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All that stuff it probably a waste of time with a factory chamber.
Do a blind test. Give 10 of the rounds you just did, and 10 normal reloads to your Wife/kid/neighbor. Have them put them in boxes marked A and B. Then go shoot them, and see if you can tell which is which.
You shoot an AR right?
Just out of curiosity, chamber a couple of the ones you just measured (bolt locked back, seat magazine, trip bolt release, let the bolt slam the round home) then eject it and measure it again. Pretty easy to remove the firing pin if you are nervous about cambering live rounds.
As to handloading saving money, .223 and 9mm are the probably the cheapest centerfire ammo there is (ignoring surplus Warsaw Pact military stuff).
I load .223 for good varmint and match ammo. For blasting ammo, or for carbine matches that don't require that level of precision or quality of bullet, I buy whatever I can find cheap.
9mm, I buy. Not worth the time for the minuscule savings.
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