GunnutAF
01-24-12, 17:19
rsilvers
Just got my dies today and formed up some Fed .223 Rem Brass. I don't have my upper yet to confirm Cartidge OAL I'm bassing this off my obsevation off my reloads.
I think maybe they have the OAL with the Nosler BT 125s set to deep. I have the pinktip 125gr Factory ammo as a guage- bullet profile is very close to the Nosler. The oal for this round is 2.140" +/- and Hodgdon wants you to push the Nosler into the case for an oal of 2.060" , Why I have a problem with this? It puts the bullet obviusly deeper into the case -powder compression and puts the case mouth on the bullet alcove where good tension is not achieved. Trying to crimp the case will shove the bullet deeper-making things worse. Hopefully ACC will get wind of this and confirm or deny we may have a typo on the data?
Hopefully this may prevent problems with this load. As with all new cartridges care must be taken when so little data is available.
Just got my dies today and formed up some Fed .223 Rem Brass. I don't have my upper yet to confirm Cartidge OAL I'm bassing this off my obsevation off my reloads.
I think maybe they have the OAL with the Nosler BT 125s set to deep. I have the pinktip 125gr Factory ammo as a guage- bullet profile is very close to the Nosler. The oal for this round is 2.140" +/- and Hodgdon wants you to push the Nosler into the case for an oal of 2.060" , Why I have a problem with this? It puts the bullet obviusly deeper into the case -powder compression and puts the case mouth on the bullet alcove where good tension is not achieved. Trying to crimp the case will shove the bullet deeper-making things worse. Hopefully ACC will get wind of this and confirm or deny we may have a typo on the data?
Hopefully this may prevent problems with this load. As with all new cartridges care must be taken when so little data is available.