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Bullets getting jammed into seater die

I typically use Redding type S bushing dies and Forster micrometer seating dies. When I started I bought all basic RCBS dies and quickly upgraded for calibers in which accuracy was a priority. I’ve never had an issue.
That being said I went to load some 300 black out subs using my RCBS dies. They hadn’t been used in a couple years so I spray them down with CLP inside and out to clean any residual gunk.
The cases were a combination of new Starline, once fire Starline from my gun, and once fired from friends rifles. They were all sized with the same RCBS sizing die. Case mouths were chamfered. Graphite lube was used. 3 of the 10 cases pushed the bullet into the die getting completely stuck. The case came out with a massively oversized neck that then wouldn’t hold a bullet. All cases were the same manufacturer. While I would like to blame the brass I’m not sure how the brass could be responsible. Bullets are 220 grain SMK seconds. I’m considering using this as a reason to finish my collection of Redding and Forster dies. Ideas?

Accessories Trijicon RMR RM06 3.25moa & Malkoff MDC E2XTL light head

-Trijicon RMR 06(3.25 moa dot)
**$360.00 shipped** great condition, lived on a CC g19 and saw about 1,500ish rounds. Has marks in the anodizing from where it sat in a tight slide cut. Glass is perfect. Only took it off to upgrade to a SRO. Will come with a sealing plate and screws in a SRO box(same box the rmr ships in just labeled SRO)
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-Malkoff Devices MDC E2XTL light head **$100.00 shipped** bought this to run on a specific AR upper and found out the bezel is a little big in diameter for my suppressor and real estate constraints(shorty 300 blk). Very solid light output and plenty of throw. Malkoff stuff has a great reputation and very good customer service if you should ever need it.
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Paypal F&F or you cover the fees. My wife has Venmo, and Cash app as well. Pm me if you want more info on specific items or more pictures.

Cheap NV optic

We have some bolt action and sbr semi auto rifles in 300 blk. We are talking 100 yard max mostly unless just hazing pests past that.

We shoot subs and want to get a NV optic or two, and money is tight right now.
They will be used on hogs as well and are considered pests and legally shot or otherwise dispatched at nite. Other chicken stealing and egg sucking pests as well

Any of you use these I found from ads on the hide?

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Firearms 300 PRC Barreled Action

Curtis Custom Helix Hybrid Hunter Long Action

Trigger Tech Primary

Proof Research Sendero Light Chambered in 300PRC 24” 8 twist with a MBM Brake

27” Preferred Barrel 8 Twist Chambered in 300PRC with a barrel nut, and 5/8x24 muzzle threads. Diamond fluted by kampfeld customs.

85 Pieces of lapua brass

I took this on trade and never put it in a stock and shot it. I was told the carbon barrel has a round count of 350 and the steel barrel has a round count of 110

$2100

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A peculiar problem

I have never encountered this issue before, in 30+ years of reloading.

I recently purchased 1000 of the .308, 180 grain tipped gamekings.

I went to load some ladders today and discovered that no matter what length I seat them at, they will not chamber in any of my 308s. They also will not chamber in my gauge. Yet, when I pulled the projectile, the brass will chamber cleanly!

I measured the diameter of the projectiles and they are .308 so thats not an issue.

I am using Alpha brass, I tried Fed brass as well.

I tried different levels of crimp as well, that did not help. I also tried partially seating the projectile and then chambering the round to finish seating. No luck. I am completely perplexed.

Thoughts?

My only possible thought is that its the shape of the projectile (see pic)

180 tgk next to 195 tmk (which chambers easily)
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SOLD Athlon Helos BTR Gen 2 2-12 FFP

Like new in box Athlon 2-12 FFP MIL. Mounted and never been to the range. Faint ring marks and comes with factory box and all the Athlon accessories.

Asking $375 OBO shipped

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Optics Leupold Mark 5HD PR2

Like new Mark 5HD 7-35 × 56 PR2 was on a bench rest rifle it was recently back to leupold. It was cleaned and inspected and hasn't been on a rifle since I got it back. $1850 shipped and insured to your door. Will throw in a Near Alpha Mount for $100.

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Accessories MCX Spear LT Upper Conversion kit - 9” 300blk zero rounds

Bought this with the intention of SBRing my other Spear LT lower and changing my truck set up from 5.56 to 300blk. Realistically all of my free time/money is taken up with long range things and wouldn’t do this new set up justice. 72076.

$1250 shipped

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Australian Rocket goes the wrong way.... Well obviously!

After their miserable failure to take over the world of breakdancing... Australia's first attempt to launch a rocket has worked out just as well.

Well obviously! They had it pointing the wrong way! Heck of a Barbie, though!

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Well, they'll be back.

Oh and, that's not a rocket... THIS is a rocket!

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G'Day!

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Review Walther PDP Pro 5" Polymer

I post about pistols from time to time and every once in a while do a review. My background is that I have been shooting USPSA since the early 2000s and hit G in 2006. Since then, one of the things that I do for a living is I am one of the owners of a retail firearms store with an attached shooting range. We sell and rent guns to the public. To me pistols are very subjective in that what feels good to me, may not feel good to someone else.

At some point in the last year, I did a kind of review on pistols and I don't really make an argument about any of the subjective stuff. I do however tend to comment on reliability. I think at this point, I am a pretty good source on it because 1) I have extensively shot most full frame production pistols in the US, more than a little bit. 2) We have a rental fleet with more than 500 firearms in it and we keep data on when they go out of service to include things like how often we have to clean them, how often and what kind of repairs we have to make and how often we have real failures.

About a year ago, I got to shoot a Walther PDP Pro with the Parker Mountain Machine comp and I really enjoyed it. So I bought two Walthers so that I could cannibalize them and made one for myself. This particular pistol now officially has over 50K rounds fired through it and I wanted to detail the problems that I had with it. When I first put the pistol together, I went to the range and in the first magazine I had two failures to feed shooting 115 grain Winchester white box range ammo. I immediately got aggravated and was looking at the pistol, the things I installed and saw the instructions for the comp. It clearly stated that the pistol functions with 124 grain or heavier ammunition and that 115 grain was not recommended. So I have now shot another 49,980 some odd rounds through it without a single failure. I have not had to replace a single part, there was not a single break or failure. Over the 50,000 rounds fired, I cleaned the pistol after the first 500 round range session because it was kind of covered with grease in some spots that smelled bad when it heated up. Since that cleaning, I have not cleaned the pistol once. (I have cleaned the end of the surefire multiple times and the optics multiple times).

I went back and checked our rental fleet where we have several PDPs including 5 and 4 inch frame pistols in both the normal and Pro versions. They do get cleaned every 5k rounds (got to keep the customers happy) but none of them have had a failure of any kind just like my personal pistols. I never thought that I would write this but Walther has moved into my personal S Tier of pistols in terms of reliability to join most Glocks and almost all of the hammer fired H&K pistols.

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The Ring of fire is awaking

Have the libs pissed off mother nature to the point, she may take action?