Recent content by cdherman

Yep, did that more or less in one of my attempts, albeit with less precision than you (don't have stops). Like I said in my later post -- I have the distinct feeling that finding the exact base to ogive in a secant VLD bullet may be part of the issue here.... There seems to be some "fuzzy"...

I am going to rephrase the issue a little bit to see if I can get some other ideas... I have used literally every method described in this thread at some point in my 35 years of reloading. I have been using the Hornady system of late since it seemed easy and reliable. What I have never done...

Lots of different methods. I get different numbers with each. I think the secant ogive of the Berger VLD, plus perhaps the specific characteristics of my throat from Shilen, seem to add up to a "fuzzy" stretch of throat. I begin to see what some people advocate jamming the Berger VLDs in...

OK, sooted up a dummy round. When extracted, it shows a .060" band, pretty evenly on the end of the straight part of the body of the bullet. No clear rifling marks. It seems as if the throat is narrowing before the bullet even hits the rifling.

Was working on a similar approach while you were posting. I remembered a old method that I used once years ago, or read about. I just now slit a case, seated the bullet shallow, and then chambered it. I then slide my dowel down from the muzzle, till it hit the tip of the bullet. I made a fine...

OK, I cannot really quite figure out what I am seeing today. I have Hornady's OAL Gauge, their bullet comparator, and headspace gauges as well. I am trying to work up a load in a Savage 7mm SAUM that I screwed together. Has a custom throated Shilen Select Match barrel. Bullet is Berger 180...

Ogive. I seat also with a micrometer seating die, as you do. What I do not do is neck turn and own a bushing neck die. Just relying on the ball expander. I am in the process of starting to anneal. What I have gathered through a lot of reading is that the ball expander is not necessarily...

I have the Hornady OAL Guage setup to determine my ogive to lands distances. I do not turn my necks, and have not tried to start using collet sizing. Certainly many many shooters have not had to turn and go to collet sizing, and I am hoping to be one of them. Brass has been new to 1x fired...

Interesting point about altitude. Not that high -- 900 ft where I develop loads, shooting deer mostly at 1700 ft, but have plans to chase some elk in future in CO. I had not heard that H1000 was altitude sensitive. The issue of temp sensitivity is also valid for me. Hunt weather in western...

OK, one vote for Ramshot magnum... I had been thinking about that one. Its a ball type powder I think and as such, will not fill the case but worth a try.

Well, I like my Co-Ax too, but for my friends 340 weatherby, I could not get it adjusted adequately to seat bullets -- things were just too long. Perhaps it was the combination of dies and press that I threw at it. In any case there are limitations.....

Built up this gun on a Savage short action with a Shilen Select match stainless 26" barrel in heavy sporter. The max COAL in the Savage SA is about 2.990", so I had Shilen throat to a dummy cartridge with that length. (quite short throat) Stock is a laminate Boyds, which I pillar bedded with...

I have limped by for years with a half empty bag of shot and a couple old ankle weights for jogging from when ran track (long ago).. I realizse I am spending $1000s in guns and optics and have not upgraded some basic stuff. I am shooting off a table at the range. They supply one of those...

Re: Bummin... Need some experienced condolance/advice <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SClongrange</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had the same issues with the 168 vlds a few months back and at the end of a very frustrating day of trying several...

Built my own 7mm SAUM using Savage SA action. Shilen barrel, match grade stainless in 26" heavy sporter, custom throated to allow me to seat 180 VLD Berger to lands, assuming magazine max of 2.990 COAL. Was very pleased that Shilen seems to have truely gotten the throat EXACTLY to what I...