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For neck sizing, I just load each piece into my Wilson Neck sizing and de-priming die. With my Arbor press, I squish it together once to neck size, flip the die over, squish it once more to pop out the spent primer and it is ready for priming. I can usually shoot each piece only twice after...

Problem Found Update: Russ found what looks to be a damaged piece in the extractor assembly. I have ordered a new extractor assembly kit from BAT. When it arrives, Russ will install it and polish my chamber. He found nothing else amiss. If there is still a problem, I will just have to sort...

Thanks for the suggestions. Part of what makes this a mystery is that each of the pieces of brass that the ejector does not pick up now, did at one time or more cycle through the rifle correctly. I only have 100 pieces of brass that have never been fired out of 500. I am going over to Russ...

I have recently been experiencing occasional failures of my extractor to pick up spent brass for extraction. Here are a few details: 1. My action is a left handed BAT SB, with a Krieger barrel. 2. The rifle is chambered in 222 Remington. 3. All of my 500 pieces of Lapua brass were...

Do Not Stop Making Suggestions! No problem Wilbur. I consider every suggestion and try out most. As I mentioned, there are several bad habits in my current BR technique, the elimination of which will speed up the process. I don't really want any more gear between me and the rifle than is...

You are over thinking this. I shoot entirely with left handed rifles. I am left eye dominant. I shoot entirely with the forearm supported by either a front rest, a bipod or a field pod. Assuming you are right handed, just put your left hand into your jacket pocket. Then load and shoot your...

Thanks, I have most of that internalized mentally enough to practice those habits and skills. My friend Mark said those exact words to me, while we were shooting at the club a couple of weeks ago. Loading and shooting entirely with one hand does slow me down a bit. I have watched the...

Equipment Here is an old picture of the rifle: The rifle is a BAT SB Left-Left action with a Krieger barrel, a Jewell trigger and a Kelbly HCFB stock. The Weaver T-36 scope in the picture has been replaced with a Weaver XR T-36. The huge recoil pad is gone. With the side focus of the XR...

I am only half joking. But keep in mind, there are realities to consider. I am a stiff old guy with fading eyesight. Also, lifting heavy things such as a rear bag, a rifle or a front rest has become a regular contributing factor to chronic pain. The cost of say, a BAT action rifle in 6PPC, with...

I went out to the range on Wednesday with Russ as my adviser and shot entirely with the cases in question. Everything went just fine. I see no reason to change anything right now. It was a very windy day. My main task was learning to read wind flags. Russ said I was doing fine shooting .6"...

As to bullets, I had been using Berger 52 gr. FB Target Bullets. Recently, I bought a large order of Bart's 52 gr. FBs from Ron Hoehn. If there is any difference between the Berger and the Bart's 52 gr. FBs, it has not shown in my loading or shooting. The truth is, my problem is still reading...

An update on the loose neck issue. I spent Monday at the range shooting the cartridges described in my first post in this thread. I had a wind flag mentor there to help me learn reading the flags. (thanks Mark) I shot half (25) of the cartridges in 5-shot 100 yard groups. Though I did not...

I confess, reading flags is not as easy as one might assume. It is not uncommon to look down range and see a line of flags at different distances from the target with each one pointing in a different direction. I do not have the years of experience needed to decipher the strange language of...

As I have mentioned, this spring is it. One summer I was injured and/or sick all summer, the next year I was chicken. :o This year is the year I finally compete against my betters.

No problem really. I am sure I can set up the Lapua brass just fine. It's all just part of what they call a learning curve. My only regret is that I waited until I was over 60 before getting started ( I am now 68). As is still true, I could not off-hand a rifle in my 20s and 30s but I had...

Turning the necks seems like the best solution. I had not been doing so because I was told by other "experts" that I should not need to with Lapua brass. My experience with widely varying resistance while seating bullets has been an eye opener. I will go ahead and fire form and neck turn...

Skim Turn Skim turn? See how ignorant I am. That is a new term to me. Please explain.

Thanks for the advice. As luck (or good planning) would have it, I have 475 pieces of Lapua 222 Rem. brass. I did all of that work on that box of 50 in order to find out if it makes a difference or not. As I said, this is my first experiment with cleaning the inside of necks, primer pocket...

Other shooters had wind flags set. I just looked at their flags. I do that a lot. Calm means the occasional light breeze. Zero means dead calm, or at least not enough to make anyone's wind flags or tails spin, flap around or move in any way. Of course, I do my best when there is little or no...

Ok, fine. I will buy a .245".:( I can add the .246" to my collection of bushings. I also needed to buy a second bushing for my 204 Ruger neck sizing die. I am using Lapua brass and finding myself surprised at how much variation there is in various measurements among the cases in a single...