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howdy all, I been gone a,while but I,m back at the bench- I,m loading some 224 hornady 55-v-max- these bullets vary in length from base to ogive as much as .020-- what the hells going on? I have a good caliper an good hornady gauges-m my oal kept coming out all over the board as I set my seater (rcbs) good shape tool- how can I expect to load consistant ammo with these? I have loaded hornady for years but just noticed this with the 223--- Thanks ahead,
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Is there a possibility that there could be some 53 grain bullets mixed with the 55's?
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Curious to what the scale offers for answers.
I somewhat recently found a bullet 105 grains heavier considerably longer and larger in diameter than the other 90 + bullets in the box. Yes the box count came up short on the count, I dare say due to the heavier bullet.
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good question on the 53vs 55- I never had any 53s but I,ll find out,
Thanks ya,ll
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Let us know what you find out. If proven true, I'm pretty sure Hornady will want to know and will likely take good care of you and send you a box with proper weights.
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Is there a possibility that there could be some 53 grain bullets mixed with the 55's? 53's are BT's.....55's are FB......
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I'd check and then clean the seater die. Muddy
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I'd load 100 and hit the range.
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I'd load 100 and hit the range.
Travis You'd take them elk hunting too, I suspect...
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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o.k, this just in-
Didn't measure the whole dang box, there tiny an my big old fingers etc,,
off the 27,,, all weighed the same 55 grins with my rcbs 10-10,,
but-- measuring them, 13- were 1.414 7- were 1.434 7- were 1.425, all base to ogive-
They shoot "ok" but hell wouldn't they shoot more consistent if they were the exact same size? They shot like .600?? with this varying "jump" ??? I just want to load the best rounds I Can<<<<<
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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.6 for 5 shots. Why you Bitchin. You got a cooper or bench gun, then you have a bitch, factory no bitch at all. But then again, I think hornady bullets are inferior for group shooting.
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well ,,, now were get n somewhere,, what would your favorite bullet be accuracy wise??
and- .6 was a best out of lots of groups-- generally 1" range,,,
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Accuracy wise, Sierra 52 - 53. Nosler CC is great too nats azz small groups. LT32 in combo with a BR 4 primer produces dandy small groups. Benchmark in the 25 - 26 grain range with said bullets also has proved to be a dandy small group shooter. In 55 grain range of bullets the varmegeddon sucked, but BT's and Sierras did well. Produced .3 - .4 5 shot groups out of 2 different coopers. 52 - 53 were in the consistent . 25 or less range. The only hornady bullet that ever perforfomed for groups in my experience was the 6 mm 75 grain HP Match.
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Thank ya swifty- This is the only "pop gun" I ever loaded for, I,m really an overbore shooter- 7 mag, 257 Roy,, got tired of all the powder an kick,, This thing is easy ta shoot,,, I,ll get some other stuff going,
Good shoot n ,, rc
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what would your favorite bullet be accuracy wise??
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what would your favorite bullet be accuracy wise??
Hornady. Travis Yep.
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