Recent content by Jesse09

It's finally done; note the light's push button with the left index finger (I'm left-handed). Thank you all for your input.

Old Rooster, I think we pretty much agree, overall; but, uniformity and consistency are the names of the reloading game. To that end, regardless of chamber tolerances, turning case necks gives that little bit more all-around even seating pressure. BTW, I think my bushing selection method yields...

My own best practice, after neck turning new brass for uniformity, is to use the largest bushing that exerts just enough pressure to resist bullet movement when I press a dummy round against a hard surface. I've found that as bushing size decreases past that minimum, group size increases.

Vortex PST 6-24X50 FFP first generation includes scope, sunshade, zero stop discs, all owner manuals and box. Perfect condition. There are scope ring marks on the bottom side of the tube that will probably be covered by your own rings. $450 shipped.

I just found the riser on Amazon; that does it. I'm very grateful for your directions and will post a picture on this thread if it all comes together.

M1A1Abrams, see my reply number 15, above. The light is mounted to the top ring half, over and in line with the scope. Darryle, what's a good search term to locate the "small riser" you just mentioned?

It's a finished project, guys. I ordered the Vortex matched ring set and the auxiliary diving board rail top for that set. Now I only have to worry about the rail top clearing the objective end of the scope. I don't think it will clear the turret if I mount it to the rear ring. Thank you for...

Okay, it took multiple sources, but I have the rings and diving board ring top on order.

Lancetkenyon, I don't know how I missed the second half of your message, but thank you for the references. The PMR solution will work for me. That's the end of two days searching everywhere.

Just to reinforce that it's not the caliber: I have a semi-custom 270 wsm: stock action, custom barrel and trigger. My one three-shot group at 300 yards measured .946". The 100 yard groups are less than 1/2 inch. My developed load is: IMR 4350 - 61.0 grains CCIM (250) primer Barnes TTSX 130...

Lancetkenyon, I'm not trying to save money. I'm just asking for ANY solution to mount my Nightforce NX8 scope and an accessory light on the same plane. The NX8 tube is too short to do the obvious: Mount a third ring with an extended picatinny rail top.

Thanks, Darryle, for the reply. You're confirming what I knew was bad news. I just can't find any decent 30mm ring with a rail top. I want to mount a light above my scope, but the scope tube is not long enough to accommodate a mount plus an additional ring mount for the light.

I need a set of 30mm rail-top rings. What I've found in stock are from Green Blob at $25/set. The company does not appear to be BBB accredited, but gets mixed reviews. Also, how can $25 buy a reliable ring for a 270 WSM? I'd very much appreciate either your experience with Green Blob or another...

Maybe I should have made it clearer; after EACH round is properly seated, I dial back on the seater and repeat. I absolutely can't trust that the next round will seat at the same ogive as the one before it. That's just the price I pay to get it done.

I guess I've always been fat, dumb and happy; my standard seating practice is always to adjust the seater for a longer initial bullet seat, then checking the ogive before readjusting the seater, and repeating as many times as it takes to get it right, just like Dmagna replied, above.