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    Quickload 3.6 won't update

    I just tried to install my new QL update CD. After running the update, starting the program still loads up version 3.6. Where did I go wrong? Both my original program disk and the update disk were purchased directly from NECO. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Savage 20VT Ejection problems :(

    So I built my 20VT from a Savage 223 Hog Hunter and so far I absolutely love it... save for the ejection. After having poor ejection performance (the case drops off the bolt and onto the follower) with the stock bolt head, I added a special ejector kit from Sharp Shooter Supply. At the start...
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    Chargemaster 1500 adjustment possible?

    My RCBS CM1500 shows a pretty consistent offset of about .1 grains low of intended charge weight. I am checking this against a redding Model 2 beam scale calibrated with RCBS check weights at many different target charge weights. Yes the CM does vary a bit from that -.1gr, sometimes it shows...
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    How to get more shoulder bump... Cam-over already maxed!

    Hello all. I'm forming 20 VT brass from LC233 brass. My reading shows that I should be getting a headspace somewhere near 1.080". But with my press at max cam-over, the best I can do is 1.088". Aside from machining the bottom of the dies or the top of the shell holder, is there something else I...
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    CFE-223 and the 6.5 Lapua?

    Using 107-123gr bullets, is this a useable powder for the 6.5x47 Lapua? Thanks!
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    6.5mm 123gr A-MAX... have they vanished??

    I have a list of about 12 web sites that I have been checking every other day or so, but it seems like the 123gr AMAX has become harder to find than unicorn farts. I know the 123gr was not on Hornady's temporary hold list. So what gives? I love this bullet out of my 6.5x47. Yes I could start...
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    20 VARTARG brass from 223?

    Howdy small bore folks. I'm considering a 20 VT build and I'd like it if someone could detail the process and equipment used to form brass from 223. Yes I've searched this already and I have found only some general treatments of the process or details on using 221 brass or 17 brass. I know...
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    6.5x47L alternate powders?

    All my reading indicates that RL15, Varget, and H4350 are the powders to use. They are however harder to find than unicorn farts. That being said, QL shows that H414 and H380 might be viable. Any reason not to use them? Also, what are other good powders for the 120-130gr range?
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    Question on the 53gr V-Max...

    I have a Savage 22-250 with a factory barrel (1:12tw). I'm trying to plan out some loads to test and I am curious what people are using for jump/jam values for this bullet? I do understand that I will have to test the range for myself, but since we are broiling out here I figured some planning...
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    Interesting Customer Service from RCBS

    I post this story to arm RCBS users with knowledge of what you are up against should you have an issue with your press. I have a Rock Chucker Supreme that's about a year and a half old. I've been chasing runout issues down and I have arrived at the determination that excessive slop between the...
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    FL or neck size?

    I have a Savage 10 FCP-HSP in 6.5x47 Lapua, and the way my it is set up, I only get about .002" stretch on a firing. My old methodology was to neck size for a few firings and then use a Redding body die. I think I will have to shoulder bump every other firing at the most. So I am wondering if...
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    IMR 4350... Old vs New

    Yesterday I was given 2 pounds of IMR 4350. One in the usual Plastic bottle and the other in an old school metal can. Has the formulation of this powder changed between old and the new? Will a load worked with the old be anywhere near useable with the new? This is for a 6.5x47 Lapua if it matters.
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    Trying to understand runout...

    Question 1... How much is too much? Question 2... The total amount of runout I'm measuring is about .0035". I've read you divide that in half for +\- .00175". Is this correct? I'm not neck turning or sorting. This is just fired and loaded 6.5x47 Lapua brass with 123gr AMAX slugs. Runout...
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    Rifle Scopes Field of view is offset at extreme ends of elevation adjustment... Normal?

    I have a new FFP Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50mm sitting on a 20 MOA base. A 100 yard zero has the elevation nearly bottomed out. If I set the mag ring to 6x, the field of view is partially obscured like its offset. I ran the elevation to the top end extreme and the field of view was offset in the...
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    6.5x47mm Lapua questions

    I'm still waiting on my rifle, but my dies and brass came in so now I'm looking harder at reloading data. Which is sparse. My questions 1. What is the trim length and where is the source for that info? 2. Is there a general OAL? All the load data I've seen for this cartridge relates OAL to...
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    Rem 700 5R extraction issue

    I've read about people having extraction issues. Mine is the type where it either pulls the case out but leaves it on the mag or won't pull it out at all on the first try (but will if tried again). The bolt doesn't have any trouble closing. Is this something that would be solved by replacing...
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    Rifle Scopes Ruger M77 ring question

    I have an M77 mkII VT in 22-250. I believe it's a fairly common rifle so hopefully someone has had my issue already. I bought a Sightron SIII 6-24x50mm to replace the Bushy 1" tube scope it has been wearing for years. Sine the new scope is a 30mm tube I needed new rings. I bought two #5 high...
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    Help with .22-250 load

    I have a Ruger M77 VT that I'm trying to find a load for. My normal process has been to use Quickload to find the max and back off 10% for a starting load. I'm running into what I feel are pressure signs at mid-level charges. I'd like your thoughts and/or opinions. The load range: New...
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    Neck tension problem

    Im trying to achieve a .002" neck tension using some FC M1A .308 brass. It's been neck turned to .013" and then run through a .332" bushing Type S die. At this point the case mouth inner diameter was too tight for my .304" trimmer pilot to fit inside. My understanding is that .013" x 2 + .308...
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    RCBS Progressive issues

    I'm new to progressive reloading, and I am having trouble getting 223 brass to take a primer reliably. The shellplate doesn't seem to be keeping the casehead aligned when the primer ram seats the primer and the case tilts to one side. I have swaged the brass with the RCBA swager and still 1-2...
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