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If I were shooting factory bullets for precision, I would. With custom swaged bullets, I don't. I make 6mm and .30 caliber bullets and used to spot check bearing surface length. If you make them...

Slick project Al. Dad and I have worked with .50 BMGs since 1991. Never tried to shoot one that slow, but if I had to guess on twist rate, something on the order of 1:9". But again, that's just a...

I agree Al. Like most, I pre-load for Score and make adjustments with my tuner if needed during the day. I paid a fair clip for my FX-120i and use it.
Every charge for my .30 Stingray is weighed...

I only shoot short range, so I can't speak to ES and SD as they pertain to 600 or 1,000 yard competition. I realize they're more important at those distances. But out to 300 yards, this is what...

Three or four years ago, I shot next to Ricky at Sulphyr Springs. He went into the last score target with 20 X's, wiped out the first 4, and narrowly missed the last X. He looked over at me and...

Yes, they take Redding bushings.

-Lee
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You can also send fired cases to Whidden and they'll cut a set of matched dies. I did so on my .30 Stingray since it's a wildcat. The set they created were dead on.

-Lee
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My 2-cents? Go with the 7 ogive. They're a lot easier to tune compared to the 10's.

-Lee
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Jackie - Blackmon dies are steel.

-Lee
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Al - we don't blue that often. We also don't perform any gunsmithing services. I do recommend these guys however:

http://www.wyomingarmory.com/

They've done color case hardening for me and...

I've shot LT-30 in my 6 PPC and it works well. Seems to be a bit less humidity sensitive compared to LT-32. Start around 26.5 grs and go up slowly. I capped out around 27.5 grs. It's fast for the...

Al - I haven't done nitric, but do a lot of hot bluing. Here's a thread I recently posted on the subject:

https://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/33330/mauser-98-348-winchester

-Lee...

Bingo ^

-Lee
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Excellent point Al. The process I described WITH the bullet uses standard 30 BR powders (ie, 4198, LT-30, etc). Pistol powders under a bullet as you described is absolutely a bomb.

-Lee...

If your chamber is 0.330" at the neck and you're aiming for a loaded round of 0.328", you need a smaller bushing. Try 0.324" or 0.325" and seat the bullet long. It'll get pushed back and jam into...

Back in the 80's, my dad built a 50's style BR rifle in .219 Donaldson Wasp. I thought I'd add it to our history thread:
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Nice find Jackie. What ogive? It may be written on the bag, but I can't make that out.

-Lee
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I'm using a homemade core cutter (shown at the far right of the above photo).

-Lee
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If you have dies on order with George, see if he'll set you up with his converted Lee Classic Cast presses. I have 5 of them from George and they're outstanding.
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Old Crow....I'm a budget drinker. Tasted plenty of the high end stuff over the years and could never justify the price.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

SCT has a wide variety of boring bars:

https://sct-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019_sp_diatipboring.pdf

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

I use these MTM boxes for my bullets:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/100991919

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

I bought a 100 of their 0.925" 30's a few years back, but have yet to try them. They weigh about 3.5 grs less than Hines. I spot checked a bunch and found wall variation to be 0.0003" or less. ...

I believe you Tim. All I can say is I've shot .30's in teen temperatures and have never seen yaw in the paper (we do occasionally get sub-20's in Northern VA). Maybe I just got lucky with my...

Very true Greg. We don't get cold like you all have up Maine. But we do sometimes shoot Winter League in 20's and 30's.

I'll definitely be up for the Firecracker next spring. Wayne and I were...