Reloading question

[bowhntrmatt]

Thanks for all the info guys.

Luckily, this is a hunting rifle not a range workhorse. Once I figure out a recipe for it, it won't be shot a lot, so the brass I have should last a while.

[hweissert]

Another culprit I've seen is a buddy had his seat die set too deep in press. When he was seating the bullets it was crushing the shoulders on the case. Not very noticeable until inspected closely. He'd had it set up the same way, shot 30 rounds, resized some and reloaded. They wouldn't fit in rifle nor would the ones that were fired and not resized. He'd essentially tried to make an Ackley round without the chamber for it. Once they were blown out the sizer wouldnt get the shoulder back to spec

[ItsLeo]

Another culprit I've seen is a buddy had his seat die set too deep in press. When he was seating the bullets it was crushing the shoulders on the case. Not very noticeable until inspected closely. He'd had it set up the same way, shot 30 rounds, resized some and reloaded. They wouldn't fit in rifle nor would the ones that were fired and not resized. He'd essentially tried to make an Ackley round without the chamber for it. Once they were blown out the sizer wouldnt get the shoulder back to spec

Seen that one too. If you seat the seating die in really deep you can turn the shoulder into a "foreskin". The case is toast when that happens. I find I can get a more constant neck tension on the load if I set the seating up high enough that it applies no crimp. Then I simply apply the crimp with a lee factory die crimper in an RCBS rockchucker press. The more consistant the neck tension the less you have to worry about starting the bullet into the lands. On weatherby cartridges this is key to getting accurate reloads. The freebore on the weatherby chamber sets the lands too far out to practically reach with the bullet. Not too mention you could really cause yourself some big pressure spikes if you tried. Consistent neck tension is key to jumping the freebore and getting accuracy.