Reaching out for help again !

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Okie Poke
Thank you for the info ! I'll definitely follow your outline and see what happens.

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Thanks Vascar2, I'm stumbling my way through learning all the in's and out's of better reloading. And while it may seem a bit anal the way I do things,...

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Guys, I am truly grateful for everyone's advice. When I said I have two tables with stuff spread out it's because I have every step I've taken in "stations"...

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Gentlemen, here is what I discovered after my recent post. The Hornady die when set up by the instructions, produced a case that was 1.220 headspace....

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OK, so back to the drawing board or rather the reloading bench. So I ran up 4 more dummy rounds, taking copious notes and measurements, in increments...

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Out of desperation, I seated my bullet .004 deeper. No more issues....

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Just tried both factory and my reloads. Seated them into the chamber with pressure from my finger as hard as I could push, both fell out of the chamber...

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Yes my upper is a BCA. Factory rounds do not stick in my rifle's chamber, they cycle perfectly, that's the confusing part since my reloads are undersize...

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I thought if the bullet was moving one of two things might happen. Either the bullet would stay in the chamber\ lands or when I finally got the bcg withdrawn...

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Currently working on reloading 123gr Hornady ELD Match. Here is my stats: My rifle is AR style, not bolt action.

Factory Hornady Black,...

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Thanks guys!

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Also buy the two book grendel hand loading set. I forget where to find them, they use to be listed on this forum, from A5Blaster Number2,

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Gentlemen, thank you very much for the info, it will help me tremendously in understanding the differences between specs and my rifle. Thanks again!!

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Trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong/ not understanding. Here are some of the basics, my rifle is an AR platform with a Bear Creek upper (I know,...

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Hello everyone. Looking forward to learning from you guys more about the wonderful world of Grendel !