I would like to jump from the rifle to the ammunition for part II. This might be a good question for Derek as he seems to be quite the gun crank. I hope others can reply as well.
Question: when seating the bullet, what would you recommend as far as how deep to seat it? A guy told me once to start the bullet into the casing then load it and close the bolt. That way the bullet would be right up against the rifling. Then set your die to that measurement. That way, he claimed the bullet wouldn\'t have to jump to get to the rifling in the barrel. Only trouble I found with this method was it was harder than heck to close the bold.
So should I continue with this or try going back to reloading manual specs ? I know the manuals are printed lower than you can actually go due to liability purposes.
Also, what do you think about full case resizing vs, neck sizing?
Question: when seating the bullet, what would you recommend as far as how deep to seat it? A guy told me once to start the bullet into the casing then load it and close the bolt. That way the bullet would be right up against the rifling. Then set your die to that measurement. That way, he claimed the bullet wouldn\'t have to jump to get to the rifling in the barrel. Only trouble I found with this method was it was harder than heck to close the bold.
So should I continue with this or try going back to reloading manual specs ? I know the manuals are printed lower than you can actually go due to liability purposes.
Also, what do you think about full case resizing vs, neck sizing?