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.17 CCM At 100 yrds is fun too!

15 grain bullet,,,, 3500 FPS...:)

Christmas present 1966...

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Christmas present a couple years later:
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There's also the discussion of what to do with a Standard FL sizing die, and what to do with that expander ball stem during sizing..
also the best time to de-cap your brass,and how. Non...

A friend of mine saw my post here, and sent me this link to a video.. I convinced him to ditch locking, lockrings long ago.. I m not trying to convert anyone here.. Just putting out something to...

I just saw a Vibra hone tumbler...... 5 ft cubed... $ 5,000.00 :) ( Sidewinder a bargain! :) )

1200 lbs,, 240 volt 3 phase...

a dremel tool and a very light touch to give just a skim coat of devcon 10110,,and I bet your rifle will sleep well..

This rifle was given to me. Ruger 77 Varmit heavy 26 inch barrel,,220 Swift.. The guy said it would only shoot a 4 inch group at 100 yrds on a good day. I tried to talk him into working with it some...

3 Ruger 77 rifles.. I bed them all myself.. Not that hard. shoot minute of angle.. .223, 7mm-08, ,270 Winchester.. none are pillar bedded.. perfect for hunting gun..

I don't think your rifle is Ugly at ALL! Gouge out the business areas a bit, and bed it yourself... Its not that hard, and Tons of How to videos on the web.. Devcon 10110 is preferred epoxy,,, but...

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as long as I remember my meds,, most folks put up with me.. just kinda..

I have lurked here since we all was rubbing stones together to make points... Just recently got well enough that...

-118 (.103 cross section) for die body under lock ring
-010 (.070 cross section) for expander stem


https://www.boydcorp.com/orings/o-ring-size-chart.html

IMHO,, the best powder measure made

Deleted my post.. thought it was a bolt action rifle..

Merry Christmas everyone..

I have never been able to lock rings in place,, (keeping thread on topic) and get this type of accuracy REPETED ,,,, (not to mention, being able to slowly and precisely bump should back .001) from...

I do not know why pictures loaded sideways.. That's not Toolmaker work,, but rather more "office folk" stuff.. :)

Concentricity is held to .001 or less T.I.R. I do this by de priming all cases manually not using dies, but a sacrificial decaping stem, and a drill press.. I then tumble cases clean. install FL...

I search for precision. Sometimes, it takes a bit of unconventional thinking to achieve.. It more than reloading.. its Hand loading..
My press is a pristine 35year old single stage RCBS Rock chucker...

I respect the effort made my a toolmaker working for a company that manufactures precision tooling. I know very well what he must deal with on a daily basis to keep his job. attention to detain, and...

2 rifles,,, same caliber ,, different actions. 1 set of dies.. just call me "loose Nuts" :)

Aerospace toolmaker for 35 years... I like precision... I will take what ever means I must to get it.. I measure it precisely also.. Primitive Pete regards..

Do you lock the seating depth stem also? or is it a burden for you to adjust settings for different lengths? .0213 jump regards...:)

You can see em in the videos I posted.(Time Mark 3:37) "Maintenance of Lortones "heavier shafts,but definitely a variance of a clip bearing. external oiled.. The second video I posted is of a Heavy...

I can record the measurement from the back of the case to a point on the shoulder of a fired case from my rifle... This is a fire formed duplicate of my chamber,, or pretty close to one..... I...

I don't care! I actually back off the original position, then slowly lower the die as I measure head space with a gauge.. each time I size.. I record the measurement,, and size till I get exact...