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February 19, 2021, 11:26 AM | #26 | |
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Yes, they're chasing the lands. I've done that for all my long range handloads for bolt action rifles. Last edited by Bart B.; February 19, 2021 at 11:49 AM. |
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February 19, 2021, 12:43 PM | #27 |
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I did that shoulder setback test some years ago.
Federal nickel plated 308 Winchester case shoulders were set back almost .010 inch. Regular Federal 308 cases, about .004 inch. Thin wall WCC58 match 308 cases weighing only 150 grains, .006 inch setback. Last edited by Bart B.; February 19, 2021 at 12:48 PM. |
February 19, 2021, 12:55 PM | #28 |
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Long ago, and far away, I had a first year production Remington 22-250 that was used a lot. Ground Hogs were over running the blue grass and farmers would put us up for the weekend to hunt.
I would start low with a powder load and work up to max, bullet length was determined by what would stay in the case until loaded in the chamber, if the round was removed without firing I used a cleaning rod to remove the bullet from the barrel. My velocity would be some where above 3800 fps. Cases lasted about 5 reloads before necks, and bodies would split, or primers would fall out. Shots ranged from 200 yards to 500 yards and we did our part to help out, one farmer said he had never seen ground hogs out at night before. Chasing the rifling reduced my group size by about 50%, SD meant nothing to me. Coyotes and a career ended the great times spent in the fields and now I hunt the SD. For whatever the reason, bullet profile is just another variable and I will go with the 2 fps difference it could make. Now, what's next. Have a great day. |
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Unclenick,
Regarding the picture in post 21, I thought "freebore" was the cylindrical section from chamber mouth to where the angled throat tapers down to the bore diameter. It's a couple thousandths or more than bullet diameter. Some SAAMI spec chambers don't have any; 30-06 and 300 Win Mag for example. A SAAMI representative explained to me it's that part of the "bore" that's "free" of rifling. Last edited by Bart B.; February 20, 2021 at 09:35 AM. |
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February 20, 2021, 10:56 AM | #31 | |
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edit - article by David Tubb on firing pin pressures, notice he uses inch ounces for measuring the force applied, not inch pounds https://www.davidtubb.com/index.php?...download_id=28
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February 20, 2021, 11:20 AM | #32 | |
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How much force does a 2.5 ounce firing pin moving about 20 fps pushed by a 25 pound spring put on the cartridge? Last edited by Bart B.; February 20, 2021 at 12:08 PM. |
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February 20, 2021, 12:56 PM | #33 | |
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February 20, 2021, 01:24 PM | #34 | |
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February 20, 2021, 01:29 PM | #35 |
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I gave you a link. I read it. If you want to learn something then I suggest you read the entire article and if not
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Primer cups are actually quite soft in this context IMO . A light AR floating firing pin dents the primer cup when closing the BCG . This to me shows how much potential forgiveness the primer cup has when the firing pin is driven into it . I'm now thinking shoulder set back is less and less likely by a firing pin strike . Can it happen ? I think so but the question might be better asked , is it likely to happen ? Maybe I'll run some test today with new cases and CCI and Win primers in 4 different 308's EDIT , that all said I did run some test several years ago to see if letting the BCG fly home on a loaded round in the AR-15 platform will set back the shoulder . The answer there is not only yes it can but it is actually likely to do so . My test showed the shoulder was set back anywhere from .0005 to .0015 when the BCG fly's home stripping a round from the mag . Not only that , if I repeated the test with the same cartridge the shoulder was set back again . I don't remember the number in total thousandths but at some point the shoulder did/does stop being set back . I want to say somewhere between .002 and .003 was the total set back I was able to induce . Note this was not the firing pin contacting the primer but rather the BCG slamming the case into the chamber that caused the shoulder set back . Interesting fact here as far as my test and how I think of it as fact ( I mean CNN did not fact check it so take it for what it's worth ) The fact I was getting the shoulder to set back made me try sizing the case to a case head space .002 longer then the fire formed length of a case from that firearm . This was to see if the long case from head to datum point would chamber or would it lock up the bolt . To confirm the case head space was long I road the charging handle home the tapped on the forward assist to be sure the case/ cartridge was to long to chamber freely . It was and I then ran the test of letting the BCG fly home stripping the cartridge from the mag . The bolt went into full battery and I was able to extract the round with minimal effort ( Sorry my memory is not 100% ) on the extraction part . I know extracting was not an issue but don't recall if the bolt was slightly stiffer to open or not .
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It is actually easy to test. Get some plasti-gauge, put it on the shoulder so that it does deform enough to take a measure. Then fire that case with a primer only and re-measure.
