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Good ideas This batch has many firings and I have lots of brass in this caliber so I don't mind discarding the few and just use the old primers for cast low pressure loads.

Checked the primers Old Federal from wooden trays are seating more easily than modern ones in new brass perfect storm

25-06 has about 1/2 the recoil of 30-06 depending on load choices and has great point blank range Practicing with cast or subsonic loads prevents flinching. Get titegroup/subsonic load data for various cartridges (308, etc) Hodgdon

light loads, 240 grain cast 5 grains titegroup 6 grains red dot wife and her friends like them I kinda like a little more excitement, but still easy on the hands 8 grains titegroup

Plinking with some old cast bullets. 25-270, 80 grain cast bullets, 12 grains Unique. One failed to fire. Buddy shows me there is no primer in the cartridge??? Look into the cartridge box. I knew the primer pockets were a bit loose---

Working on that too. last time made an upside down T with dark duct tape and stuck an 1 1/2" orange circle at the intersection. Seem better than some targets Hold just below the circle/intersection. Better than a dot or a cross alone I think.

I had a 7x57 with an action longer than 308 and shorter than 06. Made in Belgium for some military use that my Grandad sportered. I gave it away. Wondering if that is common for x57 rifles? A not so short action.

Have a decapping die with a broken pin. None of the pins fit that are available locally or at Midway, Amazon etc. I called RCBS. Apparently I have a first run die with no date that was put together with parts unknown. So for free they just mailed me the whole threaded rod and pin assembly.

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BiMart has CCI large rifle for $5.49 per hundred

I'd still deprime them and then clean the brass. If not with a tumbler, go old school and rinse a few minutes in vinegar, then several rinses in water, then air dry. Consider annealing if the brass is very old or very used

Making the brass from 06 is doable, but you have to turn the necks since on 22-250 brass you are making the neck out of the brass body of the 06 and making the neck thick. That's one potential problem that would lead to high pressure, difficulty chambering and inconsistent performance. If a lot...

Interesting as Switzerland as of today will not sell arms etc to the US over Middle East military involvement. Reminder 17 is a great powder for most medium and large cases.

Did that near Mendocino. Little blacktail ran off onto private property complete with mixed raspberry and poison oak. Round nose at 2400 fps in 25-06 after that.