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    Any Hornady AP users in Seattle area?

    I'm trying to set up a used Hornady AP press and I'm hoping to find someone in this area to coach me on making it work. Currently the rounds aren't ejecting as they should. Anyone AP users live in this area? I'd appreciate the advice, thz. Jeff
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    Shoulder bumping conflict

    I'm puzzled about something I've run into loading for my 224 Valkyrie semi-auto, when I screw the neck bushing FL die down only enough to bump the fired case shoulders down by .003" - .004", I'm getting 2 problems: 1) the neck is only being sized by about 40%, and 2) the cases bases are not...
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    Gunsmithing Need good smith in North Seattle area

    I'm seeking a good gunsmith from Seattle north, can anyone suggest a good smith? thx Jeff
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    Possible to DIY build a precision bolt gun?

    I've built a couple of semi-auto rifles, they're so modular that it's pretty easy to do so successfully. Is it similarly possible to build a bolt-action precision rifle? I had a custom AR upper built with a 30" Bartlein 5R progressive twist (6.5) barrel in 224 Valkyrie. I load close to the lands...
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    Strange patterns at various setbacks from lands

    I'm testing loads for a new Wylde .556 barrel, in this case varying setback off the lands and holding everything else constant, and I shot these groups with what seem to me to be strange patterns - most are fairly vertical in nature, but at 20 thousandths off the lands, the group is distinctly...
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