Bullet sorting method?

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barnabus posted this 11 March 2016

I would like yalls opinion on sorting bullets for benchrest competition shooting.Im currently pouring a custom 30BR Lino bullet that will be gas checked and lubed then swaged and pointed.my question is would you sort by weight BEFORE they are lubed/checked (lube & gas check weight varies and i cant control) or would you sort after swaging when the bullet is complete and ready to load. Currently im weighing BEFORE they are checked/lubed and never weigh again and shoot them grouped by initial weight. My bullets weigh 181.2-181.9 consistently straight from the mold.Your thoughts plz?

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billglaze posted this 16 March 2016

GP: Still grinning widely and chuckling as I write this....... Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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gpidaho posted this 16 March 2016

Saw this the other day and had to laugh. “My auto-correct has yet to figure out how often I swear and how rarely I speak of ducks” Enjoy the day Gp

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billglaze posted this 16 March 2016

Barnabus--please excuse the mis-spelling of your name.  Sometimes this program feels it knows better than I do about how to spell, and I didn't proof read closely enough.  Sorry; it caught me again. However, I note that it does correctly spell “bullets." Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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billglaze posted this 16 March 2016

Varna us:I'm shooting two rifles primarily; one is a Savage 12 in .308 with a stock 12” pitch rifling.  The other is my old, built-from-the-ground up Over The Course rifle also in .308.  While it seems to shoot cast better, (Obermeyer 10” twist) I didn't figure using it to compete with the purpose-built cast guns.  I knew those guys would eat my lunch--I've seen their groups.Also, I've been shooting the 311299 Lyman bore-riding bullet which gives the best (for me) most consistent groups. Thanks (many thanks) to Joeb I've got some tooling that will allow me to bring a couple of other designs into play again--ones I had given up on. (Lyman's 311332 and 311334) On re-reading Harrison's book, it seems that many of these bullets were designed in the late 1800's and early 1900's; have we not learned much since then? Writing about books, it's time to re-read Joe Brennan's book again; I always learn or re-learn something.  Time well spent. I'll see you at Charlotte--I'm still hip deep into experimenting and enjoying it no end. Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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barnabus posted this 16 March 2016

muley wrote: I have a 30 Br with a 11 twist at the present and use a 190 gr or the Accurate 311230. I also am playing with a 338Br with a 11 twist , good at 100 but needs work at 200. still chasing HL. Im shooting a 13 twist 30 BR.

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muley posted this 16 March 2016

I have a 30 Br with a 11 twist at the present and use a 190 gr or the Accurate 311230. I also am playing with a 338Br with a 11 twist , good at 100 but needs work at 200. still chasing HL.

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barnabus posted this 14 March 2016

billglaze wrote: Barns as? I'm planning on being at the shoot; if I can get some halfway-decent loads, I'll enter. I love rifle matches. If I can't get something going that will stay on the backstop, I'll come down anyway and spectate; it's been far too long since I've been to one of H.L.'s matches. Don't know about the 200 yd. stage though; never shot cast at 200; no idea how it'll shoot, or how to establish sight settings on the Weaver. I'm shooting a 30BR with 30 grains of varget with a federal 205 primer and a LBT 180 grain bullet. my gun is sighted in at 100 and its 12 clicks up on my Leupold 36x for 200.what kinda gun and load u been shooting?

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muley posted this 14 March 2016

Bill. what rifle and cartridge do u intend to use at charlotte? maybe we have tried some loads with a degree of success?

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billglaze posted this 14 March 2016

Barnabus:Sorry about the mis-spelled name.  My computer took it into it's own head, and I forgot to proof-read. Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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billglaze posted this 14 March 2016

Barns as? I'm planning on being at the shoot; if I can get some halfway-decent loads, I'll enter. I love rifle matches. If I can't get something going that will stay on the backstop, I'll come down anyway and spectate; it's been far too long since I've been to one of H.L.'s matches. Don't know about the 200 yd. stage though; never shot cast at 200; no idea how it'll shoot, or how to establish sight settings on the Weaver.

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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barnabus posted this 14 March 2016

Yea about the same here! I love unrestricted pistol. I built a jacketed 6PPC rifle right when the 30 BR was gaining popularity and now it just sits in my safe.I miss shooting jacketed tho.

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muley posted this 14 March 2016

only about 3or4 here at Tamaqua, Pa.

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barnabus posted this 13 March 2016

Bill... u coming down in May to shoot with us?

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barnabus posted this 13 March 2016

Muley....is there alot of pistol shooters up ur way? 

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billglaze posted this 13 March 2016

Ken:Just what I've come to expect from you--excellent advice.  As we used to say in my old profession, “Wilco--read you 5 square."Only reason I haven't done so before, (well, O.K., just one of the reasons) is I didn't want to embarrass myself and also embarrass the sport.However, how old do you have to be before you're allowed to say “The Hell with it; I'm gonna do it anyway just for the fun, and because I want to"?So, after all, if I can get there, I'm going. Bill

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 13 March 2016

mr. bill .. in my 40 years of racing toy cars i finally noticed that the lower 50 per cent of the finishing order were having 85 per cent of the fun .... don't wait till you are in the top 50 per cent ...

...or if you really need to win ... bring along a buddy that shoots worse than you do ...

ken

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muley posted this 13 March 2016

I will be shooting UNP also, I see my work is already cut out.

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barnabus posted this 13 March 2016

muley wrote: barabus, get that rifle ready for the regional in May. We will be down to shoot with u and meet u. looking forward to meeting u!  ill be shooting unrestricted pistol.

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muley posted this 12 March 2016

barabus, get that rifle ready for the regional in May. We will be down to shoot with u and meet u.

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barnabus posted this 12 March 2016

I've been a member at CRPC since 2010 and shot unrestricted pistol with HL until u couldn't get bullets and everyone started shooting cast so I built me a  30br cast bullet pistol. I can shoot in the 190s at 100 but I average about 186 at 200 yards. This is my first year in cast so I do have a lot to learn. I bought a Corbin press and dies to make my bullets. Reading the wind with cast bullets is harder than jacketed bullets when it comes to shooting 10s.Our regionals are may 7&8th at CRPC. you ought to come down and shoot with us

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