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question about factory load
picked up some Remington .243 win 80 gr. psp ammo
and some of them i can shake and hear powder moving like it is not full.some are full. i have also noticed this other calibers i have owned. are these not loaded properly ? i'm not too informed on the subject of ammo and i just spent $1400 on a coyote set-up and i want it to be right ! i'm thinking they won't be consistant from round to round. i just bought the cheapest to get the gun sighted/broken in and them plan on shooting a better cartridge/smaller bullet. THANKS 1 |
Originally Posted by dog killer
(Post 3710783)
picked up some Remington .243 win 80 gr. psp ammo
and some of them i can shake and hear powder moving like it is not full.some are full. i have also noticed this other calibers i have owned. are these not loaded properly ? i'm not too informed on the subject of ammo and i just spent $1400 on a coyote set-up and i want it to be right ! i'm thinking they won't be consistant from round to round. i just bought the cheapest to get the gun sighted/broken in and them plan on shooting a better cartridge/smaller bullet. THANKS 1 |
As a reloader, there are some rounds that don't completely fill the case with powder after the bullet is seated, and you'll hear the powder if you shake the round a little.
Theoretically, it hurts consistency in accuracy, as there can be a slight variance in the combustion pattern if the powder is spread differently from shot to shot, but I'm not a good enough shooter to detect the difference. I know that in my 300WSM, my favorite load is slightly less than "totally full", so I have a small air pocket in every round. If I maxed out the load, I'd have a compressed load, IE the bullet would compact the powder when I seat the bullet, which, in theory, promotes better accuracy. Is there a difference? I don't honestly know. Would I worry about it for hunting purposes? Nope. I think that the difference in accuracy wouldn't be readily detectable until you're reaching out past 300-400 yards, which in a .243 is at or past the range which I would take a shot at any animal. If you're shooting competitions at extreme range, you may want to reconsider your load, but for yote hunting inside 200, I think the difference is pretty negligible. You be the judge. |
the powder doesnt always settle the same from load to load. before seating a bullet ill tap the side of the case to help things settle a bit.
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Do you have a scale? If so, weigh them and see how much difference from case to case. Shouldn't get more then a couple of grains from case to case unless there is a difference in powder. Not surprizing with cheap factory ammo. I've gotten picky since I started reloading. :)
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