Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
I need some help from the reloading gurus.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2786972" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>I know some of you will po po this, but I have never found that the manufacturer of brass made a lot of difference in accuracy. All that brass does is contain the important stuff, primer, powder and bullet. The only difference I have noted between different brands of brass is how many times that they can be reloaded. I do not mix brands of brass, new they are all from the same lot or if once fired from the same box. New brass right out of the box or bag needs to be treated exactly the same as once fired brass. It needs to be dimension checked, full length resized, trimmed to the same length you trim once fired brass to. The powder charge needs to be weighed to the exact weight for each and every round. Bullets need to be checked that they are at the proper dimension and weight and the bullets seated to the exact same depth with the exact same bullet jump from the bullet to the rifling. This is extremely important because different bullet designs have different ogive's which affect how far the bullet will actually travel before engaging the rifling. Hornady makes a tool that makes determining this dimension easy, and it's also inexpensive and accurate. If all is assembled properly your group sizes should not vary and your zero maybe requiring only slight tweaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2786972, member: 118816"] I know some of you will po po this, but I have never found that the manufacturer of brass made a lot of difference in accuracy. All that brass does is contain the important stuff, primer, powder and bullet. The only difference I have noted between different brands of brass is how many times that they can be reloaded. I do not mix brands of brass, new they are all from the same lot or if once fired from the same box. New brass right out of the box or bag needs to be treated exactly the same as once fired brass. It needs to be dimension checked, full length resized, trimmed to the same length you trim once fired brass to. The powder charge needs to be weighed to the exact weight for each and every round. Bullets need to be checked that they are at the proper dimension and weight and the bullets seated to the exact same depth with the exact same bullet jump from the bullet to the rifling. This is extremely important because different bullet designs have different ogive's which affect how far the bullet will actually travel before engaging the rifling. Hornady makes a tool that makes determining this dimension easy, and it's also inexpensive and accurate. If all is assembled properly your group sizes should not vary and your zero maybe requiring only slight tweaking. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
I need some help from the reloading gurus.
Top