Dr. Vette
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Nope, none of mine including my 2 Lees have crimping dies or features.
And is crimping required with the AH?
If so, I might stick to using it in other cartridges for now.
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Nope, none of mine including my 2 Lees have crimping dies or features.
And is crimping required with the AH?
If so, I might stick to using it in other cartridges for now.
antelopedundee
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Do you have the Lee 3 die Pacesetter sets? If crimping was required I'd think Hammer would say so. Some find it beneficial just like they find it beneficial when seating other brands of bullets.
Dr. Vette
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Lee 2 die sets, plus Forster, Redding and RCBS.
The only thing I crimp is 35 Rem.
BB shows some ruptured necks from not crimping, so that's why I ask.
The only thing I crimp is 35 Rem.
BB shows some ruptured necks from not crimping, so that's why I ask.
You don't have to crimp buts it's gonna help you
Dr. Vette
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Looks like these bullets then go in the 30-06, as no one has 300 Wby crimping dies in stock.
I'll try the regular Hammers in the Weatherby.
The crimp helps with all the Hammers as well as every other kind of bullet
dougduey
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Like Bean said, crimping is the way to go, but if that isn't available to you, you shoukd look T increasing neck tension. Do you have a Redding Types S bushing die for your 300? If so, get a smaller bushing (I'd say 0.002 smaller) and that will help. I remember an email exchange I had with Steve and he talked about increasing neck tension to help lower ES and SD, as well as tightening up groups
Dr. Vette
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Yes, I've got the bushing dies. The thought of adjusting the tension via a smaller bushing had crossed my mind.
Still no idea what powder to consider, though, and in today's world I'm not keen on burning through a bunch if I don't have to.
MRP? Superformance? 4831? RL-19? Those are the ones I have that "seem" to be options.
antelopedundee
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As a reminder if you crimp whether it be with a seating die or FCD you will need to trim your cases to uniform length and probably after each time you fire a round.
As I understand it the AH velocity advantage seems to be limited to the smaller cartridges, once you start getting into the big magnums the speed benefit starts to taper off.
Try your 7828 and see if you can get above 3300 before your case is full. If you don't pressure out find a slightly faster powder.
Dr. Vette
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Yes, the load data sheet notes that occurs with the really large cases, i.e. 100gr capacity.
I may do better gaining speed in the 30-06 though using data already in the load sheet than spending time with the already-fast 300 Wby.
dougduey
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Do you have any HV100? That would be optimal since case fill % is low compared to the others, thus giving you room to go up quite a bit in charge.
Of the ones you have listed above, I would go with 4831.
cooperjd
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I have a .300bee as well and some 178's to play with if i can ever find a little time. in my notes i have to test out 84+gr of RL26;
74+ of IMR-4451, and 78+ of IMR-4955. Any thoughts on these?
74+ of IMR-4451, and 78+ of IMR-4955. Any thoughts on these?
