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Re: Barrel Contour for New Build? Not Tansinator but I'll try to help out too. Chattanooga Rifle Club (my home club) has four fullbore, mid-range (1x300 & 2x500) matches each year. Don't know that schedule is set in stone but for last few years (this year included) it's the first Sunday of...

Re: Regional Long Range Tournament May 11-13 at ORSA Updates? On the match that is. Wanted to participate but was attending son's graduation at UGA. Celebrating his graduation and me loosing one off the payroll. Well at least one of those two. XTR you can update on status of mom and baby...

Re: Sinclair F class bipod <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: XTR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm shooting a Sinclair V3 and like it a lot. On of the other guys I shoot with who is a sling shooter got one to do load work. (tube guns don't ride...

Re: 208 AMAX with Varget. Lapua brass does have less case capacity. I've done the math before using H2O capacity but can't remember exact numbers. Seems like I ended up with .4 or .5 less powder when going from Winchester to Lapua. I won't venture to guess for starting load, too much...

Re: 208 AMAX with Varget. Son is shooting the 208 for mid and long range out of 27 inch barrel. Winchester case, Federal primer, 42.7 grains of Varget. 2506 FPS which according to JBM should keep it above mach 1.2 at 1000. I don't remember seating depth which would have big impact on...

Re: ? on dies +1 to fuzzball post! Redding body and Lee collet give me nice, consistent brass. I also use Forster seating die, I like the convenience factor so mine has micrometer.

Re: Bad dies, bad press or combo of both??? Very similar to shooting, accuracy is often more about the shooter than the equipment. Agree on the dies too, I have dies from Forster, Redding, RCBS and yes Lee (really like the collet). I would love to try out a custom die but quite honestly I'm...

Re: Bad dies, bad press or combo of both??? +1 to rrflyer comment. Took me a while to learn that. I take a lot more time (care) now than when I started. I go slow as the ram goes up and when it reaches (doesn't HIT) the stop I hold it there for a few seconds before reversing. I've seen...

Re: Custom Rifle Makers? Sorry, double post.

Re: Custom Rifle Makers? Pierce Engineering did a great job on my new bolt gun. Their long action with Gary Eliseo tube stock. I went with .308, makes it very versatile for different competitions. Built for F-T/R mid and long range but barrel is turned for front site and rifle is set up for...

Re: ORSA 14-15 April Results They were posted on ORSA website. Didn't expect them to get posted up so quick.

Re: ORSA 14-15 April Results Happen to have the sling shooter scores too? We had hoped to be there, F-T/R for me and Palma for my son but had some things come up. May make the fullbore match at end of the month.

Re: new to reloading, question about brass If you're checking H2O capacity do it before you resize. Just leave the spent primer in place. As mentioned above, check cases fired in the rifle you'll be reloading for. Weigh the brass and then fill to just even with top of neck and substract...

Re: Forster FLS & Ultra Micrometer Seater Dies That was the set I bought when I started reloading. The micrometer seating die is great! Determined pretty quickly that a FL die (any of them with expander) really works the necks hard and started looking for something different. Ended up with...

Re: Case volume difference: new vs FL sized For my 308, Winchester brass averages 57.60 and FGMM 55.24. Measured 10 each after firing with spent primer in place and averaged the number. Winchester is weight sorted and saw very little variation in h2o capacity. FGMM was not sorted, it had a...

Re: Federal Brass I shot it in matches last year because I had a bunch of once fired. I've got some that is 5X fired and primer pockets still feel tight. Capacity is less, my loads are 1 to 1.2 grn lower when using FGMM as compared to Winchester for same MV with Varget and Sierra 175's...

Re: Case volume difference: new vs FL sized Same batch/lot of brass (sorted?) there will be little if any capacity difference. You're not worried about capacity when loading it's about what it is when fired. As soon as pressure builds both cases will expand to fit the chamber. I was doing...

Re: Opinions? I'll throw you a curve on the stock, have you considered the Eliseo tube stock? Just got mine about a month ago along with his new bi-pod. Very happy with it, rock solid set up. If configured right it can be multi-purpose too. I had my barrel turned for front sight and the...

Re: 178 amax in a 1 in 12 twist???? Real world is only as good as the amount of data you can gather. Is OP shooting at sea level or at 1,500 feet? Deserts of Arizona or in high humidity of southeast? The calculator lets you input multiple variables and provides accurate output on what you...

Re: Looking for some help. I'm pretty new to this myself but will offer my opinion and hope it helps some. Pick one brand of brass and stick with it. Same applies to all components, brass, primer, powder, etc. If you change any one component the load may change. Traditionally Federal...