I have read the posts on this site for a while and appreciate the wisdom, advice, and input that I find here.
As to an introduction, I am a shooter, hunter, and reloader. Hunting was always my passion, but in Indiana there are not a lot of hunting opportunities to shoot much over 200 yards. However, on a bear hunt a few years ago I couldn't get a rifle to zero well and so a friend introduced me to reloading. I was blown away what some handholds can do in improving the inherent accuracy of a rifle. Since then I did my first western hunt in Colorado for Elk and the opportunity to shoot at longer distances got me addicted to the chase of better and better accuracy.
I have been building my reloading skills and the correlated list of stuff. I run a forester co-ax press, mainly Whidden dies (though I do like the lee collet die for neck sizing), I use a forester trimmer, and typically tumble with SS media. I know it is not all the best stuff, but I upgrade when I can and am proficient at using the things I own.
What motivated me to finally join this forum is a question I have had and haven't been able to find a satisfactory answer for regarding basic brass prep. I use norma brass in my 308 (savage stealth with Vortex PST Gen II 5-25), but the brass as seems to always be the case comes in with the shortest piece being around 1.9950". But the minimum should be 2.005". In seeking consistency I trim to the shortest case, i.e. all at 1.9950", but then when I fire and resize there is no possible way for them to all reach 2.005". So how do you maintain consistence while growing your brass to a uniform length of 2.005"? I typically lot in lots of 50 rounds, but the only way I can see growing them to 2.005 is by either not trimming them and losing consistency, or trimming the in smaller lots of 5 pieces of brass or so (but those would still likely never reach the 2.005" mark. Any thoughts on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.
Anyhow, it thank you for allowing me on your site and the information you provide.
As to an introduction, I am a shooter, hunter, and reloader. Hunting was always my passion, but in Indiana there are not a lot of hunting opportunities to shoot much over 200 yards. However, on a bear hunt a few years ago I couldn't get a rifle to zero well and so a friend introduced me to reloading. I was blown away what some handholds can do in improving the inherent accuracy of a rifle. Since then I did my first western hunt in Colorado for Elk and the opportunity to shoot at longer distances got me addicted to the chase of better and better accuracy.
I have been building my reloading skills and the correlated list of stuff. I run a forester co-ax press, mainly Whidden dies (though I do like the lee collet die for neck sizing), I use a forester trimmer, and typically tumble with SS media. I know it is not all the best stuff, but I upgrade when I can and am proficient at using the things I own.
What motivated me to finally join this forum is a question I have had and haven't been able to find a satisfactory answer for regarding basic brass prep. I use norma brass in my 308 (savage stealth with Vortex PST Gen II 5-25), but the brass as seems to always be the case comes in with the shortest piece being around 1.9950". But the minimum should be 2.005". In seeking consistency I trim to the shortest case, i.e. all at 1.9950", but then when I fire and resize there is no possible way for them to all reach 2.005". So how do you maintain consistence while growing your brass to a uniform length of 2.005"? I typically lot in lots of 50 rounds, but the only way I can see growing them to 2.005 is by either not trimming them and losing consistency, or trimming the in smaller lots of 5 pieces of brass or so (but those would still likely never reach the 2.005" mark. Any thoughts on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.
Anyhow, it thank you for allowing me on your site and the information you provide.
