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    At last a home of my own...

    Re: At last a home of my own... Nice setup! I can't wait to have a more permanent setup like that. I might steal some ideas of yours, I like the magnetic knife holder for the instruments.
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    Midway's Blemished bullets are BACK!!

    Re: Midway's Blemished bullets are BACK!! I never saw the 178's. I did pick up some .224 68's and 77's though. I got the cannalured ones. In hind sight I should have got the slick side ones as a buggered cannalure is one of the reasons for rejection. Oh well. Also picked up some 7mm...
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    What contributes to the "sweet spot" with a load?

    Re: What contributes to the "sweet spot" with a load? Well I don't know if you can say what's happening inside to make it accurate. We can say what details we control to make it accurate. A lot is attributed to barrel vibration nodes. Your sweet spot rings the barrel so that the...
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    Advanced Marksmanship Just a reminder to not be an idiot

    Re: Just a reminder to not be an idiot Somewhere I have a 7mm-8 necked out to .308 win with a nice split. I was doing the shoot while the other cools thing on the bench. About the 4th swap I got distracted with the cell phone and didn't swap the ammo boxes. I shot over the chronograph...
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    Which calipers you like?

    Re: Which calipers you like? I use a Mitotoyo 6" dial. I've had since I was in high school. I bought it at a mall US General Hardware store that was going out of business. Cost me $29 then in the 80's. In the last couple years since hanging out here I picked up a Mitotoyo tubing micrometer...
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    necked down brass concern

    Re: necked down brass concern A bag of winchester brass is pretty cheap. A hodge podge of brass can be a PITA to manage. If you're using them all thrown together loaded the same I'd at least segregate them into batches.
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    Brass wall thickness?

    Re: Brass wall thickness? I'm guessing you'll find you're in the 0.0120 to 0.0140" range with Rem brass. I can't tell you on LC match. I never measured any match just regular LC. If you have a Rem factory chamber you will have LOTS of clearance in the neck.
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    slam firing M1 garand

    Re: slam firing M1 garand +1 a lot of guys milk the trigger and get a double or triple by tickling the trigger when the gun bounces back off your shoulder. <span style="font-weight: bold">You sure you're not getting a hammer follow and not a slam fire with just the firing pin weight alone...
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    Random holes in primers

    Re: Random holes in primers BTDT, just a handful of pierced primers will burn the tip of a firing pin. After that the F'd up firing pin will pierce the primers on it's own. Sometimes you can dress the tip of the firing pin but's much easier to replace it. Also had issues with the CCI 400...
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    What happened to my brass?!

    Re: What happened to my brass?! I doubt it as you're likely using carbide pistol dies and no lube but did you perhaps use regular case lube like the type for pads? If you don't get it off, over a period of a few weeks brass will look just like that. The lube has a percentage of water...
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    243 dies for 308?

    Re: 243 dies for 308? You have to adjust the die height. I asked this question a few months ago. Everything in the .308 family is the same until you get to the shoulder. The length along the slope of the shoulder varies with the neck diameter. .308 is the shortest because you hit the...
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    For all you neck sizers

    Re: For all you neck sizers As far as side by side comparisons with everything the same except one neck sized and the other FL sized.....I don't see the comparison as valid. Why? case volume To be fair you would work up a seperate load for each case sizing type and get the best of each...
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    Any opinions on Don Hume holsters

    Re: Any opinions on Don Hume holsters I have one issued for work. 15 years going and looks near new. the pancake with thumbsnap type. I would buy one for sure. I had a butt ugly duty holster that was issued too. It worked better than the similar function Safariland but was hideously butt...
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    IMR 4895 Metering

    Re: IMR 4895 Metering You'll have to try and see but I'll bet you'll find you have half a grain of variance. You can live with that if you stay well under max or you can throw, weigh and trickle every charge and return it back to the press. Some guys polish the funnel and take a taper...
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    How do you work up a load the right way?

    Re: How do you work up a load the right way? Well it depends on your ammo use goal. - one of my first considerations is does it need to be magazine length or under or is single loading of over mag length bullets desired for max accuracy. -if I desire a magazine compatable load I'll load...
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    Range Report Will old kevlar stop a .22LR round?

    Re: Will old kevlar stop a .22LR round? Hmm, I wonder if it matters if it's HV and a solid point. They tell us our vests aren't guarranteed to stop a .22 LR.
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    AR that won't shoot accurately (no matter what)

    Re: AR that won't shoot accurately (no matter what Someone else already said to try it w/o the flash suppressor or brake. I'll repeat it. The muzzle device could be skewing things. Also if it's over torqued you can mess things up too.
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    redding or rcbs s bushing dies

    Re: redding or rcbs s bushing dies <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: hesco</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> thanks for the replys, have been reloading since i was 14 always thought the seating dies compressed the neck around the bullet as it was...
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    soot on necks

    Re: soot on necks Dial calipers and a lathe type trimmer. I use a RCBS trim pro with the 3 way cutters (trims, chamfers inside and out). If I had it to do it over again buying a trimmer setup I'd buy the wilson. Check out the sinclair web page. You don't need all the accessories, the...
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    Finally finished loading for my first RO class!

    Re: Finally finished loading for my first RO class! How short is your barrel? There were guys here shooting short barrels to 1k. Heck there was one post where they took a saw to a rifle taking a couple inches off at a time on the range and shot it to a thousand. I don't know the load...
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