found 17 rounds that were “shorter”.....out of 165.....I’ll say approx b/c my dog bumped into the table and set off a domino affect and rounds fell everywhere. The pics show the actual difference. My question is 1) is this considered a big difference, from a seating depth perspective? I’m a real newbie to reloading and the long range game.....so pardon my ignorance. 2) I wonder what difference it may have made when I was confirming distances and setting up my turret? I have no way of knowing how many short ones I shot or when I shot them. 3) I guess I’ll pull the short ones and confirm my specs.....but is there anything I’m missing? Thanks to everyone in advance for the advice and candor. I love this site. [ATTACH type="full"]274025[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]274026[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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