SquirrelNuts
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I got the final bit of my reloading gear today, and I cranked out my first batch. I read everything I could get my hands on, and then read it again, and then read it twice more, and then once more for good measure.
I was loading new .30-06 Remington brass. It had to be resized as the case necks were dented, but not trimmed. I chamfered and deburred the necks.
I seated CCI 200 LR primers until they were below flush.
I measured out 47.0 grains of Hodgdon Varget using a lee 3.4cc dipper onto my RCBS Range Master 750 scale. I kept adding individual specs of powder until I hit 47.0 exactly.
I topped it off with 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets, seated to 3.250" and the group of five varies no more than 0.001" in O.A.L.
There are very very tiny scored rings around my bullets about a quarter inch from the tip. I assume this is from the seater plug. Is this normal? Is there a way to fix that?
-SquirrelNuts
I was loading new .30-06 Remington brass. It had to be resized as the case necks were dented, but not trimmed. I chamfered and deburred the necks.
I seated CCI 200 LR primers until they were below flush.
I measured out 47.0 grains of Hodgdon Varget using a lee 3.4cc dipper onto my RCBS Range Master 750 scale. I kept adding individual specs of powder until I hit 47.0 exactly.
I topped it off with 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets, seated to 3.250" and the group of five varies no more than 0.001" in O.A.L.
There are very very tiny scored rings around my bullets about a quarter inch from the tip. I assume this is from the seater plug. Is this normal? Is there a way to fix that?
-SquirrelNuts