That was how I determined how much to bump the shoulder back before I had case gauges. It works. Not a single time I have tried it was there any change at all in the measurement. I used the same method when I would have a "stuck case" that had case gauged properly in my match AR15 and found that yes, the crimped bullet was pulling the shoulder into contact at the shoulder, so I bumped back the shoulders a little further to fix the problem. |
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Bullet Length in Relation to OAL
I don't see where what the shoulder is set back to, or "bumped" to has any direct relationship to bullet length and OAL. Quote:
First, marketing. Holland and Holland introduced the belt and the term "Magnum" with their .375 H&H in 1912. The belt was a unique identifier, something no other round (at the time) had, and gave people the (mistaken) impression that the case was thicker and stronger, to handle the "magnum" power. Second, both the .375 and the later .300 have long tapered cases and fairly small, and shallow shoulders. H&H wanted something they could count on for positive headspace that didn't have the feeding complications of a regular rimmed case. The belt did that. Note the era, and the commonly held beliefs of the times. JM Browning designed his .25, 32, & .38 pistol rounds with a "semi rim" for headspacing, because, at the time, he wasn't convinced a rimless round headspacing on just the case mouth would work acceptably well. Note that the round he designed after the rimless 9mm Luger proved the concept would work, the .45acp, is rimless. I think the H&H engineers were thinking on similar lines. To ensure reliable headspace on their new round, they added a belt, and headspaced on that. Note that the Flanged (rimmed) versions of their rounds (intended for double rifles) did not have belts. They knew rimmed rounds would have no problems, but weren't so positive about their .375 case shoulder being enough, so adding a belt took care of that concern, as well as giving them something distinctive as a marketing feature. That's my theory anyway... Now, back to bullet length in relation to OAL. When loading pointed bullets, regular seating stems do not contact the tip of the bullet. They bear on the bullet at some point on the ogive. Bullets of exactly the same measured length (base to tip) CAN vary in diameter at the point where the seating stem touches them, and variance here means that point is slightly further back or further ahead on the bullet, which results in a slightly different length of the loaded round. Now, the question is, how much, if any, does this matter? For me, not so much. I've got a Win Model 70 varmint in .22-250 that I bought nearly 40 years ago. Ammo is full length sized, Seating die set using a Rem 55gr factory round for length. I don't know where the shoulder is "bumped back to" and I don't care. I don't know what the jump to the lands is, and I don't care. Ammo fits and feeds from the magazine and doesn't hit the rifling. The rifle, in my hands, from a bench shoots 55gr slugs into 3/4" groups @100yds and shoots the 52/53g Sierra/Hornady match bullets into 1/2-3/4" groups and that works for me. I might possibly be able to do a lot more work and slightly improve that, but I can't shoot any better than that (and not quite as good in the field), so there's no point, for me.
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As to the firing pin setting back the shoulders . I just did a very small test with 3 different rifles and 2 different primers in 6 new Lapua cases . FIREARM -----------------PRIMER-------------------PRIMER AR-10 =__________CCI LR no effect_______Win LR no effect Savage M-10______ CCI LR no effect_______Win LR no effect Ruger American____CCI LR no effect_______Win LR -.002 setback of shoulder Not sure what this means with such a limited test but it does seem to indicate it can happen but not every time . On a side note the Win primers were louder and appeared to produce more residue/blast out the muzzle .
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DAY !!!!! You mean year right haha
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edit - after a careful re reading of Tubb's paper apparently BartB is correct, the firing pin does transfer sufficient energy to set back a case shoulder. https://www.davidtubb.com/index.php?...download_id=28 in section 5 FIRING PIN IMPACT STUDIES Quote:
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That is what I was referring to with this.. Quote:
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Sure, its important stuff, but I don't see how it applies to the OP's question.
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In fact before I started using the Redding competition shell holders my head to datum measurements varied as much as .005 from case to case do to press deflection and case spring back . in that instance If I'm measuring head to ogive to get my .005 off the lands . My head to datum variance of .005 will cause some bullets to be touching while others are .005 off or .005 to .010 off . I'm not one that thinks just a few thousandths variance in seating depth is a big deal but based on what the OP appeared to be trying to do . Which was make everything as close to exact as possible . I can see how this info could be something one "may" consider . My AR-10 has a headspace .001 short of a field gauge . This means factory ammo at times can have as much as .012 head clearance in that chamber . Trust me I know it is VERY hard on factory brass . When I bump the shoulders back .003 from fire formed in my AR-10 . Those cases will not chamber in any of my other 308's yet the AR-10 runs just fine and is a lot less hard on that brass . Quote:
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In MarkCO's response to my statement that (rimless bottleneck) case shoulders stop against chamber shoulders from firing pin impact:
Then what do you think the case stops against? Last edited by Bart B.; February 21, 2021 at 12:24 PM. |
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No "think" about it Bart.
Get you some plasti-gauge and do your tests. Like I said, it is not hard to do. |
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My contention is that the firing pin does not move the case at all in the shoulder neck area in the vast majority of cases. Your question is flawed in that you still assume it does. So you ask an unanswerable question.
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