Recent content by Rastoff

These are my thoughts as well. However, whatever worked it's way loose is a mystery. Everything was tight when I checked immediately after the POI shift. A curiosity: When you saw the Vortex scope die, did you ever learn what happened to it? What I can't figure is, if the scope is going bad...

Yes, I see that. Clearly I was missing a couple of measurements. I'm working to fix that. I picked my charge weights to work toward the right load. The idea was to test 5 loads, pick the best group, then use smaller increments around that weight with the next round of testing, to get closer to...

Thanks. Alas, I don't have another .308 to do any testing with. I'll have to figure it out with this one. I'm learning. I have two things to figure out; why did I get this massive shift in POI and why are my loads so different from the factory loads? My plan forward is to work with the...

It's a reasonable question. I do think I have the right bullet weight and type. I am going to adjust the seating depth based on recommendations I've read here and on manufacturer's websites. I'm not convinced I have the right velocity yet. Because I don't have consistent groups, I have to...

I understand the confusion. It's a bolt action upper receiver on an AR10 lower. Definitely not the norm.

Thank you for the info. The rifle is a bolt action. I will measure to the ogive and use that to set the depth.

I'm not a meteorologist.

I agree I have much to learn. What increments would you recommend? What do you do?

One more thing... No, I'm not measuring the amount of bumped back shoulder. I used the method of setting the resizing die initially with a factory load. Then I adjusted it until a resized case fit in the chamber easily. I got that method on this site. It doesn't tell me the exact measurement...

What we have here is failure to communicate. I measured the cases. All of the cases that were too short, I'm not using. None were too long. I measured the neck diameter. I guess I got the terminology wrong. What I'm seeing is about .003" difference between resized and seated bullet. I...

No, not set on the Nosler. It's just what was available at the time. I'd like to get some SMK bullets and will endeavor to do just that. At the risk of being attacked again, what do you mean by pressure signs? Flattening of the primer? Damaged casings? If that's what you mean, no. All the...

Um, maybe you missed what I said. I don't know why you think the powder weight is the only measurement. I may not be using the right terminology.

OK, that was no help. The resizing die was set up using a factory load, not just rammed through the die at some random set up. This is how Dillon recommends to set it up. The depth is not random. It's based on the OAL. How do you determine the depth you use? What is the point of...

Hornady's recommendation is 41.5gr - 45.9gr of IMR 4064. So, I made some loads to cover that spread to see how they would work in my rifle. Do you have a better suggestion? No, I have no chronographed them yet. Set my seating depth based on the factory cartridges. I resized the cases using...

One thing is sure, it's not the rail. Since this is an AR upper, the rail is one piece with the upper receiver.