Hello all. I have a Remington 700 Varmint in .308. I have been experimenting with different loads of IMR4895 as well as bullet seating depths and think I have found a combination that works well using Speer 168gr bullets. I am trying to shrink my groups even more by making my reloads as customizable as possible to my rifles chamber. Anyways, I have been neck sizing only but after about 2 or 3 loads, the cases were getting harder to chamber which I figured was due to the shoulder. I bought the Forester die to bump it back a little (I was thinking like around .002") but it moved the shoulder back .007" which to me seems like a lot. I ran another case through my small base die and it moved it about .005". Am I off base thinking that .007" is a lot? Will that amount really make that much of a difference accuracy wise? The good thing is that the die seems very consistent.
Thanks for any help I can get.
Thanks for any help I can get.