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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    So here’s what I’m thinking of doing today. Or maybe I’ll take Wednesday off work and do this. I have my bolt stripped. The bolt closes and falls easily on a sized piece of brass. I have a Forster micrometer seating die. I could just keep seating 0.001” deeper until It closes without pressure...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Thanks guys, really appreciate the help. This is driving me nuts. The reloads: 140ELD-M Lapua SRP brass Fed 205M H4350 the factory Berger are: 140 Hybrid Target The factory ammo measures 2.110” length to ogive. COAL is 2.800” Length to Ogive is measured with a Hornady 5-26 Comparator
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Much appreciate the help. I might give that a shot once I get this seating depth puzzle figured out. I’m not sure why it appears I’m touching the lands with a such a short cartridge length to ogive. Pushing it forward with the Hornady gauge as I measure it, I’m sure it’s hitting the lands. It...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    2.667” It is super short. I don’t know why I was able to so easily seat it almost 0.073” longer without noticing it touching the lands. Not sure what’s going on
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Bump. Any words of advice?
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    So I chambered a brass, and it fell without resistance. Tried chambering with a seated bullet, and it encountered some slight resistance right about here: When I put the slightest bit of pressure on the bolt, it falls leaving these marks Measuring with a Hornady OAL Gauge, I got a length of...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    thanks Dthomas. I’ll give that a go. I still have about 100 brass that has been prepped already and once fired that I can use. I’ll seat one and try that. I’ll try to measure again with my hornady OAL gauge to see where the lands are again and see if I get something different
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Okay, So I went to go measure the rounds today. The chambered and unchambered rounds all measured 2.133” distance to I give using a 5-26 comparator. The die was at the correct setting, although seating 0.005” farther than before. This is a little off because I thought setting my die to 75...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    I think we have a winner! On my first test, around 42.8 and 43.1, I had to increase the pressure by 0.005” to get the same seating depth due to a compressed charge. I may have turned the die the wrong way and went outwards instead of in to set it back. That would make sense since one full turn...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Okay guys, I did a lot better than I was expecting, and am definitely going to be shooting in next month’s match! I didn’t get a chance to shoot my reloads, but last night I tried chambering one, and now I’m scratching my head. The first picture is a round before I chambered it. The second...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Thank you! Appreciate the feed back. I noticed the primers seemed a little flatter but couldn’t quite nail down where they started to get flatter
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Thanks for the help guys. Tomorrow is my first match (shooting factory Berger 140s). After that I’ll shoot those rounds off and report back. I haven’t decided if I’ll shoot them all or just work up in 0.2 to save components and barrel life. I just got my computer working (hard drive failure)...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Update: just finished loading rounds from 40.5-41.4gr in 0.1gr increments. 5 rounds each
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Thanks for the help guys. really appreciate it. Sorry been MIA, my computer decided it no longer wanted to turn on anymore so definitely glad I posted Thursday night as opposed to yesterday. Right now I’m using my phone. I should have been more specific, all shots were chronoed with a Labradar...
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    Help a Rookie Reloader Interpret Load Development - 6.5 CM

    Alright guys, I'm still fairly new to the whole reloading thing, and need some advice. Rifle: Impact Action PVA 6.5 Creedmoor Cut rifled Barrel I bought 600rds of the 140gr Berger 6.5 Creedmoor ammo. So Far I've shot 200 of them, and am beginning reloading the once fired brass so that by the...
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    Need help with Impact action.

    Had a similar problem with the metal MDT mags and 6.5 Creedmoor. The back of the rounds wouldn’t rise up 100% of the time and allow the bolt to ride over. It seems like the mag spring may be too weak. Talked to MDT, and it appears my lips may be too narrow. Opened it up to the recommended size...
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    737R vs. Ruckus

    I got one in December and it only came with a 0 hanger. I’m using a TT Diamond and saw that’s what people recommended. It does have a little cock on close
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    New PSA JAKL 5.56 & 300blk!

    The barrel may not be user replaceable, because it may not be a common pattern, like an AR barrel. It just seems like the price is almost too good to be a true. I’d be down to throw down and get one though. Let’s hope it doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass
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    New PSA JAKL 5.56 & 300blk!

    I’m excited about this one. I need to look up how to get an AR pistol in this state. If not, I’ll have to wait for just the upper and outfit one of the ones I already have. At this price, I figure why not
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    Manners Composite Stocks, New products for 2020, Pre Shot Show Sneak Peak

    I agree, I don’t like the trend of the ARCA rails extending past the forend. Is there an option to have a slightly shortened one maybe?
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