getting angry at 30-06 reloading

[Ganderite]

The mag will take it way longer than you can seat the rn out. I've probably got my numbers confused I'll look tomorrow. I loaded the first bunch per Hornady manual specs for them my notes and reloading gear is elsewhere, hard to do it here at the house with my son being foreman constantly

Reloading specs?

OAL is not a "spec". It is determined by you, for your rifle. Mag lengths vary, as do chamber throats.

Seat your bullet very, very long and chamber it. If you get rifling marks on the bullet, seat another a bit deeper, and try again. Repeat until you don't get rifling marks. Note that OAL and load ammo at that length to test. Late, when you have a powder charge developed, come back to the OAL and try 10 thou longer and 10 thou shorter.

If you do a lot of shooting, you will find that throat erosion will require a gradual length change in ammo. My 308 ammo grows about 10 thou a year.

 

[trapoholic]

I meant my brass is exactly 2.484 and Hornady suggests 3.310 for their 180 grain round nose interlock oal of loaded ammo. I went to 3.312 on the first load in new brass. Now in the reloaded once fired brass (same trim length) they came out 3.312-3.314

They are extremely stubby bullets, there's no way I could load them length of the mag. Accubonds I can but they don't shoot very well for me

 

[Ltbull01]

I meant my brass is exactly 2.484 and Hornady suggests 3.310 for their 180 grain round nose interlock oal of loaded ammo. I went to 3.312 on the first load in new brass. Now in the reloaded once fired brass (same trim length) they came out 3.312-3.314

They are extremely stubby bullets, there's no way I could load them length of the mag. Accubonds I can but they don't shoot very well for me

Your brass trim length is not affecting your COAL. With lead tip bullets, the COAL will vary a lot because the bullet tip is highly variable and it gets bumped and dinged during manufacture and packaging. Even using the ogive to ensure consistent seating depth can result in variation as the manufacturer's bullet making dies wear, machinery has tolerances and are not all tooled to exactly the same specs. There will be some variation (I've had as much as 5 - 7 thou), but if they still shoot accurately, put it out of your mind and shoot!

 

[Ganderite]

I meant my brass is exactly 2.484 and Hornady suggests 3.310 for their 180 grain round nose interlock oal of loaded ammo. I went to 3.312 on the first load in new brass. Now in the reloaded once fired brass (same trim length) they came out 3.312-3.314

They are extremely stubby bullets, there's no way I could load them length of the mag. Accubonds I can but they don't shoot very well for me

No they don't "suggest". They just list the OAL they decided to use, for whatever reason.

You could use their OAL, but with your rifle the bullet might be hard into the rifling - or it might be a loooong way off the rifling.

Seat a bullet long, and then work deeper to find the OAL that has the bullet just off the rifling in YOUR rifle.

 

[444shooter]

Just load some up at 3.210" and shoot. Then you can tinker with the OAL if a certain charge weight looks promising.

 

[trapoholic]

Your brass trim length is not affecting your COAL. With lead tip bullets, the COAL will vary a lot because the bullet tip is highly variable and it gets bumped and dinged during manufacture and packaging. Even using the ogive to ensure consistent seating depth can result in variation as the manufacturer's bullet making dies wear, machinery has tolerances and are not all tooled to exactly the same specs. There will be some variation (I've had as much as 5 - 7 thou), but if they still shoot accurately, put it out of your mind and shoot!

They shot great in the new brass, gonna find out this weekend if anything changes being loaded up in the once fired

No they don't "suggest". They just list the OAL they decided to use, for whatever reason.

You could use their OAL, but with your rifle the bullet might be hard into the rifling - or it might be a loooong way off the rifling.

Seat a bullet long, and then work deeper to find the OAL that has the bullet just off the rifling in YOUR rifle.

Ok whatever, they don't suggest. I just loaded them up to what the damn book said and they worked really well with it in the new brass. Now they're of slightly so I'll see what they do this weekend in the once fired.

Just load some up at 3.210" and shoot. Then you can tinker with the OAL if a certain charge weight looks promising.

Doin it.