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I'd take it apart to see what it does.

This is an old thread, but it's a timely one from my perspective. I had avoided Kimber 1911s for a long time just because of some reputation problems, but I put a Winchester Super-X 2 up for sale or swap a couple of months ago and a fellow in my locale (that means within 100 miles in this part...

Like the other guys said, forget the belt is even there. Try a little experiment...instead of screwing your sizing die all the way down so that it contacts your shell holder, raise the ram and adjust the die so that it does not quite touch the shell holder at all---say, by 10 thousandths or so...

So, are you really just looking for a method to set up a sizing die for optimum should bump during resizing?

Looks to me like someone necked the schidt outa those cases. IOW, they squeezed 'em down too much. I remember fifteen years ago you couldn't ask for a load suggestion without a chous of "what's yer twist rate?" responses. SMDH. These days lots of guys think they know what they're...

Try as you might, you're never going to get real precision out of QuicklOAD. Many have believed they figured it out, pointing out their success at adjusting the Ba so that the velocity results with a certain combination of components closely tracks with QL predictions. BTDT myself...and I found...

Hey Bruce, PM me your mailing info. I've been trying to peddle some perfectly good Norma .220 brass (100 pieces fired once mostly, some of it twice) and no takers. I'd rather give it to you than keep dumping the price.

I have not tried it in a REALLY wide range of cartridges, but I can say that Re16 has shown me that it can be a kind of "broadband" powder much like the 4895s. I've had outstanding results with it in cartridges ranging from .30-06, .260 Remington, and even the 6mm-284. Now that my rifle...

What distance? How many shots in your groups?

I am afraid Leupold's ownership just intends to ride the old reputation as far as it will take them and let the brand founder into obscurity. It's a sad thing to see when at one time they were pretty much the gold standard for domestically produced scopes. Five years ago I had nothing BUT...

That's a good move. When I was much less experienced and knew everything I insisted that a bullet comparator was not necessary for setting seating depth. My reasoning was solid and made sense, but what I was not recognizing is the difficulty of measuring consistently without the use of a...

SOMEWHERE---don't ask me where, I read that the S&W PC 327's barrel is rifled by some new process (I don't recall what it was called, but it was some kind of electrochemical process IIRC) that is suspected of being the root cause of lower velocities in these guns. It does not make a whole lot of...

Temperature sensitivity is NOT just marketing hype. All powders are sensitive to temperature to some extent, but some are affected least while others are affected the most. Whether or not it matters to you is for you to decide, but poopooing the whole idea as nothing but marketing hype simply...

The rifle is now the property of another. The man who bought it will give it to a young fellow for Christmas. It seems the young fellow was born into tough circumstances and adopted by another couple, but he has taken the kid under his wing to mentor him. He bought not only the rifle but almost...

Thank you. It really is. I really am reluctant to let it go, but I'm trying to whittle down my collection of hunting rifles to just a few that I will use. I had a Mark X in 6mm-284 that was to be sold, but I found that no one wanted to chance it (and I can understand why, honestly) so I decided...

That's a pretty subjective judgement, but you're correct in that there must be "enough" shank in the case neck to keep the bullet where you want it. I'd say that depends on the activity and the rifle type. Some guys have told me that they load some bullets with only about 0.080" of shank in the...

How much is "enough seating depth?"

Looks like it's sold. Supposed to meet the man Monday face-to-face. Hope it doesn't go south between now and then.

I ain't Dr. Mike, but here ya go. The Hodgdon load data website is working again, BTW. They list the load also. Cartridge : 6 mm Rem. (SAAMI) Bullet : .243, 70, Speer HP TNT 1206 Useable Case Capaci: 52.374 grain H2O = 3.401 cm³ Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.860 inch = 72.64...

Where's Scotty? He never responded on that Midway .280 Super Grade I had posted last spring. I guess if that one didn't grab him, this one won't either. Must be all that military discipline he's consumed. :ninja: I know how the "old .30-06" just does not inspire like it did 60 years ago...I...