DesertDug
04-21-2019, 10:41 AM
I am newer to precision reloading. I have always just sized my cases and checked them with a Wilson cartridge case gauge.
i now have the hornady chamber gauge and am finding some unexpected results when measuring my fire formed brass.
All brass was sized the same and fired with same load, trim length and powder charge. Which that said, I would expect that all the cases would measure the same. Is this a correct assumption? Where the case not sized correctly? Some where tighter then others when closing the bolt it all fit the Wilson case gauge. Maybe I am not setting up the full length sizing die correctly.
What shoulder should I be resizing to to get the .002" bump if this difference in formed length is expected?
Any advise in getting to this next level of reloaded would be great.
2.047" being the most common lenght
https://i.postimg.cc/6Q5Z0bfb/IMG-1808.jpg (https://postimg.cc/k2zDMcZW)
i now have the hornady chamber gauge and am finding some unexpected results when measuring my fire formed brass.
All brass was sized the same and fired with same load, trim length and powder charge. Which that said, I would expect that all the cases would measure the same. Is this a correct assumption? Where the case not sized correctly? Some where tighter then others when closing the bolt it all fit the Wilson case gauge. Maybe I am not setting up the full length sizing die correctly.
What shoulder should I be resizing to to get the .002" bump if this difference in formed length is expected?
Any advise in getting to this next level of reloaded would be great.
2.047" being the most common lenght
https://i.postimg.cc/6Q5Z0bfb/IMG-1808.jpg (https://postimg.cc/k2zDMcZW)