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    Looks like I'm within 11 fps of being there!

    Remember the problem I described in my other thread? Well, when you guys started talking about the 70 gr Nosler RDF needed a long jump, I increased the jump to 0.07" That's about as far as I can go without the case mouth swallowing the ogive. I shot this target late this afternoon about 6:30...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Great minds think alike! That's where I got the idea to do 0.1 gr increments thinking it would profile the barrel better with half the step size and twice as many bullets. I'm gonna watch that again.
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Thanks TxSteel, but should the velocity curve look like that??? How could the velocity go up and down with an ever increasing charge???
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Oops, sorry, I got in a hurry, that is what I'm using, and a RCBS micro case and bullet something or other:
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    I had a bullet seated long in a sized case with no primer or powder. I hand loaded it into the chamber and closed the bolt hoping that the bullet would be forced into the lands and hence back in the case. When I tried this, rather than extract the dummy round, the case extracted without the...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Here's what I used to determine where the ogive contacted the lands: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/479963/hornady-lock-n-load-overall-length-gauge-automatic-lever-action Then here's what I used to measure from the base to the ogive...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    I increased in 0.1 gr increments for 20 rounds, here's what I got. Measured with LabRadar and Magnetospeed together: Never seen anything like this???
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Actually I measure to the ogive. Where I measured to the to the tip was so I could use that same bullet to set up a dummy reference round to the exact same over all length. Then I measured that dummy reference to the ogive and that becomes my reference. At the time, I didn't realize I could...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    My bad, that was a typo. It should have been 0.245 instead of 0.254.
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    First, Thanks to all for the help. Didn't mean to disappear on you, got tied up. Here's what I meant by COAL. I used a Hornady Lock N Load O.A.L. Gauge to find the seating depth with the bullet I was using. After finding where the bullet touches the lands, I measured the length from case base...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    All rounds are clocked by a LabRadar. Charge weight for Reloader 15 with 70 gn has been 22.5, 23, 23.5, 24 grains. With Reloader 15 and 77 gn SMKs they are, 23, 23.5, 24. No, none of anything I've loaded groups well. Well, that's not entirely true, I have had some 1 MOA groups, but even then...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Many thanks! I'll sure keep the ACS mags in mind. Before I spend more (seems like there's no end to reloading) I want to try to eliminate everything else I can. And thanks for the tip about the Noslers - I'll have to look that up.
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    I did that and the bullet kept pulling out of the case. I then went to the Hornady thingy that measures headspace, got 2.30" Thanks for the thought - I'm gonna take another run at headspace using a different method and try adjusting the bullet seating depth.
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    No mixing, all cases new or all cases once fired, all cases sorted by weight. It's kind of exasperating - seems like I'm doing everything right, but I'm obviously missing something??? I did ladder tests and incremented by 0.5 gn per step. I chrono every round with LabRadar. By length test on...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    I have tested factory loads. The SD's are anywhere from 20-30 fps which is not what I'm looking for, but it's better than what I'm getting. The RDFs seem to be pretty consistent using the ogive as the measuring point. I had maybe two that were a bit long so I just dialed in the amount into the...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Thanks! That's good to know!
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    Thanks! Essentially the same. I'm inclined to think it's something going on with the gun. I can't imagine why such carefully loaded rounds come out of the barrel at such wide spread velocities??? Would perhaps a marginal firing pin spring produce inconsistent primer strikes and explain the...
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    Guys, I have a problem I bet/hope you can help...

    I'm reloading very carefully and unfortunately the velocity standard deviation and velocity extreme spread varies inconsistently from 7.5 fps to 60 fps - it's just all over the place and unpredictable. I'm sure you'll want details so here ya go. cases: new or once reloaded Hornady bullet: .223...
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