Recent content by Gene

Would love to win it.

Are you confident of your reloads? Especially brass prep? You don't mention brand of barrel. A properly factory polished barrel which removes any roughness should clean up and shoot well within a couple dozen rounds - if cleaned thoroughly every 5 or 10 rounds. I still shoot one, clean and...

I look inside every loading. If I see crud, I use brake spray, and wipe them out with a Q tip.

Check inside your dies. The dents will be gone after firing again.

I frequently take a barrel to my smith to scope and analyze its condition. Almost always, he tells me its full of powder fouling. This is after I have scrubbed the barrel extra hard. I am certain I have replaced barrels that just needed a good cleaning.

Good one right on this site, Montour County gunsmith.

I run my Wilson trimmer with a cordless drill attached to the cutter made for it and sold by Sinclair.

Contact these guys: BARTLEIN

Just occurred to me. PMA makes a lock ring with hash marks for this purpose. When installed run it down until it allows the shoulder to barely touch the die. Go down a hash mark or .001" until it barely moves the shoulder and try the case fit until it is just snug. PMA Micro Die Adjuster...

Many years ago, Rem 700's came from the factory with a pressure point near the fore end tip. I could never get them to shoot until the riser was sanded down to free float the barrel. They discontinued this practice in just a few years. Ironically, a few rifles did shoot better with the riser...

Cam over means you are pushing the case in the die too far, causing shouder set back. You will not hurt the brass or your rifle by doing this, and brass will chamber smoothly. It creates excessive headspace. The only downside is that accuracy may suffer. As others have said, raise the die...

In Ireland, the 99-year-old Mother Superior lay quietly. She was dying. The Nuns had gathered around her bed, laying garlands around her and trying to make her last journey comfortable. They wanted to give her warm milk to drink but she declined. One of...

Jim Borden makes a fine action and is an excellent gunsmith. I would chamber in something I can buy off the shelf in a pinch, like a 300WM

I have an extra set of RCBS 22-250 dies. $35 shipped. PM me.

I like 4166 better than Varget in my competition .223