AJC1
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[/QUOTE]I just finally broke down and purchased a comparator for my 223 loading.Should have done it long ago.
My Savage measures 1.462 with the Norma brass I have been using. So I set my sizing die to what I thought was 1.460" and started sizing and measuring each afterwards and sorting by length. This brass ran a range of 1.459 to 1.462 with 90% being between 1.4595 to 1.461.. So as 1.460 as my set point I am not going to quibble. And yes that is with my wrongly annealed brass.
Of the 140pcs I sized the other night there were 8 pcs that are going to be set aside to be loades as foulers as they were either shorter than 1.459 or longer than 1.462
I too was actually amazed at how accurate I was with just using the Lyman case headspace gauge. Because I checked those with the comparator before I loaded them last week. Still both have been a fun exercise and now I have reassured myself.
Cool now I get to share this adventure. How are you annealing. Someone mentioned a candle method and that sounds interesting to try. If I fail I'll just toss them in the scrap bucket and call it the cost of doing buisness