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I need some tips here. My previous load was as follows: 175 SMK 42.5 grains of IMR 8208 XBR Federal Brass CCI BR2 I bought some Lapua brass because I was getting poor case life with the Federal. Some of you may remember my thread about the neck tension being too much with the virgin Lapua...

This is my first time using this brass. Its new out of the box and I'm seeing about .005 neck tension which makes me uncomfortable since I like to be around .002. I dont have any way of expanding the necks. Should I just not worry and shoot it?

I'm having a terrible time resizing my Federal .308 brass. Its on its 4 loading from just neck sizing, but its gotten a little hard to chamber so I thought I would full length size it. Ok, so no matter where I set the die, from just touching the shellholder to as far in as it will go, it wont...

I need a simple chronograph to get some velocities for load development. I'm looking at the Shooting Chrony Beta or F-1. Anyone have any experience with these?

I have to do a failure analysis project for school and we get to pick the item. I'm thinking some of you guys might have some pretty interesting broken stuff, but unfortunatley I can't pay you for it. I would prefer something metal (barrels, bases, rings, bolt handles, etc) that have broken...

I'm trying to figure out how to do this in my head. I dont have a chronograph but I would like to create a drop table. I'm going to a 600 yard range soon, and would like to perhaps gather some data there. My thought would be to record drops at the known distances on the range from 100-600 yards...

Is there anything going on in Eastern PA? The biggest range I have found so far is only 300 yards I haven't had any luck finding any place to shoot at distance that isn't 3 hours away. I'm near Hamburg (Cabelas).

I'm on about my 5th reload with a batch of .308 Federal brass. When I first started to reload them, I set the dies correctly via the guide on here, they chambered easy and all that jazz. Now Im getting some considerable resistance when chambering a round. I checked my die (full length) on a...

How big of a deal is this? This is the bolt from my SPS Tactical. The one lug, as you can see, is worn smooth, while the other has <span style="text-decoration: underline">zero</span> contact with the lugs in the receiver (I did the Sharpie test to confirm this). You can also see that half of...

I've just put together my first rifle and it happens to have a CDI DBM. I'm using a 10 round mag. My question is, how hard (or smooth) should the action be when cycling rounds? With a full 10 round mag, it takes considerable effort to move the bold forward and chamber a round. I cant see...

How hard is it to open up a stock for a larger diameter barrel? I have a McMillan A5 thats contoured for a varmint barrel and am thinking of throwing in an SPS Tactical, which I believe has a thicker contour.

I have a McM A5 in Forest Camo and I would like to paint my barrel and action to match the dark green portion of the camo pattern. Which color and which type of finish would you reccomend for this? Thanks.