Hey, man. Really sorry to hear about your experience with these heads. If you're gonna just toss them aside, I'd take them off your hands. I'd love to know if these shoot well for me without dropping $100.
This is great! Thank you, very much. I'm annealing after each firing and bumping headspace about 0.001"-0.002", so I'm less worried about neck splits. However, I'm still relatively new to reloading and haven't had to worry about case head separation, yet. I'm not loading hot, either, so...
Okay! I'm trying to be very deligent with minimal setback of my shoulder. Aiming for 0.001-0.002". What should I be looking for when it comes to case head separation? What would be the warning signs?
Is the Giraud easy to set up? I was trying to watch some videos, but it looks a little frustrating to setup. I know Greg from Primal Rights has the Giraud, and Greg definitely knows what he is talking about.
How many firings can I expect out of the 300 win mag long cases? I'm not firing over max charges, nor do I intend to. I'm working within stated reloading data. I believe I'm on my fourth firing.
This summer, I put together a load using N565, 175 LRXs, Fed 215M primers, Peterson 300wm Long bass, in my 24" Tikka. I was pleased with the accuracy/precision, but velocity was a little sad. At 75.2 grs (max load), my rifle was about 2780 fps. I don't have any pictures of my grouping at 100yds...