Howdy,
Today I reloaded my first 20 30-06 rounds. These are for my Remington 700.
I bought a bag of new Winchester cases. I also bought a box of Nosler 165gr Ballistic Tip bullets.
First, I resized and chamfered/deburred each case. I'm seating at a COL of 3.320", which was the suggested length per Nosler for this particular bullet and cartridge. I still need to get a case gauge to check headspace, which I plan to before firing these.
I'm using H4895, and started with a reduced load to see how that goes with less recoil. I loaded groups of 5 rounds at 34.0, 37.0, 40.0, and 43.0 grains.
I did see a variance between 3.316" and 3.3205" (I am using the RCBS FL die set). Is that normal? There were some small differences between the case lengths too, and I didn't trim since they were all within the trim/max case length range. The shortest and longest rounds chamber in my rifle fine.
I also did a light roll crimp, about 1/4 turn past touching the case mouth. Please let me know how these look!
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Today I reloaded my first 20 30-06 rounds. These are for my Remington 700.
I bought a bag of new Winchester cases. I also bought a box of Nosler 165gr Ballistic Tip bullets.
First, I resized and chamfered/deburred each case. I'm seating at a COL of 3.320", which was the suggested length per Nosler for this particular bullet and cartridge. I still need to get a case gauge to check headspace, which I plan to before firing these.
I'm using H4895, and started with a reduced load to see how that goes with less recoil. I loaded groups of 5 rounds at 34.0, 37.0, 40.0, and 43.0 grains.
I did see a variance between 3.316" and 3.3205" (I am using the RCBS FL die set). Is that normal? There were some small differences between the case lengths too, and I didn't trim since they were all within the trim/max case length range. The shortest and longest rounds chamber in my rifle fine.
I also did a light roll crimp, about 1/4 turn past touching the case mouth. Please let me know how these look!
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