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    .338LM in a Rockchucker?

    I have a old Pacific reloader that was old Hornady and I do the same. I have to put the bullet up in the die a little but no complaints after that.
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    Question about to crimp or not.

    I have Hornady 338LM and 30-06 dies that say they have the built in crimp in them I have the RCBS black set of 223/556 SB T/C that say they have the crimp built in them I also have 5 other sets of RCBS that are standard die sets. Should I look for crimp dies for the hornady or is...
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    Help with some ladder results

    Folks Im building up for my 338 LM. I looked at my Hornady book as well as a few sites to start with the base and get a maxium load set. I did three shots with each load. I started at 84.5 and stopped at 89.5 grains of H1000 with a 285 BTHP bullet. I got 1/2 way through my test and...
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    556 or 223.. whats better for different makers of AR-15's

    I looked in several other forums here and just couldn't find what I was looking to be answered. Im just looking for opinions here. I have a RR ar15 with the bull barrel with a 1/8 twist Rock River Arms: Varmint Rifle A4 Some people say different AR's shoot 223 or 556 better due to this or...
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    223 and 556 with IMR 4198

    I got a 8 pound key of 4198 for my wifes bolt action 223. It was in the Hornady manual and the power was available so I picked it up. I got a RockRiver AR the other day looking in the book the 4198 powder is not listed for the 556 nato. Should I treat it the same as the 223 when building up...
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    223/556 with IMR4198 or H4895 options

    My wifes 223 is a 1/9 the rockriver is the 1/8 I would like to find a powder that will work in both. Im not sure if the twist difference will really matter all that much for what we are doing. Im using different primers in both as well but that should not really matter.
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    223/556 with IMR4198 or H4895 options

    Its the bull barrel model so its a 1/8 twist.. My local gun shop had some Nosler varmageddon 55g FBHP on sale for 20.00 for 250 so I picked those up. Mostly I will jus be plinking steel targets anyways the Hodgdon powder seems to be the way to go here
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    223/556 with IMR4198 or H4895 options

    Dilemma, here is mine and probably others as well I got my wife a 223 savage that a guy had already built up a round for and got 150 reloaded bullets with it. I took it to the range and 3 shots at 100yards fit in a nickel and the 4th was just outside. The issue was he used CFE223 and I cant...
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    Stuck Brass after round is spent

    The first three that did stick the brass just has a T on the top of the head and .338 on the bottom. Not sure whos brass that is Good info though.
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    Stuck Brass after round is spent

    Under 1 minute while I was getting my aim is about it.
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    Stuck Brass after round is spent

    I got a Hornady 1500 scale as my first scale. Later I found out that it was way off on weights. 10-15 grains off. I have since gotten a new one digital and manual scale weight to verify the powder grains. I loaded up my 338 lapua on Saturday with Hornady 285's with 92.5 grains of H1000 My...
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    Overall length question

    Im building a load up for my 338 LM and in my Hornady book for the 285 grain bullets it has a COL of 3.625 yet in another post on this forum his is 3.743 http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/range-report-exterior-ballistics/173020-gap-338lm-285-hornadys.html Is the COL different for each...
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    Microjust Seating Stem from Hornady

    Im curious is anyone has been using this. My thoughts are that since the Hornady dies have the built in crimper on the bullet seater will this micro adjuster mess that up>? Amazon.com: Hornady Microjust Seating Stem: Sports & Outdoors Is the item im looking at. Or could be in 1-2 months...
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    Reloader Mounting Quandry

    Hey all Any input is apprecaited. I do not have a large place to reload the the Hornady AP if I mounted it on my deks would make 75% of it useless. So, Im thinking of putting this on a wall. Im going to get a good think piece of hard wood 1/2 thick as the backboard. Probably 2 or 3 foot...
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    New Die question

    I have gotten several news dies lately and it seems the first couple through the neck/deprimer die always seem to stick or have issues pulling out the de-primer part on exit . I clean them real well with Hornady 1 shot and also put a little case lube on the sinker die looking thing but each...
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