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What is the average life of a PPC barrel for competitive accuracy?

Weatherby did contract J.P. Sauer in West Germany to build Mark V rifles when the demand was more than they could handle during that time frame. Maybe it is one of their blanks from when they went to...

I use a sliding chamber type seater. No shaving is occurring that I can tell. Actually, the seating die was cut with the same chambering reamer.

Color for one. Do your bullets look the same color as your cartridge cases to you?

I never realized that gunpowder and pressure turned brass into copper, and that trimming .002 off a case mouth can cause such a large burr.
I learn something new every day.

I kind of did that, except I just bent it a little to see if any pieces would flake off.
They didn't. If you look at the picture, you can see a round narrow section from about 10:30 to 11:00. It...

Me either.....Want to buy it? I'll sell it to you cheap. ;)

I can't honestly answer that. I hadn't had any problems until I was testing a new powder in the rifle. I loaded 15 rounds with increasing powder charges with a known good seating depth from previous...

Is it possible when seating the core to apply enough force to stretch or weaken the jacket at the pressure ring/heal of the jacket? Maybe somebody threw a set-up bullet in the pot when they were...

One thing I might add is that the reamer has zero free bore with a 1.5° lead. I don't think that is the cause because I chambered 2 other barrels with that reamer and haven't had an issue from either...

Al, then wouldn't I see a case mouth that was screwed up or shorter then the rest that were all trimmed to the same length? I looked at those last 15 cases and nothing seems out of place.

Jeeeez Dude.....I cut the chamber and yes it is on axis within .0003 according to my indicator and no it doesn't have any torn metal, grooves or other wise in the chamber body, neck area or throat as...

:rolleyes: Roger that! And it figures it would have to happen to me. :D

Well I normally hit the mouth of the case on a piece of scotch brite after trim and chamfer to remove any burr that the chamfer tool may have left and the ring is clearly copper and not brass. So...

a: Huh? The bullet doesn't touch the chamber. How would that cause a problem?

b: Huh? If the chamber had a groove, which it doesn't, the brass would flow into that groove making the inside of the...

It appears to be one piece. But with pressure, I guess it could be welded together. Don't know. It came out just like you see it on the 1st patch with Butch's Bore Shine. Hey what a great...

Al,
If you're asking about a donut, I don't see anything. The brass is starline which has a thinner neck then some other stuff. I measured the fired case and a loaded round and there is .006...

Brass was annealed, trimmed and chamfered with a VLD style tool one firing before.
The bullets seated fine with no unusual resistance in the brass, no shaving of the jacket.
The copper ring came...

I was working up a load with a new powder (Sta-Ball) for a 7-08 with some old lot 120 Sierras, made in California, and after 15 shots I cleaned to switch powders, and on the first patch, this came...

And stay with the 205's?

I normally shoot H4350 with 105 VLD's and Federal 205M's. Since I had a jug of StaBall and Hodgdon had data, I decided to give it a whirl. I loaded 38.0 up to 40.0 in .5 grain increments. 38, 38.5...

At the grinding operations, reamers are first ground round to the precision dimensions. Then the back off operation is where the clearance is ground leaving only a .001-.002 margin which is that very...

Pete,
I was just bushing a firing pin hole on a 200 and a thought occurred to me. Remove the firing pin and take drill bit the correct size for the firing pin, and make sure the hole in...

Did you figure it out yet?

So from what I measure, I'm getting .270/.271 of firing pin fall. Does that sound a bit excessive?