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Wet tumbling with stainless pins are causing a burr on insidevof my case mouth.
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I quit wet tumbling because of the extent of damage to case mouths. I had to take off too much material in subsequent deburring to get...
May 13, 2024
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Carey Farmer
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264 Win Mags - When would the brass cases be considered "Fire Formed" for each individual action?
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You have to measure the case length at the shoulder with a "bump gauge" and a caliper. Measure before sizing, then size and lightly...
May 6, 2024
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short vs long mag
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28 Nosler case is .464" longer at the shoulder than 7 mm WSM. Both are 35 degree shoulders. Long action magazine is about 0.8" longer...
May 4, 2024
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"Best to buy a long action set up for a 3.850" magazine." I have 4" mags, and would love 4-1/4" with my longer rounds. 4-1/4" would...
May 3, 2024
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Yep. Fixed my 3.850" comment.
May 3, 2024
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The only reason I have ever bought any short actions is because from time to time I find screaming good deals on used short action...
May 3, 2024
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This has been my take on all magnum offerings. I look for capacity to match bore diameter that will give great expansion ratio numbers...
May 3, 2024
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Carey Farmer
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7saum 2.870"
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You might want to try MDT or Accurate-Mag magazines without the front binder plate. That will give you another 0.07" or so of COAL...
Apr 26, 2024
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Carey Farmer
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What extinct or endangered animal would you like to hunt and what rifke wouod you use ?
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I would like to hunt a whale with a harpoon cannon. When I lived in AK I tried for 20 years to get on a whaling crew out of Barrow...
Apr 17, 2024
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What is the most overbore cartridge YOU HAVE USED?
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26 Nosler. With 88 gr of US869 powder the muzzle blast was unbelievable. I rebarreled to 28 Nosler and am much happier with that...
Apr 1, 2024
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Carey Farmer
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Neck tension
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Exactly. Neck tension is a function of how much cold-working you do after annealing. Brass is pretty ductile, so it takes quite a bit...
Mar 19, 2024
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I generally develop a one bullet use in a rifle and that's what I stay with. It has to meet my wants. Which is grouping and velocity...
Mar 16, 2024
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Carey Farmer
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Yep. Backwards from the way I started out annealing, too. But seems to give a little lower muzzle velocity Es.
Mar 14, 2024
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Neck tension
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Yes, I size and clean (in a vibratory tumbler) before annealing. That makes sure there isn't any lube left inside the case neck when I...
Mar 13, 2024
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My brass after annealing only has about .0015" spring back after bullet seating. So any "tension" (that is, case neck sizing down below...
Mar 13, 2024
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