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    Loading .357.....need help

    Re: Loading .357.....need help JGorski, I think that if what I supposed was, in fact, the issue, then a "hotter" load, ie. a heavier charge such as your 20 gn, would solve the problem. I just didn't feel, with my lack of experience and familiarity with .357 loads, I could recommend that with...
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    Pressure Signs On These Case Heads?

    Re: Pressure Signs On These Case Heads? I see ejector marks on all three. I was wondering if the brassing was caused by machine marks imprinting on the head, but on further thought and inspection, it looks like the brass smear perfectly corresponds to the ejector position. The brass moves...
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    Loading .357.....need help

    Re: Loading .357.....need help Hodgdon's 20012 Annual Manual uses a "Winchester SPM" primer. The article starting on page 56 states that W296 and H110 are the same.
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    Loading .357.....need help

    Re: Loading .357.....need help Isn't that powder the same as H110? If it is, there are some peculiarities with it that deserve consideration. Namely, it is prone to detonation particularly with light loads. Hence, the narrow spread between min. and max. charges. I notice that the Midway...
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    308 Reloading issues

    Re: 308 Reloading issues Make sure you do this: Follow the die instructions for setup. Pull the handle home. Then put about 15 pounds of pressure on the handle (like the die instructions say). You should feel just a slight give when the neck closes 0.002". Sometimes you won't feel the...
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    Neck turning service????

    Re: Neck turning service???? Or here: djsbrass.com
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    OnTarget Question

    Re: OnTarget Question Anybody?
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    Pressure Sign at this Charge Weight?

    Re: Pressure Sign at this Charge Weight? Fired in this rifle and no trouble closing.
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    Pressure Sign at this Charge Weight?

    I'm doing OCW for 7mm-08. Federal once fired in same rifle Neck sized Lee Collet 140gn Nosler BT Federal Primer Varget Seated to magazine length 2.810" Mildly cool temp. I start to see brass smooge marks on the case head starting at 41.2 gn with a very light mark on one of three cases. Same...
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    OnTarget Question

    I cannot scan all of my targets in a single scan, but any subsequent scans open in a new project. How do I get all my targets entered into one project. I am trying to do OCW with ten targets fired. It seems there should be a way for me to scan each target individually and then use them all in...
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    Compressed Loads and Redding Competition Seater

    I am loading Varget in 308. The hotter loads per Nosler and others begin to fill more than 100%. I have my bullets loaded to max mag. length which is still well short of the lands so I've not smushed powder yet. My delema is that I've need for more powder but the die's instructions say not to...
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    Prepping New Lapua Brass?

    Re: Prepping New Lapua Brass? What about neck chamfer?
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    Prepping New Lapua Brass?

    I have a box of 100 .308 of which a representative sample seems very consistent in head space ( 0.002" +/- 0.0005" less than the measured rifle head space), and case length (2.007" +/- 0.0005"), the primer holes are not burred or flapped and the mouth even seems to have a slight inside chamfer...
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    OCW test --- interpreting results

    Re: OCW test --- interpreting results Am I short on theory or are not 43.3, 43.9 and 45.1 the nodes, and if not over pressure, 45.1 is the desired OCW?
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    300WM. Need fast help with 7828!

    Re: 300WM. Need fast help with 7828! Ya got in an' got out too quick.
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    Speaking of Digitals, Look what I got for $100.

    I found it on Craig's list and bought it from a machinist who never used it but was given to him by an inspector. It is a combo set of Mitutoyo 6" caliper model #500-321 and 1" micrometer model # 293-705.
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    Case Resizing - What's not right here?

    Re: Case Resizing - What's not right here? Shhhh! Grown ups are talking. I guess so far no one has experienced anything similar. Unfortunately, due to family and work demands, I've been unable to investigate much more than measuring the expanding button on the .308 die which, if I remember...
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    Case Resizing - What's not right here?

    Re: Case Resizing - What's not right here? It is a .308. The reference to 7mm-08 is that I had just successfully done for 7mm-08 with it's own FL die what I am trying to do with .308. There was no die mix up. In a side-by-side comparison between the two, I see no difference in decapper rod...
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    Case Resizing - What's not right here?

    Re: Case Resizing - What's not right here? Well how about that! It only took four replies before someone useful came along. Thank you Flight762 for your genuine attitude. And yes, I was building some gages for measuring the chambers of the rifles for which I will be loading. I did shorten...
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    Case Resizing - What's not right here?

    I'm getting set up to reload and have been aquiring the tools and components. Currently, I am trying to make some case bodies to use with my Sinclair Chamber Length Gage Inserts for .308 and 7mm-08. The instructions with the guage say to FL resize. I used a Redding type S FL die without a...