kooJoe
Member
How would I determine that? The copper marks in the barrel are consistent and even, but other than that, is there something I should look for?
Next step is test fire to see if the barrel recrown did anything good. Will post back here with results.
Well i guess you would have determined that when you were developing your loads. Its usually the first place I start. Uncharged brass with bullet seated way out... put in action... close action bullet getting pushed deeper into brass, and likely into the lands. On my 22-250 I i pushed the bullet in incrementally until im .001” from the lands with seater. My .308 shoots my hand load recipe best when the bullets are .005” from the lands. And in reading back through my notes i did acheive better groups by using a more expensive seating die. The one i was using for the .308 originally was doing a bad job seating the bullets evenly, consequently the bullet was not entering the lands uniform. It was upset and made for bad groups. When you rolled the ammo along a flat table top you could see the bullet runout.... was terrible.