I'm needing some of you guys with a lot of experience to help me out with a problem I keep running into. I'm reloading a few different calibers and it happens to me no matter which one I'm working with. I have been using RCBS dies...just the regular, lowest cost dies that they make....maybe that's the problem, so I would like recommendations on something that will work better. An example of the trouble I'm having is as follows:
Last night I was reloading for .338 Lapua. The load data showed that my minimum OAL should be 3.681, so I got my seating die adjusted and seated my first bullet for an OAL of 3.681. Then, I proceeded to seat the next bullet and I got 3.678....then the one after that was 3.683....then the next one was 3.677....so what is the deal? Why can't I just adjust that die and then get consistent results? This was with brand new Lapua brass, so I did not trim it or even measure the case length prior to loading, but this same thing is happening to me even when I do trim my brass. I checked to make sure all of the primers were properly seated, so I know that wasn't causing it....What am I missing?
Is it just the RCBS dies that I'm using or is there something else I'm overlooking? I would love to have some recommendations on better quality, easier to use dies, so please let me know what works best for you guys. Thanks!
Last night I was reloading for .338 Lapua. The load data showed that my minimum OAL should be 3.681, so I got my seating die adjusted and seated my first bullet for an OAL of 3.681. Then, I proceeded to seat the next bullet and I got 3.678....then the one after that was 3.683....then the next one was 3.677....so what is the deal? Why can't I just adjust that die and then get consistent results? This was with brand new Lapua brass, so I did not trim it or even measure the case length prior to loading, but this same thing is happening to me even when I do trim my brass. I checked to make sure all of the primers were properly seated, so I know that wasn't causing it....What am I missing?
Is it just the RCBS dies that I'm using or is there something else I'm overlooking? I would love to have some recommendations on better quality, easier to use dies, so please let me know what works best for you guys. Thanks!