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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    Let's all write to them and maybe they will listen. [email protected]
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    Thanks Greg, Although, I went directly to the seller Bullseye Reloading - Home and saved $10 over Amazon's price, plus the $4.12 that the Statists at Amazon would have charged me in tax even though I live in a different state.
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    +1 for the Oehler 35P. I have been using the Competition Electronics Pro Chrono and it was driving me nuts. Kept dropping shots or repeating the same number. I was about to give up on Chronos until I spotted the 35P. Wow, what a difference. Expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for. Oehler...
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    %% Brass Cleaning Process, methods and timing %%

    I am trying to determine the best routine for cleaning cases. I will begin with the worst case, my plinking brass which starts its life for me as range brass. I start with a good rinsing to remove dirt and grass. I then soak them in water with a cup or so of vinegar (not an exact science.) then...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Joe, Make that 1000 Lapua cases for $700. Yeah, I HATE case prep, but I do it (neck skimming with 17-338 Cal. Neck Turning Lathe , check evenness of neck thickness with Sinclair/Starret Case Neck Micrometer | Sinclair Intl ,trim flash hole, chamfer and deburr neck, and normalize primer pocket...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Yeah, someday I will go with Lapua or Norma. Probably save me a bunch of work, just couldn't see fit at the time to part with $700 for 1000 Lapua 5.56 cases. And now, I've put so much work into 1000 virgin LC cases, they cost more than the Lapua cases. When I eventually replace them, it will...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Here is my data from sorting 1064 77gn .224 SMK bullets for Ogive to Base Length using a Sinclair bullet sorting stand. You can ignore columns B, C & D. They are there solely for the purpose of counting the bullets. I like SMK bullets for FT/R, but they obviously are not Benchrest bullets...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    All I can say is wow. After reading the Secrets of the Houston Warehouse I don't feel OCD anymore. In fact, I feel like a bit of a slacker.
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Just as I thought. I checked 25 of the JLK bullets and got a spread of .003" with most of them in a tighter band than that. I guess you really do get what you pay for.
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    OK Joe, you got my curosity up. I maintain that my method will take into account case wall thickness, and I feel that my chamfers are consistent enough; however, I am willing to concede that either flange thickness, or the head web thickness could vary. What are the important details if one...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    I might be wrong, but is seems to me that if you take the exact same outside dimensions (full length sized), and the exact same material density (all LC11), and trim the length each time, the only variable that can change, with the very slight chance of the head thickness being different, is the...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    My most recent Chrono is an Oehler 35P. I ran a pretty crude group (.5gn steps) 23gn, 23.5gn, 24gn, 24.5gn, 25gn, and 25.5gn of Varget, so I probably have the range of charges covered. It did seem to be improving towards the top end, but in the past, I have started to see pressure signs at...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    I know, that's what I thought. Thankfully it is something I can get around with a little work (sorting). I have 700 or so 80gn JLK VLDs sitting around that won't shoot in my 1:8 barrel (opens up to a 1.5 moa group or worse at 200 yd.) I haven't checked them, but I assume that they would be...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    recent edit: I just reread this thread and the following appears to not be associated with the quote above. If you go back to the quote, No1 also interspersed an answer with my original posting, which does not get picked up by the quote. I do sort my cases in 0.1gn lots. That SHOULD ensure...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Right you are. I've read the sticky (after the fact), but I use the Sinclair bullet sorting stand SINCLAIR BULLET SORTING STAND | Sinclair Intl . It is great for going through 1000 bullets; however, it is a compromise since it only measures to the base. Last night, I wrote a suggestion to...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    Yes, I did not mention that because it was not a recent change. I trim the meplats and point the bullets. I also coat them with Boron-Nitride from David Tubb. I have skimmed the necks, trimmed the flash hole, normalized the primer pockets, chamfered and deburred, and sorted the brass in 0.1gn...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    I hear you, and I understand what you are saying. Only thing though is that 1) I have only been shooting rifles for 2 years and am not sure what I want. Right now I enjoy putting holes in paper. 2) the original comp I bought with the gun, from LaRue, was made for 3-gun competition, but...
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    Is it possible to blow up a remington 700 with a varmint contour barrel?

    What about if there was an obstruction in the barrel? I blew up a Glock 22 performing fire-lapping on a new KKM barrel. Directions? Who needs Directions. I neglected to reduce the charge when firing lapping bullets. The increased friction caused it to KABOOM. Still have all my fingers and...
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    %%That wasn't supposed to happen! My Load crashed and burned!%%

    I had high hopes for my ladder test. Obviously I changed too many variables at one time, because my results didn't improve. They all went the other way. At 200 yd, my best vertical dispersion went from 0.71" to 1.55" today. The chrono numbers backed that up, I went from a spread of 19fps and...
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    Hand Loading for Long Range 2: Bullet Sort/Prep

    Yes, he does. It is an adapter for his case trimmer. You need his case trimmer first. http://www.giraudtool.com/meplat.htm He's pretty backed up though. I still have 10 weeks to wait on my Giraud annealing machine that I ordered two weeks ago http://www.giraudtool.com/annealer1.htm.
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