Seating depth with new and once fired brass
- By Sig Marine
- Reloading Depot
- 17 Replies
Bullet distance to the lands is one thing. Case volume is another.
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Yeah, the more I research/think about it I'm thinking the brass is shit.Save money on the dies for the moment.
Start by replacing the brass.
Believe it or not, the Hornady brass is way better. Not that I'm recommending you use it, but it is better.
FC brass would be a great improvement.
Lapua? Well, you know where I'm going.
The FC brass is easy to find. Look on the ground at your local range. Find someone who shoots it from a bolt gun and take 20pcs home to experiment with.
You'll be surprised. It might not last for 10-20 loadings, but the price is right.
If you get improvements, then it'll be worth looking into Lapua.
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Dang that fired a couple of brain cells in my headHere is another good one for ya....
Back when we did a ton of R&D barrels for Remington for the MSR rifles I get a phone call out of the blue from one of the engineers. They were down in TX doing testing. Also had military guys there from what I remember. Caliber was 338 Lapua if I remember correctly. Might have been 300wm. Anyways both guns are just being hammers with box ammo. Then he tells me... the next day one of the guns just quite shooting. I forget the distance but it was at long range. He said the day before the gun was shooting .7moa or better with box ammo and the next day rounds wouldn't even hit paper. Wild shots going every where! Low round count on the barrel as well. I said, The gun just doesn't quit shooting like that. Some body did something somewhere. I asked the normal questions... same lot of ammo, scope issues, was it cleaned and what and how etc... he said the gun wasn't in they're control/possession the whole time. I said... better start asking questions and digging into it. The other rifle was still pounding nice small groups.
Turned out someone ended up fire lapping the barrel on that one gun! Here's your sign!
Not entirely dissimilar to one of the original pieces of art in our home.
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They can build a better bullet than the knock off smk's.They seem to be able to make better knockoffs than original product. My brother gave me 100 of the 175 temu smk to try. Causes me great pain to say it, but I think hornady builds a better smk than Sierra.
Yeah that's how I've always set mine up.
I've only used Redding in the past but can't get a FL bushing die locally (not in the US), but Hornady are available.
Another option would be to remove/grind down the expander ball and then run a mandrel through.
I've never used a mandrel before as typically use a bushing die with good brass (Lapua).