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one is a 13 and the other a 13.5. I mostly shoot IBS Score Varmint Hunter class which is a 10 pound, 6 power scope class. Last year I had a 6 BR put...

I'm going to sidestep the BR vs PPC stuff and get right to the twist part of your question. It's very important to look at bullet jacket...

Thank you Jackie and highly appreciated.

The benefit of the NRA is their lobbying power and their Lawyers. If anyone thinks they can fight the system alone it is just not going to happen....

What happened to camping at the range?

yes, i know your situation. but camping somewhere else and packing up to move every day is a non starter for me. it is a shame because i would...

Those are 0.925" jackets. Sectioning was done on a Bridgeport. How the bullet is held while cutting entails: 1) Take a block of wood and carve...

Were those made on .925 jackets? How did you go about sectioning those?

Thanks everyone. Im looking at getting a set of Ulrich 7 ogive 30cal dies to make bullets for my 30br.

The problem lies with the pellets. They are the limiting factor. 3x the drag or more than rimfire....they work fine, but just blow like crazy at...

7 or 8 ogive dies will handle 0.925" and 1.00" (and probably longer too). For .30 BR and variants, most folks go up to 116 gr in the 0.925" and 116...

FWIW, my Blackmon .30 cal. dies did .925-1.080 jacket lengths. Never tried the 1.150's....darn good 135's on the 1.080 jackets, though. ;) -Al

Pete, if you have or can borrow a 45 ACP die to try, give the cases a pass in that. It sizes the base and doesn't get after the sides of the case. A...

I believe most dies will accommodate either .925 or 1 inch jackets, maybe even a tad longer. I’m not real sure how heavy you can go with a .925...

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It’s also hard on your lathe switch. I didn’t come up with it on my own but had heard that was how Ron Hoehn was turning brass when he was alive. The...

The 2A was in place long before the NRA and likely will be long after the NRA is gone. BTW, surely you're not saying that shooters who are not...

Since the guy that developed the round and still shoots it does so with the above mentioned 13.5”-14” twist maybe you want to go that route. Same...

Everything you are saying about PPC vs BR is probably correct. One thing you may not be considering is I’m so new to benchrest, that I don’t have...

Generally speaking, I'll go with Pablo. He's given you some good counsel. I see that you are in OH. It's possible that you are considering UBR score...

That's one of the things I was thinking about. But, stopping/starting the lathe every time to get the brass out of the holder seems like it would...

why not do it the other way around?? put the case in a k&m case holder in the chuck, and hand feed the cutter. i do this in two passes(two...

Listen to Pablo.

That would work but my PMA turners don't have the mandrel sticking out the back. Now that you say that, though, I seem to remember PMA had something...

I have used a K&M in a lathe by chucking on the back of the mandrel

Mike, that’s exactly what I want to do but finding one of those round turners is near impossible.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IjEHQCjG6Yk Take a look at this one. I chuck a Pumkin neck turner in a 6 jaw chuck indicate in the mandrel and push...

Per Jim Andress: "The RBGC Board of Directors today enacted a ban on all matches and guests due to the continuing COVID-19 epidemic. This...

https://youtu.be/qmqwoZ5xjWc Jackie turning necks on the lathe.

I think the first thing a newer shooter needs to do is consider, is, what are your goals and intentions. Do you intend to load up the motorhome and...