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246 neck I am using a 246 neck. Works well for me with 52gn Watsons and 2 thou total clearance. Peter

Ss Wayne Campbell sure gave us a lesson today and in a wonderful display ended up with a .1538. Allen Arnette 2nd, Lester Bruno 3rd, Gene Buckys 4th. Lowell 6th I believe - can't remember who was 5th. I shot next to Wayne today and he was on fire. Finished with an 064 and the other zero he...

James, I watched the series on Youtube one morning and not 2 days later my PS arrived in the post with your article in it. It is a fantastic summation in a few pages of something which took me an hour to watch. The main points are well covered and I seemed to pick up even more being able to...

Seb, And that rest of yours seems to be working quite nicely for me too :o Peter

Problem solved Thanks for the ideas guys. Took some sand out of the ears, heel of the stock sits on the stitching and shot a .1970 LV100 agg and a .25xx 2 gun. That'll work. And that was in some pretty darn awful conditions where trying to get two shots to touch was hard. Next was a .3500 in...

Thanks Michael. I will give it a nudge at a shoot this weekend. Peter

Hi all, I have a Scoville stocked Panda and an Edgewood Minigator rear bag. Should the heel of the stock ride on the stitching between the ears or sit up a half inch off the stitching? I'm wondering if my bag is too hard or ears are too full as mine doesn't get all the way to the bottom. Thanks...

Shinny, I just tested the 262 neck, Lapua brass to .0082" and the 2570, 2575, 2580 and 2585 bushings. The 2570 was demonstrably better for me. This with a "healthy" (read large) dose of N133 - the order of 30-30.2gn with Barts 65gn BT 0.0020" back from jam length. Be warned this is particularly...

222 Arcane, I have shot plenty of 52gn Sierra HPBT's at bunnies with very good success to 300m in NZ. I load Lapua cases with 23gn upwards of ADI Benchmark 2 but have also shot lots of 2206 and 2208, both which we can get locally from almost any decent shop. Primers are always Federal 205...

Pandas - RBLPRE, polished Scoville stocks Leupold 45X and Bukys conversion with Bukys rings/mount Jewell triggers Kreiger .237" 4 groove 13.5 twist barrels for PPC's or Shilen 14 twist in 22 cal. Seb rest Edgewood Minigator rear bag Lapua brass Barts 65gn BT's - love em! Vithavouri N133 powder -...

Great shooting Jackie, That is simply amazing shooting. Who cares what bullet, action, scope, stock or powder you shot it with? I am yet to see a rifle jump up and shoot zeros all by itself. A rifle still has to be driven by someone who knows what they are doing. You most certainly do and for...

Hi Sonny, Welcome to Benchrest. I used to use 52gn Fowlers but ran out of them when Jef's health was failing and had to switch to something else. However, I hear very good things of Bill Scheider (sp?) who now has Jef's dies and is making bullets just as good as when Jef was making them. I...

Barrels Most of us Kiwis use Kreigers or Shilens. However the problem we have is getting barrels (or anything else for that matter) out of the US because of your export restrictions. Those of us who do a bit of travel will bring barrels back in our luggage. Saves on shipping and export permits...

222 pills - Watson 52's Call Bart Sauter. Get him to send you some 52gn Watsons he makes. My gun loves them when combined with a big dose of Benchmark. Plenty of 2's and 3's shot at 200 in BR competitions with it. You won't be disappointed. Peter

Gene.. a question! I remember reading a little while back that there were some issues with the dies from Hornady in that they weren't sizing the base enough... might be wrong though so please set me straight. I bought my reamers and dies some time before this issue was discovered but have had...

Going from 36x to a 45x LCS helped shrink my aggs but I can see merit in having more power - aim fine, miss fine mentality perhaps. How much scope power is too much or is there such a thing? What do you consider the pros and cons of more power? Jackie, I see you have three March 50's. Why the...

I'll second that I'll second Jim Carstensen. Send him 3 fired cases and he'll send you back a great die. I have two of them and would not be without them. I believe Neil Jones will do the same.

Thanks Jackie Jackie, Down here the Benchrest boys use what they can get barrel wise. Mostly Shilens and very few Kriegers. Bullets are very hard to source and there are a lot of Bergers, Fowlers, Watsons or a similar bullet shot and reamers of either 45 or 60 thou lead. I know of Boyer #3's...

I don't suppose there is a single answer, but are flat base bullets better for cut rifled or button rifled barrels? Does it matter if they are double ogive or not? Reason is I have a new gun. Have Barts Ultras on hand and want to know if they will work better in Shilens or Kriegers or does it...

222 Tony, I have a Panda, Kelbly SPG, Shilen combo in 222 with 0.246'' neck. I am using a case FULL of Benchmark - 25++ gn (be careful), Federal 205M, 52gn Watsons made by Bart Sauter jammed into the lands in Norma cases. The thing shoots very well. I have shot plenty of groups in the 1's at...