EMTDAD
NES Member
just about ready to load the powder and seat the bullets in my first rounds of 30-06 for my Garand.
Problem is I'm a bit nervous. Hearing so many stories of blown up guns and problems has me a bit leery. Esp with a 75 yr old gun. I've read and read, and asked a boatload of questions here and elsewhere.
I keep asking myself, did you trim the cases right? Are they sized properly? Is the headspace ok? Did you deburr and chamfer enough? Am I set up to seat the bullet deep enough but not too deep?
I've played around with the seating die, and an empty case, and they're a bit shorter than the PPU rounds, due to the bullet I'm using I think (Hornady #3031).
Also played with the powder measure and I can't seem to get a consistent measure? Is this common? If I'm not yet loading for accuracy, what's the tolerance I should be targeting 46 +/-0.X grains? Same tolerance question with the case length, and finished cartridge overall length?
Is it me? Am I just overly paranoid? Is this really easier than I'm making it out to be?
Problem is I'm a bit nervous. Hearing so many stories of blown up guns and problems has me a bit leery. Esp with a 75 yr old gun. I've read and read, and asked a boatload of questions here and elsewhere.
I keep asking myself, did you trim the cases right? Are they sized properly? Is the headspace ok? Did you deburr and chamfer enough? Am I set up to seat the bullet deep enough but not too deep?
I've played around with the seating die, and an empty case, and they're a bit shorter than the PPU rounds, due to the bullet I'm using I think (Hornady #3031).
Also played with the powder measure and I can't seem to get a consistent measure? Is this common? If I'm not yet loading for accuracy, what's the tolerance I should be targeting 46 +/-0.X grains? Same tolerance question with the case length, and finished cartridge overall length?
Is it me? Am I just overly paranoid? Is this really easier than I'm making it out to be?