| etitions with other shooters, I learned some great | | | | touches the rifling. When a bullet has a long |
| tips. The thought of using a brass polisher and case | | | | jump at the rifling, as in normal factory loads, |
| length resize tool helped. I still have to keep in mind | | | | it has a chance to yaw or enter the lands slightly |
| to write it all down as I shoot test rounds and store | | | | tipped. This adversely affects accuracy. To figure this |
| and mark the targets. The possibilities are huge when | | | | and get it as close as possible I used a candle to |
| you think of how limited a person who does not | | | | smoke the bullet and keep chambering the round until |
| reload is. I still have to catch myself trying to skip | | | | the bullet marks from the lands just show in the |
| checking brass for flaws after each reload and I do | | | | black smoke. When you have done the setting it is |
| this after cleaning the pin hole under the primer and | | | | best to make a dummy round and save it for the |
| the primer pocket. A good tool for the pin hole is a | | | | next round of reloading. It is always a good idea to |
| drill bit because they come in all sizes and are cheap. I | | | | mark it well. Another aid in improving accuracy is |
| found it harder to find and clean the primer pocket. I | | | | checking the run out or checking if the bullet is |
| did find a brush for my drill for this but it can be a | | | | seated straight in the brass. An easy check can be |
| job. | | | | done using a mirror and rolling a bullet across it, |
| Bench rest and varmint shooters know that best | | | | reloaders can clearly see .003 inch run out a .006 inch |
| accuracy is nearly always obtained when the bullet is | | | | looks like a bent axle. |
| seated such that the ogive of the bullet lightly | | | | |