nockhunter said:

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Not entirely dissimilar to one of the original pieces of art in our home.

Defiantly_Not_Bender said:

What books were burned by Hitler? And why did we fight for the wrong side?

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Both sides were the wrong side. 'Murica'

XP1K said:

They seem to be able to make better knockoffs than original product. My brother gave me 100 of the 175 temu smk to try. Causes me great pain to say it, but I think hornady builds a better smk than Sierra.

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They can build a better bullet than the knock off smk's.

I got hold of some of the knock off smk's that were sold to me as Sierra second's . I won't be doing business with that company anymore since they're liars, not a single bullet more.

They were so bad I'm not wasting powder on them, trash .

I have had problems with Hornady bullets like their inexpensive 223 bullets, blatantly those suck, measure some for yourself.

As far as making better than Sierra or Berger, I doubt it and Hornady didn't make that claim (wise move). I believe it was implied you (not me) lol couldn't shoot the difference and could use your privios load data.

I'm ordering some more Aeromatch in 223 to QC and test against some Sierra 69g I have.

That will be a good test . I want an honest 500 yard load for my 20" DMR.

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beetroot said:

Yeah that's how I've always set mine up.
I've only used Redding in the past but can't get a FL bushing die locally (not in the US), but Hornady are available.

Another option would be to remove/grind down the expander ball and then run a mandrel through.
I've never used a mandrel before as typically use a bushing die with good brass (Lapua).

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Yeah the Hornady will work fine. And until I see a problem where I would need a mandrel and an extra step then I am just sticking to my FL bushing dies.

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bjtiger75 said:

Neeves SPF

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Rob01 said:

Hornady bushing dies work well. I use them with my 6ARC. The others work also. I still have some of both and they do the job. With any of them you setting up the shoulder bump and using the right bushing for proper neck tension will be the most important things. Also most come with an expander ball and a thin ball to just hold the depriming pin in. Use the thin ball as you don’t want to set neck tension and then drag a ball back through opening it up.

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Yeah that's how I've always set mine up.
I've only used Redding in the past but can't get a FL bushing die locally (not in the US), but Hornady are available.

Another option would be to remove/grind down the expander ball and then run a mandrel through.
I've never used a mandrel before as typically use a bushing die with good brass (Lapua).

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Fx51LP308 said:

Yodels.... For whatever reason, The "Drakes Cakes" company got much more TV Ad time in my AO in the PRNJ than did the Hostess Company. Drakes was founded in NYC, and I think they had a huge bakery in Wayne, NJ. Therefore, I knew about "Ring Dings" before I'd heard about "Ding Dongs." I knew "Cup Cakes" as the first Hostess product, and then Twinkies. The others came shortly thereafter.

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Better living through chemistry...h that was Dupont. Is there a difference?

wind gypsy said:

Harold Vaughn's Rifle Accuracy Facts, yes.

I was not considering anything about the number of cycles but rather the case of a fired round exerting a load on the threaded joint that exceeds the preload applied as Aaron Davidson stated occurs even with over 100 ft/lb torque on a barrel. If we agree the joint is moving when the force of a fired round exceeds that of the pre-load, would tighter fitting threads or "ramp threads" as outlined in Vaughn's book help encourage the barrel to come back to the same location after the load from the fired round is gone?

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The preload on the joint must exceed the applied load during the load cycle in order to maintain joint stability. The way to do this is to use the calculated factor

T=k*F*d
where
T is torque
k is a fitting factor that changes for the type of thread, quality, lubrication and elasticity of the materials that are threaded
F is the joint preload
d is the fastener diameter at the thread pitch diameter

For a threaded joint, fine thread class, lubricated and steel the K factor is typically 0.08-0.11

The units have to match so we need to convert T from ft-lb into in-lb or we need D to convert from inches into feet. Let's turn 100ftlb into 1200inlb instead since it's easy

T=1200inlb
k=0.08
F=?
d=1.0275 (nominal mean PD for 1-1/16x20 Class 3A, I happened to know this one by memory)

Solving for Force
F=T/(k*D)=1200/(0.08*1.0275)=14,598.5 lb force

A 473 case head operates at approximately 8500lb of axial load on the joint and a 532 magnum is about 12000lb peak then we can see that the 100ft lb mark is acceptable for this criteria based on the guidelines in Machinery's Handbook. This is a standard approach for aircraft structures as well.

When I tested the theory I couldn't get anything to change above about 60 ft lbs as I mentioned above. When you calculate the firing force vs. banging the gun off something accidentally the firing force is notably higher.

tinker said:

I am not usually one to jump on the AI bandwagon.....but she looks way too perfect to be real.

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She may very well be real, but in my life I have never seen anything like that up close ...

Ttt

theLBC said:

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Make tar & feathering great again.