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Concentricity Troubles
The Hornady dies work well in my limited experiance. The Lee collet neck sizers seem to give the best result for me, but others may not agree. The major problem with getting runout under control is case wall uniformity. You can`t get good runout with brass that is 0.004" thicker on one side then... -
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Bullet Seating Depth or Powder Charge - What First?
Find the OAL that places the bullet just at the lands and work up to max with it there. Once you have a max for your rifle decrease the OAL in 0.005" increments until you find the lenght your rifle prefers. Only alter ONE thing at a time. Stay with the same primers, brass, powder and charge... -
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Bonded Partition
The partition front is designed to blow up and the jacket peel back along the shank reducing the frontal area to help ensure deep penitration. If the tip core holds and the frontal area remains large it will reduce the penitration and defeat the design of the bullet as it is now. I doubt Nosler... -
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coal
In the majority of reloading manuals if the COL is listed in the cartridge intro with the min/max case lgt, primer used, bbl lgt tested, ect it is the SAAMI max. This is the max lgt that will fit any manufactures magazine and chamber throat that adheres to SAAMIs specs. If the COL is listed with... -
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Why so much difference in different manuals
Ooooops, I almost forgot. I`d check out the powder company web sites for modern data, or if possible get a few new books, and not rely too much on the old books. (I know I`ll get flamed big time for this :twisted: ) The various components in some cases have changed or new pressure testing with... -
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Why so much difference in different manuals
Each book is useing different components for their loads. The bullet is the major factor, but the powder lot, primer type, case brand all change the load. I would try to stay with the data for the bullet you are planning on shooting. OAL is a variable that you need to play with to find where... -
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Every now and then I get an ejector mark
"I considered that...but if I back off a grain the MV will be 2,490 fps...even factory 168 grain ammo shoots faster than that out of this gun. I don't think pressure is the problem...I think its the brass, but I was hoping to get a confirmation that Remington brass is sometimes not so... -
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Montana Rifle Company
I too was in on the 1st start up actions. I found them to be a bit heavy and as said a little rough. They polished up well and make a nice rifle, IMO though. I used a Boydes Jr stock made for the Winchester M70 and only a touch of trimming in the front reciever ring area was needed to fit it... -
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Need photo's of excessive Pressure indicators
Keep in mind light pressures or excessive headspace will show flattened primers, and oversized fireing pin holes and weak striker springs will show cratered primers. Soft brass can yield and have ejector marks on the head. The signs are not always of excessive pressure, but do show a problem... -
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How do they do it?
I`m not sure what the companies are doing to produce their "Hi Energy"/Lite Mag" ammo but it doesn`t involve raising the pressures. A while ago, I ran a couple of rounds of Federal Hi-Energy 140gr Trophy Bonded, Hornady Lite Mag with 139 gr BTSP, and std Remington green box 120 gr Cor-Loct... -
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IT IS HAPPENING!
I think if you look this was introduced a year ago and has already been laid to rest. This bill is for the most part dead and isn`t going anywhere. You need to keep alert for the next one. -
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How do they do it?
1 thing ammo makers have we don`t is a lab. The manufactures don`t use canister powders for their ammo. They buy powder in bulk by the boxcar that is produced to meet a given spec and they then fine tune the charge to produce the result they want. If the burn rate varies the powder charge will... -
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noise level
For the $200 you`ll spend on a new barrel why not get licensed and have a silencer made? You can then use the one silencer on any firearm you have depending on what you want to shoot that day...screw on, screw off... :twisted: -
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Is bullet seating depth an issue with 300 WSM?
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45 ACP Pet Loads
If you want clean, I`d try either VV-n320 or n340 with n340 being a bit slower and likely easier to achive your target velocity with. I use n320 with 200 gr LSWC for target and it is amazing how clean burning it is. N340 works great for 185 gr defence loads and is similar to PowerPistol in burn... -
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Reloader 17
I`m waiting on the Beta test results. You guys let me know when you have one, OK? :grin: :grin: -
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223 Bullet/Twist??
Don`t know about ARs but my M70 HV with a 1/9 twist shoots lights out with 50 gr ballistic tips. 52 gr Hornady HPs are the best bullet I`ve tried as far as tight groups go. I wouldn`t ignore the light bullets until I tried a few. -
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Best single stage press?
I presently have a Orange Crusher (great press), RCBS JR, and a Co-Ax on my bench, had a Rock Chucker, but a friend wanted it more then I did. The Co-Ax is the #1 press of the four hands down. You will want something else though for pulling bullets. That is the only down side of the Co-Ax I have...
