ORIGINAL: Ridge Runner
head cause you would sooner or later hafta bump the shoulder, it would cause excessive headspace, and you would put the body taper back in the case then straighten it out with each firing which would seriously overwork the brass causing short case life which is the main advantage of going AI.
RR
RR you are probably right on this one. I guess my point was very few people shoot their rifles enough to have to bump the shoulder's. IMO it takes 3 or 4 loadings before the shoulder would need bumped. And I believe very few people shoot that much. When I buy a new rifle I normally buy400-500 pieces of brass. I normally sort out about 1/2 of them. So with four loadingsthat is 1,000 shots before I would need to bump the shoulder. Very few people shoot their rifle1,000 times. And I guess I am a little cheap. And I will also admit that I have never reloaded for an Ackley. Tom.