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Mikecr
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Mikecr
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Do you have to resize brass if you never fire and pull the bullet?
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This is a reason to choose rational clearances and minimum sizing. So that you don't have to anneal frequently -or ever. It's all in...
Jan 14, 2025
Mikecr
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Do you have to resize brass if you never fire and pull the bullet?
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Your last neck sizing is bullet seating. Every time. This normalizes tension to mere spring back force per area applied. You could size...
Jan 14, 2025
Mikecr
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Do you have to resize brass if you never fire and pull the bullet?
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I predict that neck tension won't change. Regardless of what interference you set the neck at, bullet seating expanded necks to cal...
Jan 11, 2025
Mikecr
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Irregular bullet preformance to consistency
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Call them bullets. You have bullets, and cases, assembled as cartridges. Not trying to be a jerk, but to possibly help.
Jan 10, 2025
Mikecr
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Lapua Brass - soft?
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Not sure if you received needed answers, but I'm glad you brought a potential issue to light. Thank you
Jan 10, 2025
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I put 60 rds of Berger 245 EOL through one of my 300 PRC this year to use the brass for reloading and to gather initial data. Every...
Jan 9, 2025
Mikecr
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Lapua Brass - soft?
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Are you saying that muzzle velocities were as expected from the book data?
Jan 9, 2025
Mikecr
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Seekins! Very interesting
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Now what they need to do is load develop each gun, show results with load info, auction off each gun for what it actually is.
Jan 7, 2025
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Absolutely agree and some of the philosophy about cleaning and bore shift has changed, however a dirty bore vs a clean bore is not...
Jan 4, 2025
Mikecr
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Case fill and burn %
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But we couldn't do better with a reloading manual. At least w/QL we have adjustments. Plenty of adjustments.
Dec 30, 2024
Mikecr
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Is Remington Peters brass really that bad?
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Wifely divorce would be less hassle than replacing these cases. So yeah
Dec 29, 2024
Mikecr
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Is Remington Peters brass really that bad?
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Neither concentricity nor runout can be credibly compared until brass is fire formed, but thickness variance does matter. It's the first...
Dec 27, 2024
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Looks are not a good way to judge a barrel. I have had great looking barrels before that were JUNK! Copper from end to end, but smooth...
Dec 27, 2024
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Bobcatter, in the pics above, that looks like carbon fouling. The Teslong is a digital image and these little blobs look like pits when...
Dec 27, 2024
Mikecr
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New barrel bore appearance
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OP described similar to this: If that's the case, then I don't think an opinion or prediction about later shooting results matters. He...
Dec 26, 2024
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