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    Has anyone perfected a 6.5 Creedmoor case from 308 brass?

    neck down to 6.5mm Humpy - Howdy ! It is possible you might have to do either an inside neck ream, or.... outside neck turn on the cases; if the neck-down from .308 to 6.5mm ends up thickening the neck walls too much. With regards, 357Mag
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    Whistle Pigs

    whistle pigs
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    Case forming question

    -06 wildcats Antelopedude & Oliveoil - Howdy ! Oliveoil told you square. Very, very well stated.... and throghtfully presented facts. With regards, 357Mag
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    Case forming question

    -06 wildccats Antelopedude - Howdy ! I noted the rent-a-reamer website said there was a 6.5 -06AI, and a 6.5 X .280AI. I DK whether that helps you in any way ? Regards, 357Mag
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    Case forming question

    -06 wildcats Antelpedundee - Howdy ! Right off the bat, I'm going to speculate that you can't do an easy shoulder shove downward on a case "mechanically "; when using dies w/ a 40* shoulder angle. That's too " sharp " of angle for brass to extrude around / through readily. And.... I...
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    Well, it's been ten yrs.....favorite books/authors?

    reading Alinwa - Howdy ! I gravitate more towards tech-related aerospace writing ( magazines ) like " Aviation Week & Space Technology ". Their publication did more to widen my useful vocabulary than much of the dribble they tried to force me to read @ school. For novels and hardback...
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    bullet stability question

    .50 Alinwa - Howdy ! Thinking out loud on your .50 subsonic...... Let's say you have a stability factor already calc'd for a known/ proven load for .50BMG that uses the same bullet you want to use in the .50 subsonic. And, you also know pretty much how far out you want to apply the...
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    What is the most accurate factory rifle you've owned?

    Cva Alinwa - Howdy, again ! Looks like I finally got some pics through. Some info..... The set of rings were just lying around, so I am using them to help set the dimensions of my ( upcoming ) homemade butt stock. My intent is for the butt stock design to especially accomodate the Rt...
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    What is the most accurate factory rifle you've owned?

    Cva Alinwa - Another pic
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    What is the most accurate factory rifle you've owned?

    CVA single shot Alinwa - Howdy ! Been trying to send you some pics of my CVA " Hunter " single shot .35 Remington. I have mounted the barrelled action inside of a " Quad rail " exoskeleton. If these pics get through, I'd be happy to fill in any extra info I can. With regards...
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    for 357MAG

    resemblence Alinwa - Howdy ! Fore end configuration on your heavy aluminum stock obliquely reminds me of the IFF ( " Identification Friend/Foe " ) antennae on the FIM-92 "Stinger" MANPADS missile launcher. With regards, 357Mag
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    for 357MAG

    alu-minium Alinwa - Howdy ! Thanx for the pic ! I could tell it is a large stock, even when looking @ the un-enlarged image ! Sorta got a space age vibe about it. Great work, all around !! Q - Have you every thought about anodizing any of the " stocks " ? Keep it comin' ! With...
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    Neck Sizing a Heavy Straight-wall Case to a Bottleneck

    wildcat Mirage _ Howdy, again ! As regrards case annealing: You can always try form a trial case(s) using the dies chosen for the case forming process. IF / when you see any " striations " in the formed case' shoulders or even worse.... ones that go up into the neck wall; that'd be a...
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    Neck Sizing a Heavy Straight-wall Case to a Bottleneck

    wildcat Mirage - My custom RCBS case forming die set for my " .22-35 Remington " wildcat featured 3 neck-down steps. .358" to .308" cal, .308" to .257" cal; and then .257" cal to .224" final cal. That's a .050" redux, followed by a .051"; and then a .033" redux. That's how RCBS set up the...
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    hybrid cases

    info Butch, MILgunsmith - Thanx for the accurarized info. With regards, 357Mag
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    hybrid cases

    Hybrid case Alinwa - Howdy FWIW - From my recollection...... Palmisano & Pindel were giving thought to the next " big thing " would be a case where the primer ignition producits were routed ifrst to the upper part of the case; at the more-fwd part of the powder charge. One way to do...
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    What is the most accurate factory rifle you've owned?

    Cva Aliwnwa - Howdy, again ! The rifle I refer to is a top break single shot offered by CVA. Mine is chambered in .35 Remington, is not their stainless model; and came w/ the factory-offered black plastic stock & fore end. I like the rifle better than .357Max H & R SB2 Ultrra Rifle...
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    What is the most accurate factory rifle you've owned?

    cool beans Alinwa - Curious as to what your barrel spec's are, for the heavy gun ? Are you intending to bolt the " stock " together ? Will your rifle be configured as a rifle, or..... more as a quasi rail gun ? I do enjoy reading about projects like this. With regards...
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