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Can you measure how much OAL variance the Summit press is producing?I'm gonna still stick with my premise that the Summit is ok for pistol
Can you measure how much OAL variance the Summit press is producing?I'm gonna still stick with my premise that the Summit is ok for pistol
Yes.
Even with the "flex", if the partially resized brass passes the chamber and OAL variance isn't too bad after seating the bullet, may be OK?
Of course, if resized brass won't pass the chamber and OAL variance is too much, then pass for me.
That's pretty good.ok.... just measured 10 cartridges at random
Yes, regardless of color of the press, if the finished rounds' dimensions are consistent and do not experience much bullet setback or none to produce tight groups on target, that's all that matters.that’s the bottom line. If it’s creating ammo that works well
Have you loaded larger rifle cartridges with the Summit press you have and been disappointed with the results?
That's pretty good. If most finished rounds are around 1.227" +/- couple thousandths and fully chamber in your barrel, that should be OK.
I seat, then taper crimp.
Oh, things shoot ok, for my own use. And I'm plenty happy with it for pistol and small rifle. As I said before, its not that you _can't_ load bigger, longer, tougher cases on it, its more a matter of there are way better options out there for doing so. Plus I think that the overall wear on the press will be more favorable with pistol and small rifle.
Maybe put another way, the Summit is no powerhouse workhorse like a Rock Chucker, that will take the big heavy brass all day long and not even think about breaking a sweat. Not that it can't be done, but... there are better tools.
They changed the instructions because typing the wrong bolts and cracking the top casting.
Or at least that's what they claim in the instruction