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    Dillon Square Deal or 550B

    I am using my 550B in a modified progressive mode, i.e. I do not rely on the Dillon powder drop for my precision rifle. I weigh every charge on a Sartorius GD503. I have also modified my 550B with several excellent parts from UniqueTek.com...
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    Annealing. Is it necessary for everyone?

    OK, I found it. Yeah, that looks pretty neat, it looks a lot like the Grizzly annealing machine. On the other hand, you have to feed it one case at a time. When I get my Giraud, while I cannot leave it completely unattended, it appears that I should be able to load up several hundred cases...
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    Annealing. Is it necessary for everyone?

    I couldn't find a "Bench Source" annealer. Here is the one I ordered 3 weeks ago (12 week backlog) New Page 1
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    I appreciate this guy putting a good face on the inexpensive chronograph, but trying to say they give even similar results based solely on average speed is disingenuous at best and misleading at worst. Most people I know who even bother with a chronograph are doing so for load development. I'm...
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    Virgin brass versus fire formed brass

    I don't know you, and I don't know your level of reloading experience, so please don't take any offense. What I observed so far--you say one batch was .2mil low. If I remember right, .2mil at 100 yd is about .73". If you are noticing that a group of 20 rounds averages .73" lower than another...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    If you decide to get it, print this out so you don't panic like I did when I received mine. These people obviously sell to those who NEED it to be Legal For Trade. I don't know the full implications of that, but it only read in grams and carats! Thanks to this forum, I was able to fix it. It...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    Sorry, I missed your response. I found mine at ScalesGalore.com - Search for Refine Your Search and as of a few seconds ago, they still have at least one in stock. If you really want one, I would jump on it. Sartorius stopped making the things in May of this year. I had planned on buying...
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    Powder degradation and limited ammo lifespan

    You can make a pound of powder last 6 months? Even with 5.56, that's only 47 rounds/month.
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    Powder degradation and limited ammo lifespan

    You owe me $15 for a new keyboard. I'm still laughing. Any other forum, you might find a few suckers for that one!
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    Powder degradation and limited ammo lifespan

    Kevin, I understand exposure to air and also high temperatures, how stable would you say powder and primers are once loaded and stored in temperature/humidity controlled environments? That should greatly limit offgassing or exposure to air. If that is not good enough, would you recommend test...
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    Powder degradation and limited ammo lifespan

    Apparently you are too young to remember cracked dashboards on cars. American cars were designed to have the dashboard crack after a certain amount of time so that you would buy a new car. When the Jap cars appeared and offered serious competition, the cracked dashboards magically went away...
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    Hand Loading for Long Range 4: Powderin' it

    I hear what you're saying, and it makes sense too; however, we are not going to all that trouble for 1moa loads. We are looking for 1/2 moa or better. But I do understand. That is why we follow it up with 5 or more round groups to check if it is just a fluke. I shot ten round groups the other...
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    Hand Loading for Long Range 4: Powderin' it

    Wow! .05 moa is 1/2" at 1000yd! Sorry, couldn't help myself. :^p
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    I'm still working on that part. Unfortunately it takes longer than the mechanical stuff. My best so far at 200yd prone FT/R is 600-42X.
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    Powder degradation and limited ammo lifespan

    Nothing has changed in the past 50 years other than components are probably of higher quality now.--FN in MT I agree that the quality is probably as high as it has ever been; however, I also hope that the rumours are completely unfounded. Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they ain't out...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    Bwahahahahahaha! OCD, OCD? I weigh my charges on a Sartorious GD503 Magnetic Force Restoration scale to a single kernel of Varget. I trim the Meplats on my 77gn SMK bullets and then point them. Then I sort them by Ogive to Base length in 0.001" lots. I coat them with Boron-Nitride. I skim the...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    Only one problem with that Greg. The Lemi-Shine, if sold in Kool-Aide packets would cost 7 cents a pack. Unsweetened Kool-Aide Lemonade Mix comes in 6.5gm packets. A 12 oz bottle of Lemi-Shine is 340gm. That's the same as 52 packets of Kool-Aide. Lemi-Shine at Wallyworld is $3.66 according to...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    2mm might seem pretty small, but here is a sketch demonstrating the relative size of a 2mm sphere in a small rifle primer pocket: as you can see, it doesn't quite get into the corner of the pocket. Basically, it would miss the outer 1mm where the primer contacts when seated, which is .0394"
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    I sort of got that impression when I spoke to their rep at the NRA2013 show. However, since they did bring it back out of retirement, that means that somebody at Oehler thinks they can still make some money on it. If there is enough interest... We can still hope. Unfortunately, we live in a...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    Does anyone actually use this? As spheres, I cannot imagine that it would do a good job getting into corners, such as primer pockets.
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