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I have 400 sitting on a shelf waiting for a 6.5x284 Norma 787 prefit barrel that Blue Mountain Precision just mailed to me the other day. Then it’s finding time to load develop…. That’s the hardest part!

I ordered 2K of CCI 250's online from a reputable place I've ordered from before and got the black and white OEM box commercial use not for resale. Off to google i went and found this thread so I thought I'd post. Honestly don't care how store got a hold of them, just glad I was able to get...

Just wanted to put in my findings, for my rifle. I'm shooting a 3 groove 1-9 benchmark barrel @ 27 inches. With both Retumbo and H1000, the most forgiving node ( +/- .15 grains in the drop) is when the velocity is right at 2750 fps. For H1000 that's at 87.3 and Retumbo is 87.5. (using the OCW...

Well Rich, Eric at Axis has my parts and will be making my 30 Sherman Mag. Alamo Precision Rifles G2 action Bartlein 1-9 carbon wrapped, M24 @ 26 Manners EH-1A in Tommy Bahama camo Hawkins CIP length DBM Trigger Tech Primary trigger Area 419 hellfire brake I ordered the Dies through your...

For guys running an AICS mag system for the 30 Sherman mags, are you using 338 CIP or 300 WM CIP mags?

What are you guys running with these, a hinged floorplate with Wyatt's extended box or a DBM system with CIP length magazines? Do the CIP length magazines give you enough room to chase the lands or keep the long bullets out of the powder column?

With the shape of the loaded round, would I be better served with a Wyatt's center fed box, or just the normal extended box?

Looks real nice John! I got an email from Robert Gradous about 3 weeks ago, said that he had two older builds ahead of mine, and then it was my turn, super excited about getting my 7-300WM!

When I called Dave at PT&G I told him I wanted a 7-300 reamer that would allow me to shoot the 180 berger VLD's and would fit into an AICS magazine. He sent me the "Bison Barrels" reamer with .095 of freebore. Shorter than what most are using here but we'll see how it works. Worst case scenario...

Chuck you rock, thanks so much for the info. Gradous has all my components and I'm just waiting for the call. It's a surgeon 300WM / 7-300WM switch-barrel, my 7-300 barrel is a 1-9 benchmark that is going to finish at 27". I'm hoping the 7828ssc will do it for both calibers as H1000 and Retumbo...

Does anybody have load data for the 7-300WM using IMR 7828ssc and the Berger 180 VLD? I know retumbo and H1000 are the preferred powders but both are like a unicorn, non-existent, and I just picked up 16lbs of 7828ssc because the burn rate is very close to H1000. Like to know where I can...