sladenotdead
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I am very new to reloading, I have made several loads to see which works best in my rifle, but have yet to test them. I am going off suggestions in the reloading book, using their powder charges, oal, bullet and whatnot. I have read a lot on this website about loading to the lands, or just off the lands, and I am not sure what this means or how to do it, or how you know when you're at the lands. Please help me understand this concept, as I want to have the most accurate and the safest loads possible. I am loading .223 for a YHM AR build that I did last year, 16 inch barrel, 1x9 twist.
This is an example load I did, 21.6gr of h335, OAL 2.200 +/- 0.004, 55gr Hornady SP w/c. Now, after testing that loading how do I know if I need to go closer to, farther from the lands, and how would I go about doing it?
Don't feel bad about schooling me, I have accepted that I know very litttle about this subject, and that is why I'm asking, so please everyone, throw any suggestions and all of your knowledge at me.
Oh and one more thing. I also worked some loads to be tested that are Hornady 55gr Vmax bullets with the cannelure, but when I seated to the suggested OAL from the Hornady manual, the rim isn't really close to the Cannelure, so isn't that kind of pointless to have the cannelure if the case isn't near it when seated to the suggested OAL? I don't want to seat it deeper the the cannelure because it is so significant. Once again, thanks.
This is an example load I did, 21.6gr of h335, OAL 2.200 +/- 0.004, 55gr Hornady SP w/c. Now, after testing that loading how do I know if I need to go closer to, farther from the lands, and how would I go about doing it?
Don't feel bad about schooling me, I have accepted that I know very litttle about this subject, and that is why I'm asking, so please everyone, throw any suggestions and all of your knowledge at me.
Oh and one more thing. I also worked some loads to be tested that are Hornady 55gr Vmax bullets with the cannelure, but when I seated to the suggested OAL from the Hornady manual, the rim isn't really close to the Cannelure, so isn't that kind of pointless to have the cannelure if the case isn't near it when seated to the suggested OAL? I don't want to seat it deeper the the cannelure because it is so significant. Once again, thanks.