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Hoot wrote:A lot of our musings are esoteric and trying to make the caliber behave to fit our personal interests. If you keep to the path, the course is not hard. Yes, neck tension matters, but aside from the bullet pulling as a function of repeated chambering and ejecting unfired cartridges, it's more forgiving than it may seem, again if you don't stray far from the path. The 450b is not intended to make too much work out of having fun.
There are folks who love fishing. Then there's folks who only love fishing in fresh water. Then there's folks who only love fishing in fresh water, for trout. Then there's folks who only love fishing in fresh water, for trout, using only flies. The point is, you can take what pleases you to whichever degree of complexity you choose, but in the end, it's still the joy of fishing.
Make some simple reloads that fall close to the path, to build up your confidence and understanding of how the caliber feels when everything is going right. That will prepare you psychologically for when you start messing with the program and it doesn't. It's taken me since April of 2010 to reach the point of almost totally off the wall with this caliber. I expect that will go faster now for recent arrivals as the brain trust here has grown a lot since I started coming back in February (I think) of that year.
Now go fishing!
Hoot
longnkrnch wrote:Thanks, I think you are right. Neck tension should be the key. But, based on what I have seen on the factory rounds, there ain't a whole lot of tension there. I think I'll start by just following the Hornady data and move on from there.
MarkF1967 wrote:What Hornady Load data? Is there a new publication out there?
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