What's my next step ?

Float the barrel.

I took 8 - 10 minutes between shot so the barrel did'nt get hot.

You mean between groups? Or you took an hour to fire 10 rounds? How long were you at the range for?

From what I have gathered, they get it from Area 51.

Yes, definitely. Is Benchmark an extruded powder? I really need to invest in a BR-30. Dillon has an adapter for using 3rd party powder dispensers. I would go single stage, but I am more interested in the most accuracy I can get from a progressive (assuming I don't go over .5MOA) since I want fairly ...

I am fairly new to loading, but as far as I have read it is weight just brass. Cleaned would probably be good. The point is that when brass is properly sized, if there is extra brass somewhere, it is going to be inside. Meaning thicker walls. Basically less volume inside meaning more pressure, or in...

Well I took out my first loads of 204 to the range. A little wind, but not much. I know these are not the best handloads man can achieve. I know the Dillon powder dispenser is crap. I know the way I shot them is not the most accurate way possible. I know that my Protektor bags on are their way from ...

Some rifles don't like heavy bullets.

So is the consensus that Dogdown bullets are not really for the dogs?

So.....I shouldn't bother with were the bullet is seated? It obviously won't be the same as a single stage with every powder charged trickled perfectly, but there is nothing wrong with getting the bullet seated somewhere it does good at. My rifle shoots extremely good groups with factory Hornady amm...

So out of my 20 rounds, I seated 5 each off the lands @ .005, .050, and .100. I then seated 5 @ a bit over the suggest OAL (via ogive of course). I forget the number for those last 5, as it isn't in front of me at the moment. But they are all sitting over 28 grains of BLC2...or at least as close as ...

acloco wrote:Yes. My Savage likes 0.050" off the lands...go closer and the groups open up.

I will seat some of them down a bit more.

1. What is the suggested OAL? (I am loading to my rifle, but it would still be nice to know) The Hornady book says 2.245 Hodgdon says 2.250 That is for 40 grain V-Max? Because I have one factory 32 grain V-Max left that is 2.240. It seems hard to believe that a 40 wouldn't be longer than .010.

1. What is the suggested OAL? (I am loading to my rifle, but it would still be nice to know) The Hornady book says 2.245 Hodgdon says 2.250 Yikes! I am at 2.374". That is .005 from the lands (using a comparator for ogive). Seems like a big difference. Anyone else get that big of difference bet...

I went ahead and readjusted the die to size all the way. I forgot that about 50 of the rounds were fired in a No.1 before I traded up to the Cooper.

Hopefully by the time I shoot this stuff up I can acquire a neck sizing die.

1. What is the suggested OAL? (I am loading to my rifle, but it would still be nice to know) 2. I have my FL sizing die set 1/2 turn back from touching the shell plate holder like the Redding instructions say for loading into a single rifle. But the brass wasn't tight to start with. Basically I can ...

Sounds good. Now off to work up a load for the 204.