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    I'm going to re do my last batch but, before I begin ...[UPDATE]

    Hi Sheldon, We may disagree on torque. I am not seating the die against the shellholder. I have the lock ring fixed in place. I torque using a hex-sided lock ring. Torque is to insure that the distance between the shellholder base (where the brass pushes against) and the .420 line in the...
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    I'm going to re do my last batch but, before I begin ...[UPDATE]

    Some additional detail on the Hornady comparator devices. I am working with a 300 PRC with a mostly SAAMI chamber - throat is 0.015 longer than SAAMI. The datum diameter is .420 so I attached the .420 body to my caliper and checked caliper zero. 2.003. According to the SAAMI print, the case...
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    Whats happening to these primers?

    We have a winnah! Any idea how it got that way?
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    300 PRC

    I'm getting halfway decent groups (sub-half MOA) with 72 grains of 7828 and 215M primers and Lapua brass. Has anyone else tried a combination like that?
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    My first reloading attempt was a failure, what now?

    Do not throw them away. There is a lot of value there and it isn't just the cost of components. I worked up a load for my 308, I thought it was great. I made about 1,000 rounds of it. Time passed and I discovered that load wasn't as good as it should be. I disassembled it all using this...
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    300PRC +P Load development

    I'm just a knothead with a computer but I thought I would run some of your computations through my stuff. I am generally suspicious of internal ballistic tools however, I downloaded the GordonsReloadingTool and it has been working for me. I ran a prediction using the specs from your post...
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    What type of malfunction is this - when bullet doesnt eject

    You need a flashlight if the load factor is small - case only a third full or some such. If you use a large load factor (say 80-90%) , it is easy to see the powder level in the case since it is nearly up to the neck. A decent overhead light will do. Another advantage of large load factor -...
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    Protecting a map question ?

    Fewer buttons to press, you can see the whole scene at the same time, they float (mostly), there are no button clicks to drop a waypoint, you can guess at a distance with a glance and get a good estimation with a simple ruler, they emit no energy - neither light nor radio, it is easier to...
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    Ammo storage & transportation

    For 5.56, three techniques: 100 5.56 rounds into 1-quart freezer bags. I can get more than 1,200 rounds into a fat-50. 1,200 rounds in a can is heavy. 5.56 into 10-round strippers, cardboard sleeves, bandoliers and a spoon - 1,200 rounds in a fat-50. go-can: loaded mags. For precision...
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    Self sustained multiday matches?

    This is a blast. Theme is the movie Red Dawn. There are usually 8 shooting stages and a 5k land nav ruck in the woods carrying 25 to 45 pounds, you get your next checkpoint from your current one. Land nav usually takes 2 to 3 hours, you have to run to do it in 2. It is much better to be on a...
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    "Match Grade"

    "Match grade" has a meaning - it means that whatever "it" is will cost more money.
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    Brass Resizing Dillema

    What safety risk do you think exists in this case? How do you think the brass will fail and how might you or someone else be injured by that failure? I don't think that your 10 cases are unsafe. If that was my brass I would shoot them or toss them depending on how much brass I had and my...
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    Brass Resizing Dillema

    Dan Dowling (one of the most innovative bench rest gunsmiths) used to make guns and barrels for me. He told me in order to make a gun shoot, there are only 5 things that matter - maybe it was 7 things. The problem is - there are many things, which 5 things? Everyone who does precision...
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    Brass Resizing Dillema

    You have 190 cases that work and 10 that don't. You are focused on the 5% that didn't work in your new setup and not on the 95% that did work. Is this a good use of your time? I completely understand wanting to have all 200 work - you want four full 50-round boxes, all 200 worked in the old...
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    Brass collapsing issue (6gt)

    None of the rest of us have ever done anything like that. Right guys?
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    DIY Ultrasonic Cleaner

    Be careful putting a pistol in there. Wilson told me that it would strip the coating off a CQB.
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    Bergers velocity to fast.

    Did you accidently spill a little diesel in there?
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    Giraud trimmer issues

    I've had mine for about 15 years. It has trimmed tens of thousands of cases - 308, 300 win mag, 30-06, and 223 - without a single issue. The belt is tight, each pully is tight on its shaft, I am still on the first cutting surface on the carbide cutter. I have the black motor. I use mine in...
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    Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

    Fort Lost in the Woods, 1970. We all masked up and marched into the building - maybe a platoon at a time. Inside the building was a sort of wood stove. One of the DIs was there, no mask. He set some kind of pellets on the stove and the room filled with gas. We removed our masks, enjoyed the...
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    223 semi-precision reloading frustration.

    Soooo ... I use to shoot benchrest - NBRSA, light and heavy varmint. I had two guns, one for each event. 6PPC, 68 grain bullets. This was a long time ago. My scopes were Leupold 36x - 1 inch tubes, top of the line for the day. Both guns would shoot. Side issue - I also made my own bullets...
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