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I've found that it's VERY easy to develop bad habits, and one of the worst is fighting the rear bag to get the crosshair where you want it. Getting that all lined up first and then pulling in carefully behind the rifle works for me too.

Good points made in that thread, but the best one IMO is the one about controlling all the other variables. Play around with QuicklOAD a bit and you will see that case volume variations can easily negate the effort to weigh down to the kernel. Here's a post a made on another forum illustrating...

I dunno if it's a perfect way to do it, but the paperclip method seems to work pretty well. It's amazing how small or shallow a trough your fingertips can sense using the paperclip.

Interesting, thanks for the reply. I'll be pondering that.

Kraky, do you have any idea how this happens during seating?

Sure, I know you can order aftermarket and build it how you want, but I doubt that anyone will ever successfully introduce and market (especially Remington! LOL!!) a new .277" or .257" cartridge matched to a standard rate of twist that compares to what you can easily find in 6.5mm or 7mm...

I wish I could remember what it was like to have 54-year old eyes. And memory too. :cry:

All you gotta do is use .338-06 with case capacity adjusted to match your real world fireformed AI cases. The shoulder shape differences won't mean a thing.

...and too little to be gained!

I don't think high Rate-of-Twist rifles in .25 and .27 calibers will ever happen. Too much inertia to overcome.

Well, I guess I am too. I just realized I typed and posted ".30-67" instead of .30-06! :lol:

Nice rifles you got there, HTD. Myself, I can't think of a reason in the world to own a Garand but I'd still jump at the chance to get one as nice as any of those if the price was right. There IS just something about them...

I think I am just out and out contrary. I love a nice walnut stock, but I hate for them to get beat up. I have several Model 70 Classics that have virtually perfect walnut stocks. One of them is a 1-in-500 Super Grade Midway edition in .280 Remington, and I REALLY didn't want that one dinged...

Muzz, the way to go would be to neck those .30-06 cases down just enough so they can chamber in the .280 AI rifle. You don't want any fore or aft movement of the case in the chamber as you are fireforming. BTW, the .280's shoulder is 0.050 inch further forward than the .30-67 and .270, not...

Crap. I just bought an update about eight weeks ago...the one before rhe new IMRs were added. :x

I like the idea of a Big Bore 94 in .375 Winchester. Not so sure what the cartridge can do (but I'll bet it's fine for lots of things within limited ranges), but the rifles themselves are very seductive!

I'll throw in a somewhat different viewpoint... I think there are as many different perspectives on all this as there are shooters, really. While I do adhere to the "one bullet" per rifle philosophy, I cannot resist trying new powders and an occasional new-to-me technique. I DO enjoy hunting...

That Barsness fellow...he knows stuff!

TD, about those rupturing WLRMs...we're they brass colored cups or the nickel plated variety?

Oh...that. Hang in there, maybe something will come your way. The good new is, they're still makin' em. Do NOT give up!