While loading a fresh bag of sized 30-06 brass with Speer 130 gr. Varmint #2005 bullets I found the COAL was 3.10" - 3.125+" and cleaned the RCBS ogive seating die thinking it was the problem. I then found by using a .30 "ogive comparator" the bullets themselves had wide differences in length projectile base to comparator.
The #2005 Speer Varmint 130 gr. HPFB bullets have large enough ogive differences as to upset COAL in a RCBS ogive protection bullet stop in the seating die. For awhile it seemed like a "so what" discovery as the 130 gr. projectile would likely have gross bullet jump in my Model 70 but would these bullets fly the same with different ogive anomalies?
Any opinions?
The #2005 Speer Varmint 130 gr. HPFB bullets have large enough ogive differences as to upset COAL in a RCBS ogive protection bullet stop in the seating die. For awhile it seemed like a "so what" discovery as the 130 gr. projectile would likely have gross bullet jump in my Model 70 but would these bullets fly the same with different ogive anomalies?
Any opinions?
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