That's funny. That's the same load I run in Winchester with NO problems, and when I tried it in once-fired Federal yesterday, I got ejector AND extractor marks, and flattened and cratered primers. What's your BTOL?
This. We know what the "beautiful people" in CA think of us here in flyover country. And you know what's great? I hope they continue to think we're just a bunch of fat, toothless, smoke-clotted dumb-asses, because then they won't come here and infect the area with their dronehead garbage.
Your economy isn't strong. You're taxed to death, regulated to death, and you're the epicenter of weirdness for the entire country. If you like all that, I recommend you stay there.
DarnYankeeUSMC captured it perfectly:
"Because California wants the rest of the country to conform to their...
With the caveat that these guys are right: you don't want a .300 until you are very experienced with a .308 or something else, and even then it shouldn't be your only rifle.
That said, I was right where you are with considering a build a while back.
Fuck a build: Sako TRG 42 300 Win Black...
That guy set off my dipshit detector from day 1.
Then when I saw INGO was all swinging from his nuts, I was sure. Protip- if INGO thinks something or someone is cool, they're probably a fuckstick.
Man, I can't win for losing. I found RL22 to be very temp sensitive, and I heard Retumbo was less so, so I was getting ready to try it. Of course, the one powder I don't have is H1000.
I worked up to it from 70 gr, and the COAL is 3.685" not 3.340" , which is .020 off the lands in my 28" barrel. It's warm, but IN MY GUN it's fine. I didn't tell him to do it, I just told him what I was doing.
Christ, here we go again. I bet you have military-only restricted super accurate .408 CheyTacs, too, right?
Such bullshit. I shoot 1k on a real military range all the time, and the rigorous background check consists of showing them my driver's license.
I think I'm going to get a Forster FL die honed to the dimension I want. I really think that will be the solution.
I use Imperial exclusively, and the brass has ranged from once to four times fired. No difference made, other than it doesn't shave new brass (understandably).