jr_roosa
Member
This is a follow-up to my previous post.
I shot my test loads yesterday. No signs of overpressure or head separation, but there was lots of soot from the shoulder forward, which I don't get on the commercial loads in my Winchester '94. It looks like the case is only sealing the chamber behind the shoulder.
We discussed in the last post that my shell holder/die combo might be .003 or so too short.
The case lengths were measured and all were between min and max. I loaded Hornady 150gr RN per the Hornady manual in front of 32 or 33.7 grn of Win 748 and Fed large rifle primers. Both loads had the same sooting.
So, is this consistent with the shoulder being too far back? Is it consistent with the pressure being too low? Is this a dangerous sign?
I think that I'll get an RCBS shell holder before I resize the next batch and see what that does.
If I still get this sooting, is it worth treating the .30-30 as if it headspaces on the shoulder and backing off the die until the shoulder is in the right spot for my gun?
Any other advice?
Thanks.
-J.
I shot my test loads yesterday. No signs of overpressure or head separation, but there was lots of soot from the shoulder forward, which I don't get on the commercial loads in my Winchester '94. It looks like the case is only sealing the chamber behind the shoulder.
We discussed in the last post that my shell holder/die combo might be .003 or so too short.
The case lengths were measured and all were between min and max. I loaded Hornady 150gr RN per the Hornady manual in front of 32 or 33.7 grn of Win 748 and Fed large rifle primers. Both loads had the same sooting.
So, is this consistent with the shoulder being too far back? Is it consistent with the pressure being too low? Is this a dangerous sign?
I think that I'll get an RCBS shell holder before I resize the next batch and see what that does.
If I still get this sooting, is it worth treating the .30-30 as if it headspaces on the shoulder and backing off the die until the shoulder is in the right spot for my gun?
Any other advice?
Thanks.
-J.