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Vandy321
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300wm, berger 215s and GM215M primers...seems slot of folks are getting single digit ES with this combo.
I've chrono'd a few charge weights now and everything seems pretty steady at about 20, including the node I'm loading.
Getting 2981 fps, ES of 19-22 and an SD of 7-9.
I do the following to help ES, anything else?
Neck turned/clean up necks
Uniform primer pockets
Debur flash hole
Neck Bushing down and expand with mandrel to set tension
I dip the bullets in graphite powder (cases are steel media wet tumbled)
I try to seat my primers to a .002 crush, but that seems to very from flush to .004 crush...assuming that is not helping my cause. Do I need to pay attention to primer crush (or no crush) depth?
I'm going to try some CCI 250s as well, as some say it dropped ES in half when they switched, but that could go either way.
I'm probably missing stuff some. But I try to do it all.
What else have you found that helps improve ES?
I've chrono'd a few charge weights now and everything seems pretty steady at about 20, including the node I'm loading.
Getting 2981 fps, ES of 19-22 and an SD of 7-9.
I do the following to help ES, anything else?
Neck turned/clean up necks
Uniform primer pockets
Debur flash hole
Neck Bushing down and expand with mandrel to set tension
I dip the bullets in graphite powder (cases are steel media wet tumbled)
I try to seat my primers to a .002 crush, but that seems to very from flush to .004 crush...assuming that is not helping my cause. Do I need to pay attention to primer crush (or no crush) depth?
I'm going to try some CCI 250s as well, as some say it dropped ES in half when they switched, but that could go either way.
I'm probably missing stuff some. But I try to do it all.
What else have you found that helps improve ES?