Ok, so I've been shooting for a while now, and getting pretty good at it.
I wanted to start reloading. Just bought a single stage Rock Chucker kit, scale, powder measure, dies, you name it.
I'm a little unsure on the lead, but a buddy mentioned to get 185 grain, (light yes, but since this was just trial, I figured why not.) And I matched that up with "TightGroup" powder. Perfect match.
Here's my problem.
When I press in the lead, I have no idea how far to press it in.... So I just do it so it looks right. And it DOES look right, just not like your ordinary 230 grain FMJ.
It is much shorter.
This creates problems with feeding from the magazine. It really doesn't.
I did get a few rounds to fire, but not consistently, and when I did, it was usually chambering it manually.
Then at the range... When I finally fired a round made by yours truly... it put a nice "Key Hole" into the paper... so it's not firing straight either.
Ugh.
Here's what I had:
Winchester Brass (used once)
TightGroup Powder (5 grams)
185 grain generic lead (.452)
CCI Primers
The book says to match it up (your original bullet, with what your making with regards to height, etc, etc...) but since I'm shooting a 230 FMJ, and building a 185, I can't do that.
I can get some pictures up later, but is anything jumping out as to what I'm drastically doing wrong?
I wanted to start reloading. Just bought a single stage Rock Chucker kit, scale, powder measure, dies, you name it.
I'm a little unsure on the lead, but a buddy mentioned to get 185 grain, (light yes, but since this was just trial, I figured why not.) And I matched that up with "TightGroup" powder. Perfect match.
Here's my problem.
When I press in the lead, I have no idea how far to press it in.... So I just do it so it looks right. And it DOES look right, just not like your ordinary 230 grain FMJ.
It is much shorter.
This creates problems with feeding from the magazine. It really doesn't.
I did get a few rounds to fire, but not consistently, and when I did, it was usually chambering it manually.
Then at the range... When I finally fired a round made by yours truly... it put a nice "Key Hole" into the paper... so it's not firing straight either.
Ugh.
Here's what I had:
Winchester Brass (used once)
TightGroup Powder (5 grams)
185 grain generic lead (.452)
CCI Primers
The book says to match it up (your original bullet, with what your making with regards to height, etc, etc...) but since I'm shooting a 230 FMJ, and building a 185, I can't do that.
I can get some pictures up later, but is anything jumping out as to what I'm drastically doing wrong?