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You will not regret it if you get a Forester co-axial press and Redding type s full length dies.LawnMM covered it very well, but I would add that bushing dies give you an important additional way to tune your loads by changing your neck tension . I have presses by RCBS,Sinclair ,Corbin and...
These groups are not bad for a fully stock deer rifle.If the gun is not bedded and floated, I would consider spending a hundred or so and getting that done.Hard to tune a gun that can't vibrate freely and the gun seems to have the potential to shoot.If you consider getting that done,it would be...
I think you will see very little difference.In the past ,I have measured the bearing surface on hunting vs target vlds . There was enough difference that I would not use them interchangeably in the long range benchrest loads that I was working on,but they shot very similarly. The 105 hybrid...
There are lots of good options,but I don't think for the money you can do much better than a Nightforce benchrest in 8x32 or 12x42. If you are patient ,you can find them used for $1100 and at that price you can always get your money back if you decide to sell it.
As to your barrel, be sure to get a fast enough twist to stabilize the bullet you want to shoot. I personally would get a 7.5 or 8 twist to stabilize the 105-107gr bullets. I think you will find the thinner barrel profile to be plenty of barrel. You may be surprised at how natural a right bolt...
Not needed,in fact I believe Jack Neary in his gun tuning videos states that in their testing it made groups a little worse to to rework the primer pockets.
Re: My new .223 Build from Cigarcop <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jethro80</div><div class="ubbcode-body">sorry for the ignorant question but what does .252 NK mean? </div></div> Usually when the smith puts a neck dimension on a gun it means...
Re: Redding Bushing sizes -- new to 308 I think the Redding dies are excellent.I use the same die set you are using.The general instructions from Redding are to go 1 thousandth below the diameter of the loaded round you are going to shoot.For instance Federal gold metal match measures about...
Re: Scouting Whitetail with a thermal question I have spent a lot of time in the woods with Raytheon's W1000-9.You can spot deer easily across the widest field but the only time you can reliably see horns is when they are in velvet.I can often tell that a deer is a buck by his size, neck...
Re: 6.5-06 load data help I shoot 140 vld's in my 6.5 06 with an 8.5 twist Krieger barrel using 52.5g of H1000 .I believe I load these about 10 off the lands as it is a hunting rifle and I don't jam my hunting rifles. It is a thin barreled light gun and it will shoot in the .2-.3 range for...
Re: Range/Bullet trajectory question I think it has more to do with barrel harmonics than with velocity. The lighter bullets are probably going faster but exiting at a different point in the barrels vibratory pattern.
Re: Removing 50BMG primer crimp I knock the primer out with a long punch and use my mouth chamfer tool that I use on my standard size (.22-.308 ) cases to remove the primer crimp . Seems to work just fine.
Re: Segregating brass by manufacturer - how important? I think keeping the head stamp the same is important. I agree with the factors mentioned above about brass qualities interior dimensions and so forth but, more specifically, I think keeping neck tension uniform is very important to...