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I use a smear of Hornady Unique or Imperial in the case mouth using a cotton bud then, after sizing run a bronze bore brush through the case necks to clean the inside so that propellant flows easily into the case. Simple & effective.

There's certainly a sharp twitch of the hinds tail...can't be certain it's an actual bullet strike though. However, it seems to have passed very close or possibly even through the hinds fur.

I had the same issue with two boxes of .257 Accubonds...e-mailed Nosler who advised they were an old batch...six years old. Some of the problems we have with dealers here selling old stock. They shot just as well as good bullets, but I only used them on paper. I reckon around 15% of each box was...

For interest ... deer stalking in Scotland ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXFfwpwDns

I sure do Scotty, though unfortunately, not this season. However, the .25-06 has never ever failed me apart from one stag that ran so far through the thick planting of trees, we didn't find it until by accident some weeks later. That was a bugger, it was a really nice stag chewed to bits by...

Sounds really good & yes, keep putting a few rounds through it (y) these are really great rifles with super slick actions.

Joe, on the nitroexpress mannlicher website, page 2, a chap called RisingBite, Mike Holland, in Brisbane, Australia has a GK 8x68 with a Hensoldt scope...might be worth checking out with him scoping your rifle. You’ll also find him on the Facebook page as Hike Molland. There are a couple of pics...

As a newcomer to the .25-06, I’ve only had mine for sixteen years, but have now taken hundreds of red stags & hinds, roe deer, feral goats and fox using both 100gn Sierra Prohunter and 110gn Accubond bullets. It’s a brilliant cartridge for taking all quarry in the UK. Never fails at the task, or...

(y) Lovely rifle and a super cartridge/calibre..I'm very envious :mrgreen: . I have two M1903 Mannlicher Schoenauer's, one a Takedown model built in 1922 that I just had re-barrelled with a Krieger match barrel, in the original 6.5x54MSch, the other a 1936 proofed stutzen also M1903 in 6.5x54...

Nice one Scotty (y) Congratulations. Pretty good looking buck that one.

Indeed they do, but finding any on the dealers shelves in the UK is like tracking down rocking horse poo. They just don’t bring them in. So In my 25-06 I use the Nosler AB. They are good and reliable.

That’s such a shame. I have two....one, a beaten up stutzen, the other, a ‘Takedown’ being re-barrelled just now. Both are 6.5x54 MSch. Wonderful kipplauf’s. (y) I use the Hornady 160gn RN bullet.

... out of favour with modern day shooter? :shock: Is that so, or is it just that for smaller calibre rifles, .243, .257, .264 so few choices are available. In 6.5/.264 cal. I can only find 160gn RN bullets. Nothing in 120, 130 or 140gn range in .243 very little choice & .257 nothing at all...

Yup, so do I... much better than the hammer (y)

If your RCBS hammer broke, RCBS will mail you a replacement...just email them. I told them mine broke & I immediately received a reply telling me they’d send a replacement. It duly arrived (y) (y) (y) great service. However, definitely a collet bullet puller is best IMO. Cheers.

It’s perfectly possible for this to occur. It’s certainly a process of elimination to get to the root cause of a flyer like that. Good luck.

Without doubt the Wilson seating die yields least run out when bullet seating, but requires an arbor press. Not too expensive, but does work. You have to be sure your case neck/case body run out is low too for consistently low run out on the finished cartridge, so your sizing die needs to be set...

If it's any help Boomer68 I can supply info on my own load for my Steyr Classic Stutzen 6.5x55SE Load data: Cases Norma F/L sized & trimmed 2.156" Fired case Headspace in my rifle: 1.771" Primer: CCI 200 Powder: IMR4350 x 45.8gns Bullet: Hornady 123gn SST #26173 .. Crimped LFC die. Nominal...

Sign seen in New Zealand recently ..

Mainly, a lighter weight bullet will develop to a somewhat larger propellant chargeweight than a heavier bullet. So, the start weight charge fot the 200gn bullet will easily also accomodate your 180gn bullet. Cheers.