BlitzKrieg, since your doing the above listed procedures for 1,000 yard shooting, do you also check for run out on your loaded rounds. Thanks in advance. John M.
I have, some years back, was told that Federal has always been a softer brass and to be avoided. The inconstancy of the weight had to do with their formula for brass and the manufacturing process. It would also affect the volume that individual cartridge would have assuming the desired wall thickness they were trying to obtain in the body.
Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
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