Recent content by Nimrod84

I have a few different procedures depending on the gun / load. No bore-scope though, so I can't confirm outside of what the targets and patches say (and we all know they lie). When I'm using an anti-copper powder like IMR 4451; I'm doing basic fouling maintenance with Hoppes #9 or Ballistol...

ReloadKY, Sorry I'm late to the party. Take a look at the testing at PRB - https://precisionrifleblog.com/. Brake design and amount of gas in the barrel make a very notable differences as to the amount of recoil reduction, sound signature, ability to stay on target, etc... Just a few...

gbflyer, I have a LE Wison gauge or two as well, 30-06 and I think two pistol. I wasn't intending to provide an all-encompassing list... Lyman, RCBS and others make the case gauges as well (mostly semi-pistol). There are a lot of good tools that range from a nut with an appropriate sized...

To second what gbflyer wrote, if the brass is old (not necessarily been fired a lot but in terms of years), than it could have been cold worked, attacked by fumes, etc. So I would recommend trying some new brass along with seconding what Ozarkpugs and batlz526 wrote. gbflyer's use of grease to...

Thanks for the help. The video was very useful. I didn't see anything wrong (broken or worn) with the rifle, ejector, extractor, etc. The bolt didn't seem particularly dirty either, but after the cleaning and lubing it ejected 6 out of 7 fired rounds this weekend. The 7th one I grabbed from...

Thanks for the load data, I'll keep the xtps going south, along with the 4100 / Enforcer and Accurate #9 in mind. I think I've seen Accurate #9 available locally. I have a couple boxes of Sierra 210 grain bullets as well. Rifle is about 5 months old with around 150-200 rounds through it...

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it! I was going to contact Henry yesterday but life got away from me... On Monday I got a phone call at 8:30 stating that my new roof was being installed that day (two weeks early), sold a truck among a few other things that required immediate attention...

I have a Henry Big Boy X (funny looking thing with a Kings Gate) in 44 mag that will regularly fails to eject spent cases (factory and reload). Cases stay in the action or dribble off the side regardless of how hard the lever is cycled. I'm not finding much info on the net for troubleshooting...

Those look real good TD.

They do balance extremely well, action is smooth, accuracy and trigger are great and I really don't see much if any POI shift as the barrel heats up on them. It has been my go to when people ask for a new rifle recommendation. It was love at first handling on my end, I purchased the 30-06...

Congrats on a great rifle. Only difference should be the finish - lack of paint in the safety area and the black barrel. They only make one action length, so I'm running the 30-06 mag in both of my rifles. I have two Sauer 100s. A Ceratech in 30-06 and a 20" threaded Atacama in 6.5 Creedmoor...

Got to agree on everything with one tiny change - I like an H instead of IMR. My go to for my fathers 30-06 is 60 grains of H4831sc with the 180 grain partitions.

H4831SC was the powder of choice in the Kimber with 160 grain Accubonds. I'm in the middle of reloading room re-org; so I'm not sure where all my data is. I believe I ultimately settled on 57.8 grains of H4831SC with CCI BR primers and multi-fired un-annealed Hornady brass, velocity tends...

Hi Clonebucky, Sorry for the late response. I never got the 150 Swift Sciroccos to offer anything special (accuracy or velocity) in the Kimber, as the throat is just to short on my rifle. So I moved the Sciroccos over to a 280 Rem with a deeper throat. I found the Sciroccos to be a bit...

I have to second what Sako2 wrote - I've only seen that discoloration from heat. Center grayish / black is hottest with the red / brown being lower temps. I've had some virgin brass that went south on me with the first firing - cracked necks. It was either a bad batch or the cases were...