has been kicked around here so badly...and been ridden so hard into the ground that only his ears can be seen above ground!
Loaded some 30/06 cases, neck turned Win brass that had been annealed and then seated the Sierra 168 gr. HPBT with a Wilson In-Line seater to a depth of 2.583" BTO. This was a test to see just how much pressure it would take to pull said bullets! Guys....it was damn nigh a 'gut buster' to get enough upward pressure on the press handle to get the ram down and those five rounds pulled! And I'm no weakling at 6' and 218#! Prior to the powder charges being thrown these case mouths were run up into an arbor of .3075" and all bullets seated easily with no excess pressure! These loaded rounds had been loaded for approximately four months.
Once upon a time there was a fellow named Dick Vesy....think he was the only shooter to win...I think either the Wimbledon or Leech Cup at Camp Perry, Ohio, shooting the 7MM Mag cartridge...quite some years back. I talked with him and asked him about that event and got to talking to him about how he reloaded his ammo! One thing he stated to me stuck in my mind and that was that he advised that he NEVER loaded any ammo that he was going to shoot until the night before the match because the longer it was loaded that it would take a 'set' and change the neck tension!
For quite a few years I made .30 caliber match grade bullets under the company name of Delta Precision Bullets and one of the things that I did not do....going back to the conversation with Dick and after much reading pertaining to the metallurgy of brass, etc. was I never pointed any bullets up after I seated the cores until they had been sitting undisturbed for 30 days! I took precise measurements of the cored jackets immediately after coring and then again 30 days later and always there was around .0005" smaller diameter! I think there is some correlation going on here betwixt cartridge brass and bullet jackets!
Beats the hell outa me!! :-\ ???
Loaded some 30/06 cases, neck turned Win brass that had been annealed and then seated the Sierra 168 gr. HPBT with a Wilson In-Line seater to a depth of 2.583" BTO. This was a test to see just how much pressure it would take to pull said bullets! Guys....it was damn nigh a 'gut buster' to get enough upward pressure on the press handle to get the ram down and those five rounds pulled! And I'm no weakling at 6' and 218#! Prior to the powder charges being thrown these case mouths were run up into an arbor of .3075" and all bullets seated easily with no excess pressure! These loaded rounds had been loaded for approximately four months.
Once upon a time there was a fellow named Dick Vesy....think he was the only shooter to win...I think either the Wimbledon or Leech Cup at Camp Perry, Ohio, shooting the 7MM Mag cartridge...quite some years back. I talked with him and asked him about that event and got to talking to him about how he reloaded his ammo! One thing he stated to me stuck in my mind and that was that he advised that he NEVER loaded any ammo that he was going to shoot until the night before the match because the longer it was loaded that it would take a 'set' and change the neck tension!
For quite a few years I made .30 caliber match grade bullets under the company name of Delta Precision Bullets and one of the things that I did not do....going back to the conversation with Dick and after much reading pertaining to the metallurgy of brass, etc. was I never pointed any bullets up after I seated the cores until they had been sitting undisturbed for 30 days! I took precise measurements of the cored jackets immediately after coring and then again 30 days later and always there was around .0005" smaller diameter! I think there is some correlation going on here betwixt cartridge brass and bullet jackets!
Beats the hell outa me!! :-\ ???
