If the bolt closes easily is there any reason to bump the shoulder? If the bolt closes with minimal force the shoulder shouldn't need to be pushed back. It has not reached the point that it's to long.Just starting out reloading.
Loaded my first last week from fired Hornady whitetail ammo. The fired cases were 1.621 on the Hornady headspace gauge and +.005 on the whidden case gauge. First time I FL resized them I bumped them to 1.619 and +.003
I just finished shooting them and resized them again but now it seems like I must not have locked the ring down enough and they are reading 1.615 and -.002
Did I bump these back too much? Is -.001 to -.003 on the whidden case gauge too much? Thanks
Gun is a factory Savage 7mm-08 bolt action.