So I’m on stage two of load development. Settled on some grain weights and now looking at COAL.
Using the Forster die, I have successfully loaded about 2-300 rounds through it and about 100 or so during development.
So during my loading of COAL, I notice my COAL after seating ranges from 2.860 all the way to 2.88/2.90ish. I am using .30 cal 155 Sierra TMK and Federal brass twice fired through the same AIAT factory chamber, brass and bullets are within .002 of the next.
So I take apart the die and try to clean it to make it more repeatable (like the instructions suggest) and then put it back together. At first nothing worked, bullets didn't seat, nothing worked. After half an hour I got bullets to seat.
Now, everytime I try and seat a bullet, they ALL get stuck in the case and I have to take apart the whole die to get the bullet out with pliers. Even tried to lube the inside of the seater. My brass neck ID is .297+/-.001 and I’m running 48.0 grains of Varget.
Again, I have loaded this same brass from this same lot with the same bullet, same charge weight, and now it is decided to crap out and eat my bullets.
Using a basic Lee FL sizer if it matters (I know I need a better one, VERY open to suggestions).
Anyways, any suggestions? I’m sick and tired of my equipment not working and am sick of spending money and not shooting. I like shooting, I HATE screwing around with pissy equipment.
Using the Forster die, I have successfully loaded about 2-300 rounds through it and about 100 or so during development.
So during my loading of COAL, I notice my COAL after seating ranges from 2.860 all the way to 2.88/2.90ish. I am using .30 cal 155 Sierra TMK and Federal brass twice fired through the same AIAT factory chamber, brass and bullets are within .002 of the next.
So I take apart the die and try to clean it to make it more repeatable (like the instructions suggest) and then put it back together. At first nothing worked, bullets didn't seat, nothing worked. After half an hour I got bullets to seat.
Now, everytime I try and seat a bullet, they ALL get stuck in the case and I have to take apart the whole die to get the bullet out with pliers. Even tried to lube the inside of the seater. My brass neck ID is .297+/-.001 and I’m running 48.0 grains of Varget.
Again, I have loaded this same brass from this same lot with the same bullet, same charge weight, and now it is decided to crap out and eat my bullets.
Using a basic Lee FL sizer if it matters (I know I need a better one, VERY open to suggestions).
Anyways, any suggestions? I’m sick and tired of my equipment not working and am sick of spending money and not shooting. I like shooting, I HATE screwing around with pissy equipment.