Recent content by Lee Martin

Kay C. Young - owner of Black Creek Gun Club in Mechanicsville, VA where many centerfire and rimfire matches have been held. Kay C. was an accomplished BR shooter, gunsmith, and all around fine person. He was 88 years old. -Lee www.singleactions.com

They remove gun handling errors, but you still have to tune the load and manage the flags. And if you shoot a rail like most folks do, run shots fast too (with the ability to hit the brakes when conditions change). -Lee www.singleactions.com

If I were shooting factory bullets for precision, I would. With custom swaged bullets, I don't. I make 6mm and .30 caliber bullets and used to spot check bearing surface length. If you make them right, meaning good dies, proper lubrication, and consistent lever pulling, it's a non-issue...

Slick project Al. Dad and I have worked with .50 BMGs since 1991. Never tried to shoot one that slow, but if I had to guess on twist rate, something on the order of 1:9". But again, that's just a guess. Hats off to you for tinkering with the BMG. Not many folks take the plunge. Either due...

I agree Al. Like most, I pre-load for Score and make adjustments with my tuner if needed during the day. I paid a fair clip for my FX-120i and use it. Every charge for my .30 Stingray is weighed to the nearest 0.02 gr. I believe it has helped my scores. But as we've discussed, it isn't...

I only shoot short range, so I can't speak to ES and SD as they pertain to 600 or 1,000 yard competition. I realize they're more important at those distances. But out to 300 yards, this is what I've found... I took my FX-120i scale and Lab Radar and checked ES's and SD's when weighed to the...

Three or four years ago, I shot next to Ricky at Sulphyr Springs. He went into the last score target with 20 X's, wiped out the first 4, and narrowly missed the last X. He looked over at me and said, "Oh well, I guess a 25 X wasn't in the cards today". Total class act guy. Soft spoken, but...

Yes, they take Redding bushings. -Lee www.singleactions.com

You can also send fired cases to Whidden and they'll cut a set of matched dies. I did so on my .30 Stingray since it's a wildcat. The set they created were dead on. -Lee www.singleactions.com

My 2-cents? Go with the 7 ogive. They're a lot easier to tune compared to the 10's. -Lee www.singleactions.com

Jackie - Blackmon dies are steel. -Lee www.singleactions.com

Al - we don't blue that often. We also don't perform any gunsmithing services. I do recommend these guys however: http://www.wyomingarmory.com/ They've done color case hardening for me and the results are outstanding. Reasonably priced and good turnaround time too. -Lee www.singleactions.com

I've shot LT-30 in my 6 PPC and it works well. Seems to be a bit less humidity sensitive compared to LT-32. Start around 26.5 grs and go up slowly. I capped out around 27.5 grs. It's fast for the PPC and can spike pressure in the heat. I'll have to check my notes, but as I recall my gun...

Al - I haven't done nitric, but do a lot of hot bluing. Here's a thread I recently posted on the subject: https://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/33330/mauser-98-348-winchester -Lee www.singleactions.com

Bingo ^ -Lee www.singleactions.com