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    I Need Lotsa Advice from Reloading Aficianados

    Hello, As the old-timers here already know, I am a relative newbie in the precision rifle world. I’ve been reloading since last summer, have managed to figure out many things (especially with the help of the Hide), but also have come up against many more things that I still don’t understand...
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    Headspacing Trouble

    Hi Hiders, Okay, I'm at my wits' end here. I just got a new 260 Ackley build along with a custom Redding competition die set for it, and for the life of me I cannot figure out a way to bump back the shoulders on my fireformed cases. I have the Redding competition shell holders, which worked...
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    Gunsmithing What's Wrong with My Bolt?

    Hi all, I have a problem I just encountered with a newly completed .260 Ackley. Whenever I dry fire the rifle the bolt lever jumps a little bit. If I have the bolt pressed all the way down and dry fire, it'll jump a good bit. So now I have two questions: (1) What is causing this? Do I just...
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    FrogLube and/vs. Precision Barrels

    Hi Hiders, Perhaps it's just an overabundance of caution on my part, but I decided I should post my question here for the experts to answer. I've been tinkering with the FrogLube paste lately. I love it plenty in my shotgun and handgun, but have not yet put any in the bore of my .308. Does...
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    Headspacing Question

    Hi Hide members, I've a question on cartridge headspacing: is it better to find the headspace and then resize the whole cartridge to .002" or .003" below that (as some have advised me) or to shoot the darned thing and then just reneck the cartridge without resizing unless and until I have...