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Trouble Loading for a 257 Wheatherby
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1208430" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>You have it backwards... Under a normal set of circumstances, loads typically get MORE accurate and consistent with the closer they get to the lands, because of less jump they have to make to contact the rifling.</p><p></p><p>My Accumark had a super-long throat like your saying his rifle does. Using a case gauge, the bullet would fall out of the case before it would touch the lands. So there was no way for me to load anywhere near the lands, so I just loaded them about 0.010" shorter than magazine length and worked up powder charges from there. However, your brother's rifle is a single-shot, so there really is no way other than to just pick a length and stick with it. I'd load the bullets to about neck-length (where the base of the bullet is right at the base of the neck/shoulder junction) and work up powder charges from there.</p><p></p><p>Also, like Cape Cove said, try IMR 7828 SSC. It was the last powder I was working with in mine before getting rid of the rifle. H1000 was very picky for me in several other cartridges, as well as my .257 Wby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1208430, member: 12995"] You have it backwards... Under a normal set of circumstances, loads typically get MORE accurate and consistent with the closer they get to the lands, because of less jump they have to make to contact the rifling. My Accumark had a super-long throat like your saying his rifle does. Using a case gauge, the bullet would fall out of the case before it would touch the lands. So there was no way for me to load anywhere near the lands, so I just loaded them about 0.010" shorter than magazine length and worked up powder charges from there. However, your brother's rifle is a single-shot, so there really is no way other than to just pick a length and stick with it. I'd load the bullets to about neck-length (where the base of the bullet is right at the base of the neck/shoulder junction) and work up powder charges from there. Also, like Cape Cove said, try IMR 7828 SSC. It was the last powder I was working with in mine before getting rid of the rifle. H1000 was very picky for me in several other cartridges, as well as my .257 Wby. [/QUOTE]
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