thump_rrr
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There is another thread titled 6.5CM Reloading Startup Cost.
The OP posted what it cost his grandson to get setup for reloading 6.5CM
I won't argue the price of components because they are consumables.
The point I am trying to make is that you can make accurate ammo without a huge budget.
I was going to the range this morning to do load development on my rifle using 140gr Nosler RDF bullets, CCI BR-4 primers, Lapua cases and H4350 powder.
The "Expensive" ammo was loaded on my Forster Co-Ax using Redding Custom Competition Type-S bushing dies and the micrometer seating die.
The 'Budget Friendly" ammo was loaded on my Lee Challenger press using the Lee Ultimate DIe Set.
I used the neck sizing die since the brass was aready fired in my rifle.
The rifle is built on an Ultimatum Deadline action with a 24" IBI 1-7.5" twist 6.5CM barrel in an MDT ACC chassis topped with a Tangent Theta 525P.
I will be shooting my test in OCW round robin fashion.
I will post the results either good, bad or ugly and we will see if the results from the higher priced equipment shows up on paper.
The only 2 differences in the ammo are that the "budget friendly" ammo ladder has only 6 rungs because I only had 20 pieces of the same brass to start with.
Secondly I dropped the starting load of the "budget friendly ammo by 0.6 grains due to the reduced case capacity of the Federal 51.3gr water weight vs 52.3gr water weight for the Lapua
Cases were sizes with the Lee Collet Necksizing die.
Primer pockets were cleaned, necks brushed, chamfered and deburred.
The OP posted what it cost his grandson to get setup for reloading 6.5CM
I won't argue the price of components because they are consumables.
The point I am trying to make is that you can make accurate ammo without a huge budget.
I was going to the range this morning to do load development on my rifle using 140gr Nosler RDF bullets, CCI BR-4 primers, Lapua cases and H4350 powder.
The "Expensive" ammo was loaded on my Forster Co-Ax using Redding Custom Competition Type-S bushing dies and the micrometer seating die.
The 'Budget Friendly" ammo was loaded on my Lee Challenger press using the Lee Ultimate DIe Set.
I used the neck sizing die since the brass was aready fired in my rifle.
The rifle is built on an Ultimatum Deadline action with a 24" IBI 1-7.5" twist 6.5CM barrel in an MDT ACC chassis topped with a Tangent Theta 525P.
I will be shooting my test in OCW round robin fashion.
I will post the results either good, bad or ugly and we will see if the results from the higher priced equipment shows up on paper.
The only 2 differences in the ammo are that the "budget friendly" ammo ladder has only 6 rungs because I only had 20 pieces of the same brass to start with.
Secondly I dropped the starting load of the "budget friendly ammo by 0.6 grains due to the reduced case capacity of the Federal 51.3gr water weight vs 52.3gr water weight for the Lapua
Cases were sizes with the Lee Collet Necksizing die.
Primer pockets were cleaned, necks brushed, chamfered and deburred.
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