extreme spread

[chuck nelson]

I’ve been annealing brass for 20 years.

 

[jethunter]

I didn’t say inconsistent neck tension helps anything.

You said less neck tension was needed for better ES. I was wondering how you came to that conclusion?

 

[chuck nelson]

By shooting. Plus, I don’t know of a single shooting discipline that increases neck tension to improve accuracy. Many guys are shooting 1/2 to 1 thou neck tension. There is no way that is a great idea unless it shrinks groups.

 

[Buckmastr]

By shooting. Plus, I don’t know of a single shooting discipline that increases neck tension to improve accuracy. Many guys are shooting 1/2 to 1 thou neck tension. There is no way that is a great idea unless it shrinks groups.

You gotta be careful with 0.5 thou of neck tension in a mag cartridge with bullets in a magazine no?

 

[chuck nelson]

Yes! Of course you do. That is why there is only one reason people would be doing it. If 9 thou neck tension or crimping bullets made for better groups benchrest and F-Class guys would be doing it.

 

[Buckmastr]

Yes! Of course you do. That is why there is only one reason people would be doing it. If 9 thou neck tension or crimping bullets made for better groups benchrest and F-Class guys would be doing it.

Consistent neck tension for any type of shooting is best, chasing weak neck tension to improve ES in a magnum hunting rife that’s sub moa already is folly.

 

[chuck nelson]

Here is what a thirty second search turned up. So yes and yes.

https://youtu.be/mNgFHtwDciE

 

[chuck nelson]

Consistent neck tension for any type of shooting is best, chasing weak neck tension to improve ES in a magnum hunting rife that’s sub moa already is folly.

I would never run 1/2 thou neck tension in a hunting rifle. I run three. But I don’t run eight. For a reason.

But the point is. Increasing neck tension to try and correct accuracy or ES isn’t something I’d bet the farm on.

 

[Buckmastr]

Here is what a thirty second search turned up. So yes and yes.

https://youtu.be/mNgFHtwDciE

I didn’t watch that. But was surprised it wasn’t another cortina show.

Confusing best reloading practices for f-class or benchrest with building reliable hunting ammo?
There’s a reason hunters sometimes crimp ammo. A bit of ES means SFA for this instance as todbartel noted.

 

[chuck nelson]

I didn’t watch that. But was surprised it wasn’t another cortina show.

Confusing best reloading practices for f-class or benchrest with building reliable hunting ammo?
There’s a reason hunters sometimes crimp ammo. A bit of ES means SFA for this instance as todbartel noted.

Do what you like. And of course you didn’t watch it.

Maybe you missed post 28.

 

[Dogleg]

Using Reoader 22 with 168 gr ttsx outa my 300 wm

Is there a better powder suited that may give me less velocity spread. I am showing sometimes > eg. 3135 to 3190 all with the same loads.
Thers shooting sub moa at 100 but I know they wont be that great at long range.
Maybe I have something else going on.

I quit using RL22 in the 300 Win because of vertical stringing at longer ranges. It shot great at short range; which just proves that short range accuracy means more or less nothing. I always try H1000 first; and usually end up staying there. Its boringly consistent. H1000 got its name by being Hodgdon's thousand powder for the 300

When I still used the 168 TSX it got H4831.

 

[Ganderite]

If the ES is too high, the idea is to try something different.

Neck tension and a hotter primer are 2 variables easy to try.

Don't do both with the same load.

Load some with the usual primer and more neck tension. And load some with the usual neck tension with a hotter primer.

I don't make these suggestions without some experience on the issue.

If you are adventurous, then load some with both changes.

Please report back. We can all learn what does and does not work.