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I use a torque wrench for both. I want to have defined benchmarks whenever I can get them. I'm back to 100 fp for barrel torque. I went to a school last winter presented by a famous Gunsmith and he said he uses 150 fp and has "cured" some finicky shooters by doing so. I used 100 fp for years...

I've used 35 inch pounds for years without any issues

I bought two Shilens. :)

Do the F class folks use magazines?

I have made them from Aluminum. They work too.

I really don't have an issue with bullet makers. They do the best they can with what they have. I have found a way to deal with it and do. I have never had any interest in making bullets or shooting beyond 300 yards. That would make me an odd duck today :).

I don't point up bullets or have any point up di so for my part, I'm stuck with what I purchase. Yes, there is going to more or less body in the case, perhaps but that isn't the issue. Its from where the body begins to taper to the tip of the taper where variations occur the most and why using...

I DO use a dial caliper. I have neve trusted electronic calipers. I have been using a Swiss "Brown & Dull" lately

The way I approach loading goes like this. I know the bullet is going to engage the lands at the beginning of the ogive so my seater stems touch the bullets in approximately the same area. I measure and adjust every round I load with a Stoney Point comparator on a dial caliper. The comparator's...

No, generally I hate Wilson tools except for their new threaded type S dies. They seem to be first rate. I have been using Forster Ultra seaters for 20 years I'd guess. A nice thing about Forster is they have parts available and how I was able to find a seating stem to my liking. I just guessed...

I'll send you a PM Al.

I have done quite a bit of testing over the years and have generally found differences in group sizes and shapes in .001" increments of actual OAL"s of loaded rounds measured from where the bullet is very close to engaging the lands to the butt of the case and done it consistently. I have found...

I have always found the majority of the bullets will be with .001" of each other but some lots tail off as much as .006". The out lyers shoot fine but need special attention when seating. The only reason to sort them. P

I have a granite based indicator set up I use to segregate bullets into .001" increments. using a fixture the bullets sit in. It is rare to find a lot of bullets that all measure the same. All the bullets will shoot well as long as they are seated exactly the same. Segregating them just makes it...

I didn't express what I intended to say very well. I did not mean that the tip of the bullet touched the inside of the stem. What I wanted to say was the conventional seating stems touch the sides of the MePlat near the tip of the bullet. I guess without knowing the language of bullets very...

In my quest to achieve perfectly seated bullets I was lead to try to discover why it is nearly impossible to seat bullets exactly the same length measured from where the bullet will engage the lands to the butt of the case that engages the bolt. I realized it is because the ogive shape of the...

It's only just under 8 ft lb and 5 ft lb, I'd go with what Ruger says.

Resounding WIN ! Well Done :)

Best to strip the bolt completely including the ejector. start with a case that offers no resistance then I keep pushing the bullet into the case until I can just see faint land marks on a polished bullet. This is touch or Kiss for me. I them measure this round using a Stoney Point comparator on...

Good Stuff Mike.