Seating Depth - What is min bullet in case? My competition bullet seater won't help me if they are seated so long that they can tip after the seating.
I have a new Ruger M77 Target .223 bolt action and am preparing to do my first hand loading for it. I'm way new to reloading. Redding Comp neck & Comp seating dies.
This will be my first load and used for plinking. My next load will be 50gr v-Max in different brass. I ordered Varget and Fed 205M.
I loosely put in the 55gr PSP "Varming Nightmare" bullet in a case and pressed it into the rifle's chamber. It seated the bullet only .110" into the case. Backing off .001 for a "jump" and .002 to allow for inconsistent bullets, would make .113" into the case. Not much!!!
The loading manual mentions "one caliber" into the case.
What's the minimum bullet into the case?
- Loading from fixed magazine for shooting squirrels and such.
*I measured the max brass length. SAAMI is from 1.75-1.76" My chamber is 1.792" I did this by cutting 1/2 the case neck off and putting in a bullet upside down and then putting the brass ring back on. Then chambering. I plan to change "trim to length" from 1.75 to 1.78" as the brass grows to help with these issues. Seems both my chamber and "freebore" are over long.
* I put a bullet in the brass upside down and loose and chambered and got 1.911" from base to lands.
I have a new Ruger M77 Target .223 bolt action and am preparing to do my first hand loading for it. I'm way new to reloading. Redding Comp neck & Comp seating dies.
This will be my first load and used for plinking. My next load will be 50gr v-Max in different brass. I ordered Varget and Fed 205M.
I loosely put in the 55gr PSP "Varming Nightmare" bullet in a case and pressed it into the rifle's chamber. It seated the bullet only .110" into the case. Backing off .001 for a "jump" and .002 to allow for inconsistent bullets, would make .113" into the case. Not much!!!
The loading manual mentions "one caliber" into the case.
What's the minimum bullet into the case?
- Loading from fixed magazine for shooting squirrels and such.
*I measured the max brass length. SAAMI is from 1.75-1.76" My chamber is 1.792" I did this by cutting 1/2 the case neck off and putting in a bullet upside down and then putting the brass ring back on. Then chambering. I plan to change "trim to length" from 1.75 to 1.78" as the brass grows to help with these issues. Seems both my chamber and "freebore" are over long.
* I put a bullet in the brass upside down and loose and chambered and got 1.911" from base to lands.