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6mm4me · December 29, 2005, 12:45 AM

I use a dummy round, no primer or powder and lube the inside of the neck in a sized brass and seat a bullet long. Then I chamber it in the gun and close the bolt, this seats the bullet touching the lands. Then I eject it and measure the OAL and subtract 5/1000's and adjust die to that OAL. I don't like a lot of "jump" but really can't comment on accuracy gained or lost. But I do want uniformity in shell to given rifle.

December 29, 2005, 12:45 AM	#2
6mm4me Member Join Date: November 30, 2004 Location: kansas city area at the present, but Colorado and Wyoming have been home. Lived 2 years in the middle east. Posts: 33	My method I use a dummy round, no primer or powder and lube the inside of the neck in a sized brass and seat a bullet long. Then I chamber it in the gun and close the bolt, this seats the bullet touching the lands. Then I eject it and measure the OAL and subtract 5/1000's and adjust die to that OAL. I don't like a lot of "jump" but really can't comment on accuracy gained or lost. But I do want uniformity in shell to given rifle.