Ziad wrote:Wouldn't brass that's from one company and bought close together be enough to be able to weight sort?
Stix wrote:I weight sort mine when all wet tumbled & trimmed etc as is pointed out above.
Once weighed, i just pick them up in lightest to heavy & put them in the case that way.
As i shoot i try to put them back in order.(if need a couple of rapid successive shots they may not go back in the same order-but are positioned near enuf in relation to the overall batch).
For each case of 50, i keep in mind that the extreme weight ones (lightest/heaviest) are either at the beggining or end of the batch (i know if they're at start or end as i number all my batches).
One day ill do the water volume test as marksman points out.
But at this point i struggle to find time to load & shoot, so until ALDI have pallets of spare time on sale, volume batching has to weight... ( ... ...get it...?...i did a pun... ...)
By the way marksman...i like the new avatar...
marksman wrote:Stix wrote:I weight sort mine when all wet tumbled & trimmed etc as is pointed out above.
Once weighed, i just pick them up in lightest to heavy & put them in the case that way.
As i shoot i try to put them back in order.(if need a couple of rapid successive shots they may not go back in the same order-but are positioned near enuf in relation to the overall batch).
For each case of 50, i keep in mind that the extreme weight ones (lightest/heaviest) are either at the beggining or end of the batch (i know if they're at start or end as i number all my batches).
One day ill do the water volume test as marksman points out.
But at this point i struggle to find time to load & shoot, so until ALDI have pallets of spare time on sale, volume batching has to weight... ( ... ...get it...?...i did a pun... ...)
By the way marksman...i like the new avatar...
ALDI has pallets of spare time Stix let me know when they have them again
I stole my avatar from an overseas site, I like it to Stix
haven't heard much from you lately Stix whats happening you haven't been out for a shot
bigfellascott wrote:Nope it's another one of those things that I don't find necessary. I haven't even tested a load I made up a while back, I just took it out and started blowing up bunnies with it and it worked fine so I figured it must shoot ok so no need to waste time and money shooting paper to see how it shoots.
bigrich wrote::lol: I love ya work stix, you just keep your entertaining posts coming ‘ol mate
bigrich wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Nope it's another one of those things that I don't find necessary. I haven't even tested a load I made up a while back, I just took it out and started blowing up bunnies with it and it worked fine so I figured it must shoot ok so no need to waste time and money shooting paper to see how it shoots.
I’m with you Scott, I’m into reloading, but weighing cases is too time consuming for me. I applaud anyone who’s determined and motivated to do that, but so long as I can group under a inch at 100 I’m happy.
Gaznazdiak wrote:Some good shooting there Scott.
Mate, I do it because I need all the help I can get.
It's like when I'm building something nobody else is likely to see. I still see it so I want to do it the best I can.
Everyone needs a hobby and it beats train spotting.
Get a lot of them here because the road intersects the highest point for the main southern railway line and the trains are able to be photographed.
We think benchrest guys can get anal, one guy out there last year had his video setup on one tripod, a still camera on another tripod, he's looking round and making notes about where he was and weather and such.
In my naivete, I thought there must have been something special coming, so I asked him WTF?
He informed me that a particular loco was due through. When the train was passing, Old Mate is snapping away, video going, all impressed with himself, so I asked him what was special about that one.
Turns out this character wasn't interested in the locos per se, he collected the numbers painted on the sides.
He had driven +90km out from Canberra to get his jiggy on over some painted numbers
Be a boring old world without the "special" people, eh?
bigfellascott wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:Some good shooting there Scott.
Mate, I do it because I need all the help I can get.
It's like when I'm building something nobody else is likely to see. I still see it so I want to do it the best I can.
Everyone needs a hobby and it beats train spotting.
Get a lot of them here because the road intersects the highest point for the main southern railway line and the trains are able to be photographed.
We think benchrest guys can get anal, one guy out there last year had his video setup on one tripod, a still camera on another tripod, he's looking round and making notes about where he was and weather and such.
In my naivete, I thought there must have been something special coming, so I asked him WTF?
He informed me that a particular loco was due through. When the train was passing, Old Mate is snapping away, video going, all impressed with himself, so I asked him what was special about that one.
Turns out this character wasn't interested in the locos per se, he collected the numbers painted on the sides.
He had driven +90km out from Canberra to get his jiggy on over some painted numbers
Be a boring old world without the "special" people, eh?
I think I know the train you're talking about, I saw a show on it a while back, I think it went down Goulburn way.
bigfellascott wrote:Sounds like I'm lucky to be alive going by ol mates woffle on how important it is to do the water weight thing, I use all sorts of diff manufactured brass all running the same load for years and years not one instance of a problem that I've noticed (although I did have a pierced primer once many many years ago) and I've had one or 2 split necks over the years other than that not a problem.
I'm just glad I don't suffer from OCD. what's next measuring the grain length of powder to ensure it's got some sort of burn rate consistency
You boys and ya witchcraft reloading techniques.
marksman wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Sounds like I'm lucky to be alive going by ol mates woffle on how important it is to do the water weight thing, I use all sorts of diff manufactured brass all running the same load for years and years not one instance of a problem that I've noticed (although I did have a pierced primer once many many years ago) and I've had one or 2 split necks over the years other than that not a problem.
I'm just glad I don't suffer from OCD. what's next measuring the grain length of powder to ensure it's got some sort of burn rate consistency
You boys and ya witchcraft reloading techniques.
cmon scott
I explained earlier that I need to weigh the water volume of the cases so I can extrapolate a load with quickload to find the max load for that particular rifle
sorry to much information OCD is kicking in
very happy for people not to try and squeeze every bit of accuracy out of there reloads, but there are people who want to know how to
very sorry if I'm woffleing on