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Keeping your case necks annealed will eliminate a variable that is often overlooked. A "small change" in the temper or ductility (or whatever the proper terms may be) of a case neck can have much larger impacts on the burn/pressure curve than we might expect. Larger sample sizes are more...

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Since I shoot nothing but handloads I see no reason to use .38 brass in a .357, for example, or any other of the options that can be exercised when it comes to case length. But, if you're buying ammo and for availability or cost considerations you need to exercise options, I see no reason not...

I snagged a New Model .45 Colt with a 4-5/8" barrel a while back. It shot quite well actually, but the first time I cleaned it I noticed there were tight spots with a clean dry patch about every half inch. Looking through a bore scope confirmed my suspicions...I have NO idea what the source of...

Your results with Re16 mirror my own, Dan, except I was playing with 129-grain SSTs. I had rebarreled a Mark X I swapped into 20 years ago, maybe, which was at the time a .243 rechambered to 6mm-284. I had decided to pare down my rifle collection to only those which I actually use and I wanted...

I'd like to see one of those run, but I've never even seen one. I vaguely recall seeing them advertised, I think. The design looks terrific, and being based on a balance beam is a real plus IMO. I'd like to look at one to understand how it works. Not the same thing, by any stretch, but I have a...

I have a Toric 2-10x42 UHD and I think it's a pretty darned good scope. I have not heard of anyone having to send a broken scope back to Tract, but I can tell you that when I ordered my Toric on New Year's Eve several years ago, I was having problems placing the order on-line. Jon LaCorte...

I just had a Mark X rebarreled to .260 rem a while back. When I started working up loads I was not surprised to discover many loads that would not work. We've all been there. Just about the time I found a load that looked like it was going to work, also found that my scope was going south...

I used to be Leupold's best customer, but they lost me seven or eight years ago by refusing to acknowledge tracking issues. These days I am using a couple of Optika5s from Meopta and I am satisfied with them, but I have learned (or maybe I should say I read a rumor) that Meopta scopes will be...

If you are committed to the idea of using only a single powder for 7 Rem Mag and 7mm-08, you're making a compromise BUT you might still be able to get near full performance out of both by selecting a powder that will work in the 7-08 and using lighter monometal bullets for the 7 Mag. Monos can...

But that's not a factor with your other rifle? I think you're wrestling with some major misunderstanding.

How is the collet die not working in regards to your X-Bolt?

I retired a year and a half ago after getting up at 4:15 AM every morning for a long, long time. I thought I'd naturally be up for the sunrise every morning from here on out, but I more naturally awaken anytime between from about 6 to 8 AM. I also thought I'd have to seek out things to keep me...

I bought the RCBS headpace gauge many years ago when I was just getting into centerfire rifle reloading. I learned pressty quick that it did not give me an absolute measurement, but it was good for relative meaurement. These days I just use my old Stoney Point bullet comparator using an insert...

There's a bit of a learning curve with the Hornady tool, but once you get it set up and get the feel of it you can pull a boatload of bullets in a relatively short period of time. I use mine anytime I have more than a handful of bullets to pull. The kinetic is okay for two or three rounds, but...