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    Lee Classic Cast - standard or Breech Lock?

    I read something about the Hornady bushing system being better than the Lee breech lock system, so I just recieved my classic cast. Love it so far! Lots of leverage, adjustable, heavy duty, and has solved my inaccurate headspace and seating depth issues. If you change your mind, you can always...
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    Sig 716 FTF with New Stock

    What weight buffer were you using before? And what kind of FTF are we talking about? Also does the bolt lock after the last round is fired?
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    Sig 716 FTF with New Stock

    Are you using the same buffer, what weight is it?
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    Case split in half, bad brass?

    Good point I didn't specify on that .005 bump. It is bumped to .005 short for the chamber on this rifle, it is only about .003 on the other rifle. I guess the brass I have bumped that far will be used only for the short headspaced rifle and set it back less for the longer headspaced rifle. I...
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    Case split in half, bad brass?

    The rest of the brass is about 4k pieces. All LC once fired. I know I'm shortening the life of the brass by bumping an extra thousandth or two, but on the second firing?
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    Case split in half, bad brass?

    Just pulled it apart. There are 3 separated sharp edges on one half of the case, where the gas burst marked the case. The rest was pretty flat or rounded, but the next cartridge slamming into it could've partially rounded some. It did a decent amount of "resizing" to that shell. The piece I have...
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    Case split in half, bad brass?

    Dave, the case used for reference is a piece of off brand chi com brass I had laying around. I put it there for reference of where the separation happened, it appears too high for case head separation but I haven't taken the calipers to it yet. That piece of brass is not resized and once fired...
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    Case split in half, bad brass?

    Was shooting some test loads out of my 16" AR this morning and had an interesting event. I was shooting the first round of the powder charge, I believe it was 24.1gr (.2 under Ramshot's published max) and the LC brass split horizontally between the shoulder and case head. Luckily I didn't get...
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    Imr-8028 xbr?

    Had good luck with it in a mostly stock SPSV, though not a 308, a 22-250. Pretty good accuracy across my work up loads, with the largest groups at 1.5" and the best being .470" at 100yds. That was first attempt with 50gr vmax and a guess and try on bullet seating, since I can't hit lands. I was...
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    53gr vmax in a 223?

    Redleg84 had similar results to my tests. 16" light profile AR, similar charge of TAC, and the 53 vmax got me down to a .288" group with a mil spec trigger. I was very impressed. Don't have my notes in front of me,but I remember it liked being pushed hard.
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    Hardto chamber,brass and loads. Read it before, am I wrong?

    Ok thanks for the help guys. Seeing as these are just my test loads, ill probably just shoot the 24 I have already loaded since they chamber ok, just not as good as I'd like. The remaining brass ill bump the shoulders back another couple thousandths.
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    Hardto chamber,brass and loads. Read it before, am I wrong?

    I'm using Redding dies, from what I read they supposedly have a built in roll crimp. I have the seating die adjusted for the bolt gun rounds so it has little to no crimp applied. For the AR I put just enough crimp that it doesn't buckle/bulge. I don't see any buckling or bulging on these cases.
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    Hardto chamber,brass and loads. Read it before, am I wrong?

    Thanks for the advice guys. I have headspace and OGive comparator gauges, and after much trying I determined there is absolutely no way a 50gr will be able to hit the lands on my factory 22-250 700. In fact I ended up seating about .250 short of lands and that is a good bit longer than Hornady...
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    Hardto chamber,brass and loads. Read it before, am I wrong?

    Gearing up for my 500yd pdog challenge with my 700 SPSV. Going with Rem brass, Win LR primers, 50gr Vmax, and 8208 XBR as long as it doesn't make trouble. I had a few fire formed brass but due to some other input I full length sized the Rem brass I will be using. Some was shot through other...
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    Thanks Joe, I just got back from town and had to go to the hardware store anyway so I grabbed some. Also picked up a spring for 60 cents, ill see if I can make it work.
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    Yup, spring is gone. Anyone know where a guy could buy one? A part number, or if anyone could measure theirs for me so I can try to find a match? Thanks again for all the help. Scudzuki - baby on the way. No 200 dollar triggers anywhere in my new future. Hence my bedding a Tupperware stock. I...
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    Thanks guys, ill pull it apart and check it out. I would love to upgrade, but as good as my xmark has been after adjusted I have a lot more things on the priority list before that. It really is the best factory trigger I've ever seen, and I worked in a gun shop for about 4 years. Besides, my mil...
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    Very possible. Can anyone point me to a pic of the possible offending spring? I tried to keep it all controlled and the only thing I saw seperate was the bolt release lever and spring, but the weird part is sometimes it will catch the firing mechanism and sometimes it won't. So the spring you're...
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    JGorski, it was already a great shooter but my zero changed so much whenever I removed the stock it was a real PITA. Also would get the occasional flier, which I am hoping bedding will eliminate or reduce. Was able to get around 1/2" groups at 100yds with both Hornady 55gr vmax and Win white box...
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    Xmark trigger issue, de cocking after bedding

    Hey all, have a 700 spsv with the xmark trigger. I was very happy with the xmark after adjusting it, nice clean break around 2 to 2.5 lbs. with a baby on the way can't afford a new stock, so decided to attempt a bedding job on the Tupperware stock. It all turned out much better than expected...
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