Thanks, 470Rigby.

There will be a delay in my load development for this cartridge. My sizing die is not quite right. It will not quite size the case fully, and I am experiencing tight cases with some pieces of brass. I'm sending it to RCBS this morning for adjustment.

It's so close that some of my new brass would chamber, but some was tight, even after going through the die full length. I think they just need to grind a bit off the bottom of the die.

My experience with wads has been Dacron used in my .500 BPE in nitro for black loads. I read Graeme Wright's recount of using foam, and I plan to try that too.

In any event, for my .400 NE I think all I need is to reduce my load of H4831 to 80 grains or so, and I will be there.

Thanks for your advice,
CptCurl

Jan 17, 2005 edited "H4350" to "H4831." My oversight when posting. Sorry!

Curl