I posted this over on the 458 socom forum, but I'm curious of y'alls responses as well.
I recently ordered an RRA midlength A4 upper, a set of Redding dies, 100
SBR brass (couldn't find starline anywhere), and 100 Barnes TTSX.
First
off, I'm not new to reloading, I've been doing it for about 15 years. I
load most of my pistol stuff on a dillon 650 with almost no brass
prep. On the other end of the spectrum, I shoot CMP high power and am
just getting started w/ F-class. I'm pretty particular about what I
do. Here-in lies some of my questions.
For my match rounds, I
uniform the primer pocket and flash hole, sort brass by weight, bump the
shoulder back .003", chamfer the case mouths, weigh and sort the
bullets, seat w/ a redding competition die and toss/pull rounds w/
excessive runout, size w/ a redding bushing die to .002" neck tension,
weigh every powder charge, etc. You know the drill.
How many of
you guys do some/all of this stuff for your socom rounds? Or, do you
just load and let 'em fly? I plan to load these on my rockchucker, not
the dillon.
Can I even use the primer pocket uniformer for a rifle case on a socom case?
From
what I've read, shoulder bump is pretty important on the 458. How are
you measuring this? For 223 and 308, I use a Sinclair bump guage. I
can't seem to find something similar for the 458. Any suggestions?
I
also noticed that the redding kit doesn't come w/ a "bell" die, can I
assume this isn't an issue? I use one on my pistol rounds as I mostly
shoot case bullets on those.
There's a gunshow coming up in Indy
next week, so I'm hoping to go up there and pickup whatever I don't have
for when my upper comes in. Any recommendations on a good primer?
Also, for powders, which are good/bad selections for a midlength gas
system for 300-325 grain bullets?
My use case is deer hunting
(I'm in IN) and generally blasting stuff if it matters. Perhaps there's
a better bullet? Or –– a cheaper one that'll get the job done?
Thanks all,
-Slice