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    Blending powders

    Nothin' wrong with blending as long as my face isn't close to it and I wouldn't be heartbroken to blow up the rifle.
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    .338 Win Mag Winchester Expedition 225gr

    lol you clearly know your audience.
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    Bullet seating coal differences

    That'll hunt.
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    Diagnosing bullet seating issue (Frankford Arsenal Universal die making loud click when seating, inconsistent depth)

    Closing the loop on this: the issue turned out to be that the lower holder/collar in the FA seating die was gripping the bullet very tightly during seating, causing several simultaneous problems including holding the bullet canted, which caused the bullet to "grip" the seating stem and pull it...
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    Bullet seating coal differences

    100% agree with this concept. My only nitpick is to mention that someone else's measurements are irrelevant as long as your only concern is consistency (which is almost always the case in reloading). It's not important what the *true* CBTO or COAL measurements are, unless for some reason...
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    Bullet seating coal differences

    They do not. The cone in the die is (or certainly should be, anyway) quite a bit steeper than the cone of the bullet near the tip, so the die grips the bullet along a ring a little below the tip itself.
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    Bullet seating coal differences

    I don't have any evidence for this, but my gut says that MOST of the variance in seating depth (and the resulting COAL) is due to the variance in concentricity when loading. If concentricity is off, then length will be too, regardless of whether you're measuring to the ogive or the tip. This...
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    Headspace issue or not - Part 2

    Factory stuff should chamber in ALL rifles made to SAAMI spec. +1 for contacting Hornady and letting them know.
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    Water Bottles or Water Bladder

    Dogs mouths are clean. Everyone knows this.
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    Looking for suggestions on a new caliber

    Love all the love for the 7mm-08! 😍 'Tis also my beloved, but I'm not sure it's "bigger" than the 25-06 😅. 6.8 Western or 300 WSM? Availability is pretty good around eastern WA so 🤷🏼‍♂️
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    Ladder test interpretation

    ☝️ And you often don't need 30 shots to tell if it doesn't like it. If you're going for a 1/2 min load, and your first 5 shots print 1.5 min, move on to a new bullet/powder combo. But if you get 1/2 min (or 3/4), keep shooting and see if you're still satisfied.
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    Ladder test interpretation

    Normally the ladder method is supposed to help determine accuracy by identifying "nodes" where the velocity flattens across a range of charges before continuing upwards. The idea goes that you've found a spot where the muzzle velocity (and thus the "dwell time", which purportedly controls where...
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    Ladder test interpretation

    Apologies; I meant that for a given rifle, the bullet-powder combo is king. So the rifle-bullet-powder combination, to be more specific.
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    Ladder test interpretation

    The bullet-powder combination is king. There is ample evidence that presumed differences in accuracy seen in small-sample methods (e.g. latter tests, OCW, etc) disappear if you keep shooting. In other words, jump/COAL and charge weight have negligible effects on accuracy.
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    Ladder test interpretation

    Your main problem is that ladder tests are hot garbage in the first place; don't waste your time and $$. Load up 3-5 rounds in a middle-of-the-road charge. If you don't hate the accuracy, then start creeping up in charge weight to get to the velocity you want, understanding that other things...
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