I started looking at Short Action Custom dies yesterday and I like how much control one has over the case being sized properly for a particular chamber. I've been using Wilson, Forster and Redding for a long time, I like Wilson arbor dies for seating and usually use Forster for sizing but this relatively new die is interesting. I like Whidden's idea of making a die based on fired brass or chamber reamer drawings but the SAC sizer for a class of cartridge could be cheaper in the ling run if one shoots different cartridges in the same class, i.e. 270 Win and 30-06, 280 etc. $300. is a little expensive but maybe not for the end product.
I primarily shoot a 308, 6.5 Creed and 270 win. I'm about to sell all of my Creedmoor stuff as I'm getting older, my kids (in their 40's) don't shoot or hunt and I have no one to leave them to. I know that the 270 will do everything the Creed can do so I don't need to keep the rifle and everything that goes with it. I'll take some photos and post them in the classified section.
The rifle is a Curtis Axiom with a Bartlein #5 1-7.5 twist, 23" long. Bedded into a Grayboe Outlander stock, Timney trigger and Remington bottom metal. Cerakoted black. It also come with a Bartlein Medium Palma barrel gain twist 9-8 which is fitted and chambered to this action, also 6.5 Creed, same reamer that I had PTG make for me with min SAAMI specs.
More when I post it for sale in classifieds.
I primarily shoot a 308, 6.5 Creed and 270 win. I'm about to sell all of my Creedmoor stuff as I'm getting older, my kids (in their 40's) don't shoot or hunt and I have no one to leave them to. I know that the 270 will do everything the Creed can do so I don't need to keep the rifle and everything that goes with it. I'll take some photos and post them in the classified section.
The rifle is a Curtis Axiom with a Bartlein #5 1-7.5 twist, 23" long. Bedded into a Grayboe Outlander stock, Timney trigger and Remington bottom metal. Cerakoted black. It also come with a Bartlein Medium Palma barrel gain twist 9-8 which is fitted and chambered to this action, also 6.5 Creed, same reamer that I had PTG make for me with min SAAMI specs.
More when I post it for sale in classifieds.