marksman wrote:I like to check the volume weight and batch at that, I have stopped just weighing cases
IMHO it is a waste of time checking volume until the cases have been fireformed in your chamber
after fireforming then do your prep and then weigh the volume and sort to your prefered fudge factor
I like my cases say the 30-06 size to be within less than 1/2 a grain different and no more, 22 hornet sized are less than .2 of a grain
and I do try to have the differences better than that
this guy is worth a watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXxxf0iXuio
he does a test on case volume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md50fFCeQJE
Thanks marksman...
I would have thought volume testing just for consistancy would be ok if all fired in same rifle... (keeping in mind im not doing it to find max load--just consistant cases).
And in any case i found that the surface tension of water in a 20 cal neck to be tricky in getting water level consistant (if that makes any sense... )
But the thing is, ive literally hundreds of cases (a box thats atleast 100mm x 100mm x 200mm overfull) to get 3 or 4, batches of 50 from...
So, im not going spend the barrel, consumables & time to fireform that many for a couple of hunting batches--l guess hunting accuracy does have its boundaries...lol...
So unless there's a better option, i guess im stuck with weight sorting.