Beam powder scales vs cheap digital scales vs powder scoop
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If this young woman had shot the most perfectly manufactured round possible for her rifle and her "target", how much do you think that that would have contributed to this shot versus practicing her free-standing shooting technique?
(Again, your personal goal in shooting is paramount. And, BTW, I did not intend this video to promote anything to be sold. This was about the shooter, not the life size target.)
(Again, your personal goal in shooting is paramount. And, BTW, I did not intend this video to promote anything to be sold. This was about the shooter, not the life size target.)
Why so upset ?
It obviously went over your head that some were discussing (with humor and light sarcasm) different rabbit holes one can fall into when reloading.
But hey you have the right user handle for the pecker measuring contest. You win
It can. “Mine’s smaller” is just another way of playing “Mine’s bigger”.
"I shot more buffalo".
Great post, Dogleg!
FWIW, yesterday evening I decided to do some further preliminary case and Lee-kit-adjustment work in preparation for the arrival of my inferior bullets and inferior primers in a few days.
As someone previously recommended in this thread, first I chamfered the primer pocket a smidgen (smidgen being a tad less than a bit) in order to make the inferior primer installation easier.
Then I deburred/chamfered the case where one inserts the projectile.
After doing those two things, I decided to set the depth that the Lee kit's bullet-seater will insert the bullet. To get some idea of how deep the bullet should be inserted, I measured the OAL of one of my PMC bronze cartridges using a cheap, inaccurate Princess Auto digital caliper that I've been using for the past 15 years and compared that number to the Lee kit's recommended OAL. The former was approximately 1mm shorter than the latter, so, naturally, I decided to go with the PMC OAL.
I have a pristine bullet and some powder that I inertiaed from a PMC round, so I thought I'd use the bullet to set the bullet depth/OAL in a primerless, powderless, once-shot case. Short story shorter, using the die's locking ring, I locked the Lee kit's die so that it will now push in a bullet to the depth that the reloaded round will be "extremely close" to the OAL of that randomly-chosen PMC round.
Then I inertiaed that bullet out of the once-fired case. I'll use that bullet again to complete my first reloaded round in my life. I'll fire that round before doing any more reloading. If the now-twice-fired case ejects and re-chambers easily, I'll be off to the reloading races. I'm pumped!
FWIW, yesterday evening I decided to do some further preliminary case and Lee-kit-adjustment work in preparation for the arrival of my inferior bullets and inferior primers in a few days.
As someone previously recommended in this thread, first I chamfered the primer pocket a smidgen (smidgen being a tad less than a bit) in order to make the inferior primer installation easier.
Then I deburred/chamfered the case where one inserts the projectile.
After doing those two things, I decided to set the depth that the Lee kit's bullet-seater will insert the bullet. To get some idea of how deep the bullet should be inserted, I measured the OAL of one of my PMC bronze cartridges using a cheap, inaccurate Princess Auto digital caliper that I've been using for the past 15 years and compared that number to the Lee kit's recommended OAL. The former was approximately 1mm shorter than the latter, so, naturally, I decided to go with the PMC OAL.
I have a pristine bullet and some powder that I inertiaed from a PMC round, so I thought I'd use the bullet to set the bullet depth/OAL in a primerless, powderless, once-shot case. Short story shorter, using the die's locking ring, I locked the Lee kit's die so that it will now push in a bullet to the depth that the reloaded round will be "extremely close" to the OAL of that randomly-chosen PMC round.
Then I inertiaed that bullet out of the once-fired case. I'll use that bullet again to complete my first reloaded round in my life. I'll fire that round before doing any more reloading. If the now-twice-fired case ejects and re-chambers easily, I'll be off to the reloading races. I'm pumped!
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Ya it’s pretty exciting, I just started a year ago and still remember how pumped I was too completing and shooting my first rounds, today I am starting my third caliber and guess what? Still just as excited as the first and second time around! Have fun it’s a blast!Great post, Dogleg!
FWIW, yesterday evening I decided to do some further preliminary case and Lee-kit-adjustment work in preparation for the arrival of my inferior bullets and inferior primers in a few days.
As someone previously recommended in this thread, first I chamfered the primer pocket a smidgen (smidgen being a tad less than a bit) in order to make the inferior primer installation easier.
Then I deburred/chamfered the case where one inserts the projectile.
After doing those two things, I decided to set the depth that the Lee kit's bullet-seater will insert the bullet. To get some idea of how deep the bullet should be inserted, I measured the OAL of one of my PMC bronze cartridges using a cheap, inaccurate Princess Auto digital caliper that I've been using for the past 15 years and compared that number to the Lee kit's recommended OAL. The former was approximately 1mm shorter than the latter, so, naturally, I decided to go with the PMC OAL.
I have a pristine bullet and some powder that I inertiaed from a PMC round, so I thought I'd use the bullet to set the bullet depth/OAL in a primerless, powderless, once-shot case. Short story shorter, using the die's locking ring, I locked the Lee kit's die so that it will now push in a bullet to the depth that the reloaded round will be "extremely close" to the OAL of that randomly-chosen PMC round.
Then I inertiaed that bullet out of the once-fired case. I'll use that bullet again to complete my first reloaded round in my life. I'll fire that round before doing any more reloading. If the now-twice-fired case ejects and re-chambers easily, I'll be off to the reloading races. I'm pumped!
