As your brass gets used does the annealing change any? For instance after 5 firings will you recalibrate the annealer or is the brass stable enough to not change over time.
Instead of disassembling the bolt to find the max brass length, have you tried partly setting a spent primer in a fired piece of brass then chamber the case and use the bolt to fully seat the primer and measure with a comparator to the seated primer? This has worked well for me and has provided consistent results with no disassembly required.
Thanks Keith, I really look forward to your videos. Always learning from you. I think skipping the details of these steps leads to wasting valuable time and components. You are the Bob Ross of gunpowder and lead!
But they don’t compensate the springy reloading press. Redding competition shellholders are therefore the better solution. Just adjust that there appears no light between die and shellholder, when sizing a case.
@@winninginthewindgive SAC dies a try. You can use any combination of neck bushing and expander mandrel. The time savings and quality are worth the $$$ in my opinion.
I have noticed in some of your videos where you're shooting you have a small magnifier on your scope so you can see the turret I would like to have information on that because I'm not getting any younger thanks .Bob
Just like to say , thanks for choosing the 6.5CM . In today’s world it has been sort of forgotten and passed over , but it such a versatile and accurate round . 👍
Which load development technique do you use?? OCW or ladder?? And do you start load developement only after fireforming new cases?? Thanks for the content! Its the most informative oit there
I've never had a problem in over a dozen rifles just taking a shoulder measurement off fired brass using a comparator and then sizing to reduce that measurement by 0.001" or 0.002" depending on the application. Given that you're using your comparator to "save" your measurement and test all future brass this seems unnecessarily complicated.
I agree if I set the die up and I'm between. 001 and .003 and it chambers I'm good if I want it to work in any gun then I bump .004 or .005 I've seen other guys do it his way but they were all geeks with pocket protectors and lived and died by how small there groups are. Buy the way I have one of them geeks in the family you could by all my reloading stuff for what just there scale cost nuts.
As a noob, I would like to thank you for actually showing the process to get the bolt ready for your method. I saw another video on finding headspace that didn't mention removing the ejector (probably because their bolt worked differently) and I overworked my brass. I kept resizing and wondering why there was still resistance.
Using the dry media cleaner can leave a clog in the primer pocket and flash hole. Have you any feeling for using the wet SS pins cleaner. Great job live you videos. Dan Martin.
Most people are going away from SS pins for a couple reasons. 1. It can dent and roll the case mouths if tumbled for too long. 2. It removes too much carbon from the case neck causing rough and inconsistent bullet seating. This can be fixed only by using dry neck lube before seating or throwing them in the tumbler for 30 minutes
I’ve got a 6GT I’ve been using for midrange fclass. I’ve been strictly using a bushing sizer(size recommended by GAP). I’m wondering if I’ll get a little more consistent ES/SD if I go a size down and then mandrel for neck tension.
I just do it the way I do it. Some people say trimming can change the case mouth slightly. Expanding afterward might help. For me it's just a ritual to do it in the order I do.
You need to look at the induction anealers from south africa with the glow sensors(arc anealer), no need to sacrifice cases, and waaaaay cheaper... oh, and come with an auto feeder
How'd you choose your aztec case..? I appreciate your headspace approach.. In past I check all fire formed brass...there is usually up to 3 thou variance..I put the longest cases to the side and gently feel for resistance on bolt close...this case gives me the maximum measurement...and aim to size a thou shorter... No problems yet.. Lee neck collet I like...can't afford redding dies anyway. Redding body die for when headspace is too big...which is rare...so far.. Love your work Keith... Thanks for sharing.. After trimming and chamfering. 600 cases recently..the Girard trimmer looks like heaven....does I have a VLD option though?
Most precision shooters don’t wet tumble because it can damage the case mouth. Even if the case mouth isn’t damaged you are still removing the carbon from the case mouth which acts as a lubricant when seating bullets….
@@bawhitham23 Thanks ... but not 100% on-board with that. I've seen case mouths damaged if you use steel pins, but I don't, and have thousands through my wet tumbler without ever seeing any damage. Also, I lube the case mouth with NeoLube #2 before running my mandrel and seating, as I'd much rather use that for lubrication than consciously leaving residual carbon build-up from prior firing. To each his own ... but that's how I roll.
Wet tumbling is great. It doesn't damage the case mouth if you don't overload the tumbler and keep the tumbling time down. I started doing it to remove the oxide layer left on the brass from flame annealing. However, you will then need to lubricate the necks(I use one I make with 99% ISO and graphite powder) or you will lose accuracy potential. The powder residue inside a case which is not wet tumbled normally takes this role. It definitely makes a difference. I saw group size increases of nearly 20% with squeaky clean necks in one of my benchrest guns.
Secret between friends: you can easily reform 6.0CM fed GMM brass to 6.5 with graphite and patience with remarkable consistency and be able to use small primers. Identical dimensions but for neck diameter. Small primers CAN be a lot more consistent; when you think about the size of the cup and the process of manufacture that should probably be fairly self evident. And they’re roundly more abundant! S&B’s process of manufacture for large was apparently superior vs our domestic options for consistency (their large had amazingly linear response vs powder mass at johnny’s reloading bench; might’ve been bolt action reloading) but must’ve been more dangerous... bah. I wonder what that process is. Must’ve been equivalent to our domestic benchrest process.
Well if we can buy this ammunition at Walmart… Clearly this guy has no idea what he’s talking about. You have to shoot an EXOTIC caliber to know what you’re talking about.
I sure appreciate your content sir. Just absolute top of the bill material. PrestonJMoore has an excellent channel if you don’t know about it. You two should be running mates and save this country.
