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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1330448" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I do think RL-17 would be a good option, I have not played with Hybrid 100v but have heard a lot of good things about it. I'm sure you know, but keep in mind RWS brass, while very tough, tends to be a lot heavier than other brass with a smaller capacity, so work up low.</p><p></p><p>With the RL-26, are you using a drop tube? I use a 6" drop tube for it in my .260 AI, and even in that smaller cartridge, pouring slowly into the drop tube it gave me an extra 2 grains of capacity with the same compression as just dumping into the brass with a standard funnel. RL-26 seem to respond very well to a drop tube. If you aren't already trying this, I certainly would if you aren't able to pressure out with it. An extra 2-4 grains in that larger case may be what you need to do it. </p><p></p><p>As far as the Ruger action, you should be able to run everything right out near the lands and still fit in the magazine accept the Berger 250 and possibly the CE bullet, I do not know as I am not familiar with this bullet. I believe the mag length of the M77 300 win mag I have is 3.430". I was able to modify my bolt stop and case ejector enough to single load rounds out to about 3.650 or 3.700", I would have to review my notes to know exactly. But I remembered when I attempted to load rounds long with the 215 Bergers, I went to single load them and upon attempting to eject a loaded round it would not eject. You have to push the loaded round back into the mag, and possibly open up the loading gate or pull the bolt and dump the round out of the rear. </p><p></p><p>If you want to single load these and you can't get your 3.575" Berger loads or whatever length the CE loads end up being to eject, it is a pretty simple fix. Remove the bolt stop and take some material off the face of it, where the recoil lug hits, so the bolt will come back far enough to allow the round to eject, But make sure you don't take off so much that it no longer engages the recoil lug. Now, remove your ejection bar (not sure if that's the technical name, but the piece that pushes the case out of the bolt face) and take a small amount off of the face of this piece. Go slow on this part, I have not seen how much I can take off without hindering reliability, but to me it looks like if you take off too much it will mess up ejection. Only take off as much as you need. I was able to gain a good amount of room for ejection by doing this, and I ran some dummy rounds through as well as some empties at a fast speed and ejection was reliable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1330448, member: 87243"] I do think RL-17 would be a good option, I have not played with Hybrid 100v but have heard a lot of good things about it. I'm sure you know, but keep in mind RWS brass, while very tough, tends to be a lot heavier than other brass with a smaller capacity, so work up low. With the RL-26, are you using a drop tube? I use a 6" drop tube for it in my .260 AI, and even in that smaller cartridge, pouring slowly into the drop tube it gave me an extra 2 grains of capacity with the same compression as just dumping into the brass with a standard funnel. RL-26 seem to respond very well to a drop tube. If you aren't already trying this, I certainly would if you aren't able to pressure out with it. An extra 2-4 grains in that larger case may be what you need to do it. As far as the Ruger action, you should be able to run everything right out near the lands and still fit in the magazine accept the Berger 250 and possibly the CE bullet, I do not know as I am not familiar with this bullet. I believe the mag length of the M77 300 win mag I have is 3.430". I was able to modify my bolt stop and case ejector enough to single load rounds out to about 3.650 or 3.700", I would have to review my notes to know exactly. But I remembered when I attempted to load rounds long with the 215 Bergers, I went to single load them and upon attempting to eject a loaded round it would not eject. You have to push the loaded round back into the mag, and possibly open up the loading gate or pull the bolt and dump the round out of the rear. If you want to single load these and you can't get your 3.575" Berger loads or whatever length the CE loads end up being to eject, it is a pretty simple fix. Remove the bolt stop and take some material off the face of it, where the recoil lug hits, so the bolt will come back far enough to allow the round to eject, But make sure you don't take off so much that it no longer engages the recoil lug. Now, remove your ejection bar (not sure if that's the technical name, but the piece that pushes the case out of the bolt face) and take a small amount off of the face of this piece. Go slow on this part, I have not seen how much I can take off without hindering reliability, but to me it looks like if you take off too much it will mess up ejection. Only take off as much as you need. I was able to gain a good amount of room for ejection by doing this, and I ran some dummy rounds through as well as some empties at a fast speed and ejection was reliable. [/QUOTE]
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