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Reloading
Starting Load ?? 300 RUM W/230 Bergers OTM
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 1363925" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>Well I tested my loads today. First I'll say I did something different that I haven't done in a log time and that is the way I prepped the brass for these loads. I have a RCBS necksizer die that I used on these rounds. I was able to get a shoulder bump and just neck sizing. They still all measure the same at the base (web) and chambered just ok but was not tight. Just not as smooth as full length sizing. At 86 grains of RL26 I had hard ejector swipe and a little noticeable difference in bolt lift. Also had primer flatting and cratering. Velocity was 3016, 3020, and 3023. The group sucked also. It was about 3 inches. I was shooting at 200 yards. The 85 grain load was fine for pressure and shot 2940, 2946, 2938. It also was about 2.5 inch. Also all of these were loaded to 3.66 OAL so they would fit into the mag. I did not shoot any thing higher than the 86 grains. I'll pull the rest back apart and do the full length size like my hunting rounds and do a seating depth test probably at 84 grains...Not a good day shooting but a better day than being at work,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 1363925, member: 10429"] Well I tested my loads today. First I'll say I did something different that I haven't done in a log time and that is the way I prepped the brass for these loads. I have a RCBS necksizer die that I used on these rounds. I was able to get a shoulder bump and just neck sizing. They still all measure the same at the base (web) and chambered just ok but was not tight. Just not as smooth as full length sizing. At 86 grains of RL26 I had hard ejector swipe and a little noticeable difference in bolt lift. Also had primer flatting and cratering. Velocity was 3016, 3020, and 3023. The group sucked also. It was about 3 inches. I was shooting at 200 yards. The 85 grain load was fine for pressure and shot 2940, 2946, 2938. It also was about 2.5 inch. Also all of these were loaded to 3.66 OAL so they would fit into the mag. I did not shoot any thing higher than the 86 grains. I'll pull the rest back apart and do the full length size like my hunting rounds and do a seating depth test probably at 84 grains...Not a good day shooting but a better day than being at work, [/QUOTE]
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