What is a good load?

[fuel80guy]

What makes a good load?
I reload for 2 calibers,,,223 +22-250 and im happy with both and both work great in my guns.
That being said a few of my reloads don't work very well in my brothers gun,,,hard to close bolt.
I'm interested in the coyote hunters who reload on there perspective of a good reload.

 

[Spawn-Inc]

What makes a good load?
I reload for 2 calibers,,,223 +22-250 and im happy with both and both work great in my guns.
That being said a few of my reloads don't work very well in my brothers gun,,,hard to close bolt.
I'm interested in the coyote hunters who reload on there perspective of a good reload.

when you take the round out after it was hard to close the bolt, does it have marks on the bullet in the cartridge?
not an expert, but it sounds to me like the bullet is not seated deep enough.

 

[Cleftwynd]

Are you neck sizing for your rifle? That could make the brass not chamber in a different rifle. Or as Spawn said, it could be that your loads are putting the bullet into the lands of his rifle.

 

[looch]

I'd rather err on the side of safety rather than avoid sounding like a douche, so unless you are charging to the lowest recommended charge weight, don't use your reloads in other guns. Also, full length resize and seat the bullets to the SAAMI spec.

 

[g-manz35]

I'd rather err on the side of safety rather than avoid sounding like a douche, so unless you are charging to the lowest recommended charge weight, don't use your reloads in other guns. Also, full length resize and seat the bullets to the SAAMI spec.

I will add to that. I have a load for my 223 rifle that shoots the lights out. My buddy has a 223 also. I wouldn't think for a second that my load will work well in his gun. I will therefore get his rifle, find the max COL for his chamber, measure his mag to find the COL that will fit in his mag, choose a bullet and powder, start at the min and work my way up in increments of .3 to .5 gr loading 5 of each load, go to the range and see how they group. If I find something that groups well I will load up 5 rounds slightly above and below that load to see if I can improve on it. If I don"t get groupings that I an satisfied with I will move on to a new bullet, powder, COL or whatever and do it over again. I figure if you want an easy answer try different factory ammo till you find one that is decent.

I just started reloading this year so take my advice with a grain of salt. t telling you what to do. I'm just telling you what I'm going to do. You will find this method is recomended by many.

Have fun. George

 

[dead meat]

Yup i would keep brass segragated, i have a couple of duplicates and mark the boxes of brass as to which rifle it goes with. Just makes life a little easier for me as i neck size most everything. I have seen two identicle rifles bought the same day and only a few numbers apart and the chambers were so different the wouldn`t accept each others brass even after full lenght resizing.