7 MM mag will chamber in 300 Win mag. Cases come out with really short neck and group looks like a shotgun pattern.
Another occasion, two show up to sight in for hunting season. The “expert” had...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
7 MM mag will chamber in 300 Win mag. Cases come out with really short neck and group looks like a shotgun pattern.
Another occasion, two show up to sight in for hunting season. The “expert” had...
Looks great and fun. I would use them with black powder. It just adds to the fun factor.
What does the die look like to form the rim?
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
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A good friend of mine converted a Marlin 25 Steven’s RF to a center fire and wrote the attached summary of what he did. Roy is approaching 90 years old and suffers from macular degeneration,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I don’t typically sell things that were given to me, especially gun related items given by a close friend. Learned from an old wiser friend how good it feels to give some of these things to a...
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yes and it does help
remember to raise the expander ball up so that it begins to enter the neck while most of the neck is still in the neck sizing portion of the die
you will likely have to...
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Not common, but see them around the local gun shows somewhat frequently.
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Had a sheet of thin aluminum from a trailer factory that I covered the plywood top with
Do you what twist you have?
If you want to shoot cast, 311299 works is my Krag rifle and my buddy's hi wall and 311413 does well in my Win 95.
What ever you do, don't fire that ammunition. High temperature gas at 60,000 psi will erode brass from the cases.
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I agree that you most likely don't need to crimp 22-250 ammo for a Ruger 77. I have never had to "flare" case mouths on 22 caliber ammo using jacketed bullets. Just chamfer and seat carefully. The...
Is the bullet the only thing you have changed other than the powder? Is it the same lot of brass that you have been loading other jacketed bullets in and did you expand the case mouths the same?
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I use a standard 22-250 collet die for my 22-250 A.I. without any problems. The die does no move the shoulder back and does not create a head space problem
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You are correct if it won't fire it won't hurt you.
And you are right, it is gonna cause a lot of grief.
That 6% increase in case capacity won't translate to a 6% increase in velocity.
I...
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correction!
I meant to say to chamber it to the 25-06 Ackley improved.
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I think I would set the barrel back and chamber it correctly for 25-06 cartridge if possible. The idea with the Ackley improved cartridges was that you can fire factory parent cartridges without any...
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you may be a reloader if you think you can form just about any case you need from either '06 or 223 brass
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |