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Also in the 7mm Weatherby mag with an 8 twist, 26" barrel

It's really weird how 2 different shooters can use the same product and have experiences at each end of the spectrum. I certainly believe you experience, but mine was much different. When I got my custom 25/06 I purchased a box of Hornady brass (50). The load I used was 100 gr Sierra MK over...

I have often read that Hornady brass wasn't very good. That certainly wasn't the case for me. I've used it in two of my rifles, custom 25/06 and Rem 700 22/250 VSF with great results and long case life. As @Calvin45 posted I would take it over Nosler any day. Some of the worst expensive garbage...

I have an older 2013 Sinclair catalogue. Not sure if these part #'s are still good. Here is the chart @Full Curl

I use these also. Really like them.

I checked into it , although not alot, and couldn't find one. I believe that @xtratoy has a good a very good method as he posted on page 7.

This is where the problem lies and being that the belted mags are headspaced off the belt it is much more pronounced with the belted cases than the rimless ones that are headspaced off the shoulder.

This works when , I believer, you cut your die to make sort of a ring die. This is also a great way of getting around the problem.

All these posts of milling the shell holder or die are great as long as they don't end up pushing your shoulder back too far. If this happens then your case life goes to hell. By using a die designed for a longer case then you don't have to worry about this. An example would be using a 300 Wea...

That's what I was getting at in my original post ( #61). It doesn't have to be a small base sizer for an STW, it can be a small base sizer for a 300 Wea, 340 Wea, 8mm Rem mag and so on. The best if you could find it would probably be a small base die for the 458 Win mag. Even standard dies in...

You know what they say " there's no replacement for displacement."

If I ever have a 257 again it will certainly have a 26" barrel. In fact I believe the new Vanguard's come with a 26" barrel As for a muzzle brake I don't believe one is needed on a 257. The recoil is very manageable.

I had a 257 Wea Vanguard with a 24" tube. I found that the velocity was real good ( 3385 ft/sec--120 gr bullet) but the rifle was a little on the heavy side and the muzzle blast and flash was a little to much. I believe a 26" tube would have been better. JMO

Yes I agree. When my 26" Mark V 30/378 barrel gives up the ghost I will go with at least a 28" or maybe a 30" with no brake. You just don't get the true potential of these big cases with 26" barrels. JMO

I guess for me it would be the 257 Weatherby---7mm RUM and 30/378