Thread: OCW Load Testing

Originally Posted by ebf

You're going about OCW pretty much the correct way.

I am having problems getting a better view of the target pics on the site where you are hosting your blog, can't seem to view individual pics or zoom in...
2 questions for you:
- are you seating the primers correctly ? your "duds" could be due to not getting them seater far enough into the pocket ? alternatively try some other (decent) primers
- did you allow the barrel to cool down between strings ? so load 1, load 2, load 3, cool down, load 1, load 2, load 3, cool down ?

Ah. Tried to fix something yesterday and broke something else. Should be fixed now.

Primer Seater - yes, I think it's just a case of me needing to seat them better. I was initially a little 'light' on the press - mainly because I haven't done many of them. However, will also look at primer options. Recommendations? Also, if I change primers, will I need to restart the testing? The next lot are already primed and ready to go.

Barrel cooling. Yes. As you stated. Though in hindsight, should I probably not allow it to cool between each shot? I realised afterwards that the end of the string would always be hotter than the start. I might need to take a book down to read between shots!