Re: RE-LOADING Match AMMO
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Moots</div><div class="ubbcode-body">OK, What is the secret? Everyone I ever talk to says something different about how they re-load match ammo and prep brass and throw powder, etc....
What is the system to get quality match ammo? </div></div>
Hi T,
This is what I have done.
Settle on a chambering that you are going to stay with.
Buy a large number of brass all the same lot#.
Buy your own reamer (.003 neck expansion and reasonable fit to this particular lot of brass) and have custom dies made to closely match that reamer for minimum sizing. Doing so extends brass life because the brass will expand only as much as the chamber will allow and will be sized down just enough to fit back into that chamber.
It'll be 6 years soon since I bought 1000 Lapua 6.5x47L brass. I sold 200 of it with another rifle, lost about 75 of them, just recently got 1 loose primer pocket, probably the 1 I experimented with "115's at 3250fps" but all the rest of the primer pockets are still tight. Lost count how many times they've been fired but I'm on my 4th barrel including the rifle I sold, 5th barrel is getting ordered soon.
Knowing that I'll be shooting this brass for many years I benchrest prep it(turn necks just enough for a 100% clean up), ream flash holes, then weight sort into 50 round bins.
I use only temperature insensitive powders and non VLD ogive bullets.
With bullets kissing lands I do a double ladder test(google it) finding the upper node. I've found that 400Y is best for accurate rifles because some rifles are capable of putting shots through the same hole at 300Y. Pick a calm day and let your barrel cool between every 2 shots.
Adjust seating depth first in .005" increments then in .002" and powder charge in 10ths till I'm satisfied the rifle will shoot no better and the SD's are acceptable.
I weigh each charge! Google Scott Parker tuned scale, Youtube it as well.
