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I'm in awe of the information and opinions Iv'e read from the very 1st post to now mine and have to say thank you to all. Hoping that this year I'll break the 1000 yards with my long dreamt of and now paid for .375 Cheytac. It's yet to arrive (in transit between states) but have invested well...

"Enter Me In The Berger Bullets Contest"

RCBS are awesome with their service as can be attested to the reply email sent to me from them today. Chris, Regardless to your receiving a replacement from your local gun shop we will be sending you a replacement shell holder , sometimes with those larger calibers we see that, not very...

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At...

I'm using a Hornady Lock-n-load classic kit and it has bee faultless for me. but I will give the Forester a look over. lovdasnow, I have done so already and am awaiting a reply. RCBS do look after their international customers very well. Varmint Hunter, All taken care of friend :) When...

Valin, Cheers for your feedback :) I shall make these in my notes for future reference. Fatrack, Thanks for the input as well :) Regards,

With Full Length Sizing the 338-378 shells as the shell holder has failed big time as you can see by the pics below. Everything was going fine as I had already Full Length Sized & decaped 9 shells prior and when number 10 was all lubed up it was set in the shell holder and just like the...

Valin, Am curious as to how you went with your load testing? I was going to do some loads of my own for comparison but the LGS never had any in stock and wont be restocked till mid December. Regards, Gnome!

Valin, Could you also note if any of your higher loads are compressed or not and what speeds you are attaining? I have limited load data at hand regarding Reloader 25, and no, I have not done any testing with the above mentioned powder so I will be interested in seeing what your results are.

Stu, I believe this is the article both you and LTLR have mentioned regarding Lija Barrels, Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels - Articles: Barrel Lenghts and Velocities in the 338/378 Weatherby Magnum An Excellent read :) It also answers the question for dgr416 regarding fps in differing barrel...

LTLR, You have my admiration for owning 7 of these beauties :) I love mine and would love to have a matching partner. I'm also looking at getting a .300Wby Mag as the lil bro to the one I have. I'm curious as to what variances in fps you are getting across the different length barrels and what...

LOL I'm glad yo all like the laugh as I still get a real laugh out of it myself. This was not me by the way but an acquaintance of mine and like Winmag I to still get a real good giggle when I re read it.

"Enter Me In Greybull Precision Hunting Stock Contest"

Excellent :) Thank you so very much for this Mikecr. Now I shall order a couple in :)

Last month I saw something at the local Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 2nd anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Amy. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short...