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Need help with a stupid reloading question #5592998 02/10/15 11:13 PM
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In my 6.5 Weatherby, I have been loading the Berger 140gr VLD Hunting bullet. Just for grins, I bought a box of Berger 130gr VLD Hunting bullets. While measuring OAL on these 130's, to tough the lands, it seems like the bullet is not in the neck very far about 1/8" above the start of the "boat tail"
I'm sure this is common but I have never run into this. I haven't seated any rounds yet, brass is in the tumbler.

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Re: Need help with a stupid reloading question [Re: Buzzsaw] #5593016 02/10/15 11:30 PM
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It sounds like the throat on your Wby is pretty far away, which is very common on Wby chambers. They generally have a long jump. If your trying to seat the 130 on the lands, you may have to go seat it a little deeper. If I know I am going to run a certain bullet in a new rifle, I will take measurements of the ogive to tip length, and run these numbers comparing it the reamer, and see if I need to get a zero lead throat reamer made, and come back in with a throating reamer. I did this with my 260 Rem to run the 140 VLD's near mag length. There's not many choices once the barrel has been chambered.


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You think a longer jump will defeat the VDL Hunting bullets reputation for only shooting well when seated into the lands?

nothing wrong with the 140's, they shoot great, This is the only bullet the builder uses in this caliber, I guess we can't leave well enough alone.

Rifle has 1-9 twist, thought the long, lighter bullet might shoot a scouch better??

so what say ye, seatem touching or seat them deeper?


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Re: Need help with a stupid reloading question [Re: Buzzsaw] #5593077 02/11/15 12:19 AM
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Seat them out long, and see if you can move the bullet. If you can move it side to side slightly, I'd seat it shorter. I like at least half of a bullet diameter in the neck. So, a .264" would be .132", but with a good amount of neck tension. I wouldn't run a bushing die with .001" or .002" neck tension and have only a small amount of the bullet in the case, though.


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Re: Need help with a stupid reloading question [Re: Buzzsaw] #5593082 02/11/15 12:27 AM
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I have some loads for Berger VLDs with .04 jump to the lands that shoot 5/8 groups at 200. Berger suggests if you cannot seat to the lands due to magazine length back off .04, .08 or .12 and should be able to find a load that shoots well.

Tried some HSM loaded 6.5-284 with 140gr Bergers, that had .09 jump in my rifle that shot 1.5 inch groups at 325 yards from the Cooper. That was before I started reloading for it.

http://www.bergerbullets.com/vld-making-shoot/

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Re: Need help with a stupid reloading question [Re: Buzzsaw] #5593186 02/11/15 01:49 AM
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its a .257 weatherby necked up to 6.6. not sure about ant reamer dimensions. builder would have this. I will load up several loadings and test them this Saturday, see what numbers I get


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Re: Need help with a stupid reloading question [Re: Buzzsaw] #5593243 02/11/15 02:17 AM
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Are you using the cut neck method to find the lands in that chamber?


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I would definitely try the jump and go from there.


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Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
Are you using the cut neck method to find the lands in that chamber?

If you are using the cut neck method and not a modified case, verify that the bullet is not too tight in the case where it jams into the lands and the bullet literally pulls out of the case when you extract it to show a longer than actual COAL.

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Originally Posted By: GLC
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Are you using the cut neck method to find the lands in that chamber?

If you are using the cut neck method and not a modified case, verify that the bullet is not too tight in the case where it jams into the lands and the bullet literally pulls out of the case when you extract it to show a longer than actual COAL.


Yes. Seat it long, measure to the ogive, write down the measurement, chamber it, measure and document again. Repeat four more times.


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I've tried this method, and I never could get it to work correctly. IMO, there's too much variance with the bullet hitting the lands and pulling out from the case.

If you seat a bullet out long, and chamber check it, you can feel when closing the bolt if you are hitting the lands. If you seat it long and the bolt won't close, seat it slightly deeper and re chamber check the round. Keep seating it deeper or longer until you can see slight scratching marks on the ogive of the bullet from the rifling. Once you scratch one bullet up, set it aside and go to the next round. It generally takes me about 3-5 rounds to find the exact measurement where the bullet makes contact to the lands. This method you don't have to tear up a case, and I do this while I am loading the test loads anyway.


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One of the neatest things since peanut butter: http://www.hornady.com/store/OAL-Gauges/

You do have to either buy or make a modified case. I suggest buying the tap to do this and making your own but Hornady has most popular cases.


One other tip to help you if you are going to use either Chad or JG's way...take some fine steel wool (like 000) and shine the bullet up. You are looking for squares on the ogive where the bullet makes contact with the lands...depending on the grooves in your barrel will depend on how many marks on the bullet. I prefer them to be small square marks but not indented (that's to much pressure).

Not stupid question at all.


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Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
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Are you using the cut neck method to find the lands in that chamber?

If you are using the cut neck method and not a modified case, verify that the bullet is not too tight in the case where it jams into the lands and the bullet literally pulls out of the case when you extract it to show a longer than actual COAL.


Yes. Seat it long, measure to the ogive, write down the measurement, chamber it, measure and document again. Repeat four more times.



Instead of just closing the bolt on it and extracting, close the bolt and open it partially four or five times and THEN extract and measure. When I get the same measurement three times in a row using this technique I am confident in the result.


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The Weatherby calibers all have freebore in Weatherby rifles. If a fellow is going to shoot a Weatherby caliber in a rifle without freebore, if would be very wise to work up the loads very carefully. The freebore, per Weatherby, is there for a reason.

Nobody mentioned this, so I thought I should.


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I went ahead and loaded them about.01 off. they seated farther into the case than I thought they would by eying it. They look good. I'll test them Saturday and let ya'll know. If they suck I got 84 of them left.


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My Berger hunting bullets were most accurate .05 off lands for what its worth.

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The way I described has worked every time. I forgot to mention that I shorten the O.A.L. progressively on each testing.

3-5 rounds and it's done.


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need to keep under 3100fps so I don't perforate Jason's steel rifle


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Well if he really cared about his steel, do you think he'd shoot at it?
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need to keep under 3100fps so I don't perforate Jason's steel rifle


You can exceed 3100 fps MV, but you can't shoot any steel inside 400 yards.


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