Given same headstamp brass, what is acceptable variations in sizing?
Here's my setup- Hornady LNL Classic SS, Hornady sizing die, LC brass (Black Hills ammo, once fired in my AR). Die adjusted to bump the shoulder back .003 to 1.4555" Brass lubed with Imperial wax, even put mouth of every 4th or 5th case in wax slightly to keep shoulder from getting pulled.
After sizing, the majority comes out at 1.4555, or very close, a few around 1.4570 to 1.4515. Is this variation normal? or acceptable? I'm only shooting out to 100 yds, is this enough to affect accuracy? I understand different hardnesses of the brass can effect how it responds to being sized.
I had been resizing and loading the 223 on my LNL AP, but I'm trying to improve the accuracy of my loads, so I thought I would get a SS press for the loads I want to be more accurate. TIA
Here's my setup- Hornady LNL Classic SS, Hornady sizing die, LC brass (Black Hills ammo, once fired in my AR). Die adjusted to bump the shoulder back .003 to 1.4555" Brass lubed with Imperial wax, even put mouth of every 4th or 5th case in wax slightly to keep shoulder from getting pulled.
After sizing, the majority comes out at 1.4555, or very close, a few around 1.4570 to 1.4515. Is this variation normal? or acceptable? I'm only shooting out to 100 yds, is this enough to affect accuracy? I understand different hardnesses of the brass can effect how it responds to being sized.
I had been resizing and loading the 223 on my LNL AP, but I'm trying to improve the accuracy of my loads, so I thought I would get a SS press for the loads I want to be more accurate. TIA
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