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Spife I appreciate your help Primers are fine, it’s a moderate 223 load I’ve used for a while. Surgeon single shot action The sequence was 1) stupidly ran bolt on chambered round that was loaded long ie into the lands, dumped powder 2) cleaned out all powder, took barrel off to clean, took out...

I've broken 2 triggers (in exactly the same way) in two shots fired from this rifle. Any idea what could be causing that? I'm afraid to put in a third, might break it as well

this is what fell out

I don't know what its called, there are two of them that each wrap 1/2 around one of the large pins that is visible between the side plates. there is a notch in the side of the part. I don't understand the connection between dumping powder in the chamber and having parts of two separate...

Last week I chambered a bullet seated into the lands and then tried to extract it, dumping a case full of powder into my single shot Surgeon action. I couldn't even close the bolt before cleaning it out. I thought I cleaned everything up thoroughly, even taking the bolt apart and wiping it...

Saw the same thing last week purporting to be affiliated with IMR - something like IMRRetailStore.com. I just checked, looks like it has been suspended.

When did the faster twist barrels and heavier 308s become more prevalent?

I think the reason you don't see creeds holding records at f class 1000 is that 308 and 223 have their own division in FTR, but if you're going to shoot F-O there are much better projectile options than a 264 / 6.5

The cause is just normal forward brass flow over time as the cases are fired. I also have donuts on 223 Rem brass, I used the Wilson reamer to cut out a surprising amount of material from inside the base of the neck. It can really be seen with a borescope. I also use a mandrel but it was not...

This whole series reminds me of that guy who was the sergeant of a rapid deploy security force at one of the largest malls in America.

Still got my Fundamental Evaluation from the last Expo, I was one of the 2 Anybody on the fence about going, it's a fantastic experience, I've been each year and gotten a lot out of it, and gotten to see some really cool things.

I ordered 2 from Krieger last month and they told me 9 months to ship.

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The rules used to be that you don't come into other people's sale threads and shit on what they are selling. I like Game Kings also but never had any failures from the Blitzs.