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Like Mrvmax, I always run my loads through QL. In my hunting rifles, I shoot mostly machined-copper bullets for which there's no...

I was an early adopter of QL I don't know how **** long ago, and always loved it. To be good with it there are things to learn and...

I accept 12-13thou, and turn necks to and within this range. Here I get reasonable tension with low variance. That's just me. I turn...

I would not like necks so thick, either 14thou for Barnes, nor over 15thou for Lapua. And the barrel finisher should have engraved...

My 260AI, custom chamber, shows no brass movement for over 6 firings. The chamber has '0' headspace, body has .001" above unfired brass...

WHY is always a good inquiry. But I don't know.. I just know it does, and does so evermore with lower shoulder angles. If this is a...

Factory fired/unsized necks Lapua unturned/loaded necks

If your barrel was chambered as tight neck, that is usually engraved on the barrel. Like "260Rem (.290 neck)" After firing the factory...

I don't see how collecting bullets in the ground represents an honoring. Sounds like a hobby to me, but even if paid to validate battles...

So now, because I called BS on your theories of molten lead/jacket separation and you having no proof, now I don't have any respect for...

Point taken Being that this is a hunting forum, please post some pics of some of your hunting photos or some bullets that you have...

There are many discussions out there about bullet blowups and various in-flight failures. All from too much heat. A combination direct...

The root cause of runout is sizing of thickness variance. So among the ways to address this, you can measure new brass thickness...

Ain’t nobody shootin nothin till you get back!

You start. What are your thoughts about it?