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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Charge weight or seating depth…
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<blockquote data-quote="PNWdude67" data-source="post: 2274288" data-attributes="member: 110615"><p>The first thing??? Neither seating depth or powder charge, I start with consistent neck tension and maintain that throughout the life of the brass with annealing and the case prep process. We don't clean primer pockets or get OCD about case weight, sorting bullets etc. We do trim and use an expander mandrel after annealing and full length sizing every firing to get as consistent neck tension as possible. Then find a moderate velocity node with a generous jump of at least .025 or .050 (maybe more) and can usually run it for the life of the barrel increasing powder charge as needed to stay at speed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PNWdude67, post: 2274288, member: 110615"] The first thing??? Neither seating depth or powder charge, I start with consistent neck tension and maintain that throughout the life of the brass with annealing and the case prep process. We don’t clean primer pockets or get OCD about case weight, sorting bullets etc. We do trim and use an expander mandrel after annealing and full length sizing every firing to get as consistent neck tension as possible. Then find a moderate velocity node with a generous jump of at least .025 or .050 (maybe more) and can usually run it for the life of the barrel increasing powder charge as needed to stay at speed. [/QUOTE]
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