I was reading the sticky above and saw the part that deals with the headspace gauge and how to determine how much to bump the shoulder for long range shooting.
My normal process is to take new brass and shoot it in my particular gun. I then take the empty once fired case and start bumping the case with the full length die until it will fit in my gun with a little pressure. I then tighten the set screw on my die and use this length every time I resize cases.
For someone who just hunts and reloads for fun is this acceptable? I only shoot the reloads in my bolt action guns and I only have 1 gun in each caliber so each die is set for a particular gun.
I do other prep for my cases but my question above is just about the headspace.
Thanks for your input.
Emris
Birmingham, Alabama
My normal process is to take new brass and shoot it in my particular gun. I then take the empty once fired case and start bumping the case with the full length die until it will fit in my gun with a little pressure. I then tighten the set screw on my die and use this length every time I resize cases.
For someone who just hunts and reloads for fun is this acceptable? I only shoot the reloads in my bolt action guns and I only have 1 gun in each caliber so each die is set for a particular gun.
I do other prep for my cases but my question above is just about the headspace.
Thanks for your input.
Emris
Birmingham, Alabama