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Case expansion
Hawg,
It occurred to me that I probably should expand them more than I do sometimes.
When I reload with my progressive, I let the bullet seating station compress my powder. In an effort to be precise while working up new loads, I went to a single stage press and a powder compression die. Since I didn't expand the case enought to fully seat the bullet by hand, I'm now relying on my measurements to insure that the bullet is firmly seated against the over-powder card. I have lost sleep over whether or not I have any air gaps in my newly loaded cartridges with varying amounts of powder (i.e. +/- 2 gr to see which shoots best).
I'd hate to blow up a gun I'm working up a load for...
Chowmi
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