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Hey Everyone - jo: I completely missed that other post...that's the exact same problem...right down to the hundredths of the inch! :doh: jo & rick: Before I sent the box back to Hornady, I only measured a few of the bullets in the box. Just measuring the bullets from base to tip, there was ~0.00...

Hi Tadunga - I wouldn't count on the boxes of 100 being entirely safe just yet - I'm having the exact same problem over on another thread . (note to self - learn how to use search :doh: ) Do you still know what the lot # was? Mine was either 2070565 or 2079565 (4th digit was smudged). Did you call H...

Thanks for all the input, guys... These are fired brass - came as factory loaded ammo. I cleaned them up, brushed out the neck, trimmed them to 1.840", chamferred and deburred them. I had actually prepped 40 brass the same way with the intent of loading 20 with BKs, and 20 with V-Maxes. I had a...

Hi acloco,

At this point I'm not trying to find the perfect OAL. The problem is that from one bullet to the next they are seating differently! With no changes to the seating die there is about 0.020" difference from bullet to bullet.

Thanks!
John

Hey everyone! I'm 4 bullets into a new box of 40gr V-Max bullets and am seeing some troubling issues. I'm setting my OAL per the book - 2.245". I have a basic Redding die set. I set the first bullet to 2.245". Thank goodness I measured the 2nd one - it was 2.265"! Thinking it was a fl...

Hi Skipper, Thanks for the good thoughts. I kinda knew better than to change 2 things at once...I was probably a little too eager to introduce the local pdogs to my new gun! :oops: Is there any thing to watch out for changing the OAL with a near-max load? Which way will the pressures change as you i...

Wow...thanks for the great info! I think where I went wrong when trying different OALs is that I was also testing different powder weights...4 strings of 5 shots each at different powder weights at 2.29" and another 4 strings of 5 shots each using the same powder weights as the first strings, b...

Thanks for the input, Glenn. Good to know it's likely not just my rifle. :wink: Given that, does the .204 respond well to adjusting the OAL at all? I have yet to produce anything spectacular like I've seen on this forum...the current load was the best of a batch working up using the Sierra load data...

Hi All, Got my first .204 recently and love it! I'm working on fine tuning my reloads (currently 23.0gr RE-10x under 39gr BKs) and picked up the Hornady OAL gauge to work on seating depth. Problem is that either I'm using it wrong, or my rifle has some extreme freebore. Using the OAL gauge, I get th...