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I used to think that too but then asked myself "what does a single stage do other than just one step at a time?" A good solid progressive, with the same attention to detail, can (and does) yield finished ammo with the same charge weights, seating depths, total indicated runout on case and...

I've been loading some precision .308 ammo on my 650 for some time. A couple years ago I bough a Whidden tool head with the floating bushings for sizing and seating. Earlier this year I bought a Whidden Die set for 6.5 Creedmoor and was impressed enough I will be replacing my Redding .308...

If I were to build one quick I't start with a trued Remington Action from PT&G. Add to it a Criterion "Remage" barrel in 6.5 CM. a Timney trigger and my choice of Chassis, an MDT Tac-21 with PRS and MIAD from Magpul. Most time consuming part of that "build" will be headspacing the barrel.

How many firings on the cases? I find myself just annealing after every firing to make sure that when sizing I have uniform "spring-back". I also don't use the expander "ball" in my Sizing die. Just leave the de-priming rod in place and then expand as a separate operation using a...

I'm like most others and have dry fired many, many, times. It's good practice and doesn't cost anything. I have read notes from some suppliers of light-weight firing pins, usually part of a "quick lock time kit", saying dry firing is to be avoided. Makes sense to me as some lighter weight...

I kind of like to give the adjusting rod in the Hornady tool a tap or two with a screw driver handle. Not hard, just enough of a tap that the bullet is definitely against the lands but not so heavy as to engrave the bullet. I can tell by the sound of the plastic handle hitting the plastic rod...

Your speeds sound awfully slow based on what I'm getting from my 6.5 Creedmoor. 42.2 gr IMR-4451 using Hornady Brass and Fed GMM primers gives my 140 gr ELD-M's right at 2700 fps. Barrel is a Benchmark 24" 1:8, 3 groove. SD's are consistently in the 3-6 range with ES rarely going above 10...

I use a little of both. I use the Hornady tool when taking readings off the rifle but use the Sinclair comparator insert to do the actual measuring. One downside to the Hornady tool is that THEIR case can vary in length (headspace) from a fired case from YOUR rifle. In my case I have to add...

Over time I've come to the opinion that it's more important to have the proper case volume to charge weight ratio than worry about primers, etc. This is why some powders excel and others suck even when all the rest of the components are top quality.

Curious but what brass were you using and how far off the lands? I found that one brand of brass showed pressure sign on loads that were so light they left soot all the way down the side of the shoulder (no hot enough to expand neck for good seal) and primers looked just like new only with a...

When seeing speed increases think pressure. Something is causing it to increase. Neck tension increase due to hardening of necks, even increased fouling in the barrel might cause the pressure increase that translates to speed. I like to anneal cases after every firing and also clean more...

With the standard caveat "What works in my rifle may not work in yours" , I'm finding success between 43 and 44 grains of RL-16 under a 147 gr ELD-M seated so it's .020" off the lands. 43 grains is just under 2700 fps from my 24" barrel and I still have to fine tune loads for accuracy. Not bad...

Only if you don't readjust your dies as it wears. The seating pressure is always in the same direction so slack is always taken out. If you want perfect headspace settings on your cases use the Redding Competition Shell holders that allow you to bottom out your die on the shell holder and then...

I think that you'll find that COAL measurement listed in "Books" to be a Minimum COAL. This was the COAL that the load data was developed using and using shorter COAL's can create pressure issues. The only real hard and fast measurement is the max length you can get in your rifle's magazine...

I think the Seekins rail makes for a "cleaner" installation. The integral sling mount leaves the bottom of the rail flat when the bipod is not installed. No "bump".

I've been picking up boxes of these, three at a time, from my local Cabela's. I've figured out which day the truck comes in and stop by the next day. Store's only 3 miles away and this way I get to use my coupons that show up in the mail about every 2-3 weeks. :) :) I sure do like these...

I believe you can buy from the B&T site a rail that will allow you to attach it using the threaded holes filled with the sling swivel studs. Remove the studs, use one at one end to secure the rail and then use a button head screw to finish attaching the rail at the other end. IIRC they have...

Just received my Whidden 6.5 CM die set. First batch of Hornady brass I sized measured LESS than .001" run-out on the necks with MOST of it less than .0005". I wasn't using a Co-Ax press so I'll give credit to the die. :cool: Definitely a quality set. The difference from other dies (and I...

I was given a box of late 60's .308/7.62 brass and two things were apparent. It had been shot through an M-60 and was tougher than my High School Algebra Tests. When full length sizing It felt like I needed an extra 2 feet on the handle of my Rock Chucker in order to get the case all the way...

I've been using the Magpul rail on the bottom of my MDT Tac-21 Chassis for about a year now with an Atlas PSR w/ADM mount. It's on and off with every trip to the range (2X per week) and shows absolutely no signs of wear or "shaving". Polymers today are a far cry from the "Plastics" of old...