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Thx all, my brother called Savage and arranged to send it back. I think "4 Liberty" probably got the reason right. It's the only thing that I can imagine that explains it: the roughing reamer was run in to the proper length, but the finishing reamer must have stopped just short leaving the rough...

Just visited my brother. He purchased a new Savage (model 12, I think) 300 WSM from an on-line dealer. It looked fine when he picked it up so he signed the transfer papers. After we fired it, the cases showed an odd defect: the shoulder had indentations that ran all the way around. They were...

Well, I've learned a lot from this discussion! Here's what happened after using the Redding small base FL "body" die. I had a very hard time adjusting it. I could get a very nice "feel" bolt close on my first case, but it would not work consistently with subsequent cases. Some were OK, others...

Without chronographing, it is speculation. In theory, a lighter case has more volume, so less velocity. But in reality, you would have to check the relative volume between the 2 cases to be sure. And there may be a few other factors that affect the velocity. It is likely that the velocity would...

I'm curious about using this method to measure the neck diameter. Is it accurate? Does one add something for brass spring-back? Like .0005 or so? I'm asking because I set up some PPC brass long ago based on my gunsmith's numbers and it seems like the loaded rounds are a bit tight. The neck with...

OK, I got the Redding die about a week ago and had a chance to try it out. Before reporting my results, let me say I agree with those who say a custom FL die w/bushing is the ideal solution. Surely if one were considering multiple barrels based on a custom reamer, that would be the way to go...

No, I don't think it's a die adjustment problem. This is a custom chamber .308 for which I neck turned brass and normally use a Wilson neck bushing to size only the necks. I made two sets of brass, one with Win cases the other with RWS (German) cases. The Win cases did not prove as accurate or...

That looks like it would work, but the price is $125 vs $35 for the Redding die. The rifle is a legal Hunter Bench gun that I used in competition long ago, but now I only use it for local informal shoots and there's already a lot of rounds through the barrel, so I don't want to spend $125 on it.

OK, that was a lot of response quickly! Let me first respond to Boyd: Many times fired RWS and Win brass: .4666 New unfired Lapua brass mics: .4692 I have a chamber cast but it may be unreliable because it does not show the "end" of the chamber (so it could mik a bit larger. But it shows...

The one that sometimes happens when the bolt is lifted on a fired case and it hangs near the top. After a stronger lift, sometimes using thumb leverage on the scope ring, there is a "click" and then the bolt can be pulled back and the case ejects. I've heard/read that this is caused by cases...

Concerning the length to trim to... At least for factory barrels, I've heard .01" shorter than SAAMI spec. So for a case with a spec of 1.750" one would trim to 1.740" and not re-trim until they began to exceed 1.745" Is that reasonable? I've also followed this for my custom chambers, but in...

This is the case at the multi-purpose range at my club. For now at least, I need to adjust my technique to do well on these moveable benches. For wood topped benches they are better than most and have metal cross bracing and the seats are not built in like those on the public range, so I can...

:rolleyes: OK, I see that got de-railed pretty quick!

As many of you are aware, there's a lot of politics at gun (and other) clubs; some are little fiefdoms. I could tell a lot of stories. I would love concrete benches, but they aren't going to happen. And as Boyd said, it's not an option to "move to the next bench," as they are the same. Many...

Nice to hear that you're getting promising results! I don't know about the art/science of rifling and chambering barrels as some other here do. There are lots of ways to determine seating depth relative to the lands and it looks like you explored most of them. I tried those methods too, but...

First how do they choose and set up their barrels? Considering that not all barrels possible winners, and that even hummer barrels have a limited top accuracy potential, the top tier shooters must be good at selecting competitive barrels with a minimum number of shots. What sort of strategies...

There are only imperfect wood benches at my local ranges. I push around on them before starting and shim a leg if needed, but any uneven pressure affects the POI. For PPC, I shoot free-recoil even on good concrete benches and don't put any sort of pressure on them, but for heavy recoiling guns...

My Ruger 77 likes these powders too, but does better with the 175 Nosler Partition than the 160g. So I just use that. Works well on boar and even our smallish California blacktails. But if the 160s shot as well (in my gun), I would prefer them for the better trajectory.

David, thx for the detailed info especially since you are forming 30 x 44 and have long experience with it. Just so I'm clear, you form the case first from the .308 Lapua brass, and THEN trim it to .035-.050 long? I have been doing those steps the other way around (but think that may be causing...

In the past, I've used the "no-bullet" approach: form the case & neck to fit the chamber, fill it with Unique, plug with wax or a tissue wad and fire. The case fills out and I proceed to neck turning etc. Lately, I've been struggling with a shortened .308 (going to 30x44). The case fills out...