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<blockquote data-quote="Korhil78" data-source="post: 1812927" data-attributes="member: 34818"><p>I was talking with Dok7mm today about seating depth tests. So I figured I would poll the masses and see what you guys say. </p><p></p><p>Let's say all your brass is fireformed and this is the first time you are testing this bullet and powder and you decide to do a seating depth test first thing. You start with a low end charge of powder of course. </p><p></p><p> Do you look for low ES as the first indicator of best seating depth even though the group of shots isn't tight? Do you look for smaller groups first even though ES may be a little higher? Or are you looking for both low ES and a small group right off the bat? </p><p></p><p>I know that berger recommends that you do a seating depth test at the very first of load development and they say one seating depth will out shoot the others. And you use that one to start your powder charge development. </p><p></p><p>But it seems like it could be true for ES as well if you look at it like that. You take the seating depth with the lowest ES even though it may have shot a larger group and start powder charge development. </p><p></p><p>If you start out with seating depth tests first, which do you guys do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Korhil78, post: 1812927, member: 34818"] I was talking with Dok7mm today about seating depth tests. So I figured I would poll the masses and see what you guys say. Let’s say all your brass is fireformed and this is the first time you are testing this bullet and powder and you decide to do a seating depth test first thing. You start with a low end charge of powder of course. Do you look for low ES as the first indicator of best seating depth even though the group of shots isn’t tight? Do you look for smaller groups first even though ES may be a little higher? Or are you looking for both low ES and a small group right off the bat? I know that berger recommends that you do a seating depth test at the very first of load development and they say one seating depth will out shoot the others. And you use that one to start your powder charge development. But it seems like it could be true for ES as well if you look at it like that. You take the seating depth with the lowest ES even though it may have shot a larger group and start powder charge development. If you start out with seating depth tests first, which do you guys do? [/QUOTE]
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