10 shots groups for all but the upper right, it's a 9 shot group. One wouldn't chamber. .3 gr increments. Bottom left , best group, is a right at 1.25" group. Believe I'll load them and shoot.
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Negative. But seriously debating it. And installing pillars. The stupid recoil lug has me a bit intimidated as I struggle getting it in the slot just right. I have a stainless 30-06 tikka. Had this obnoxiously large gap at the end of the stock. Tight maybe they were generous with the channel. Hunted all season that way. After season I took it apart to clean it and realized I never had it in the slot. But I think I'll bit the bullet and just do it.
Glue the lug to the action before bedding and it will pop loose when you bust it apart.
Ive never done pillars. I always drill the action holes out a bit through.
Ive bedded a few and it's not too bad. I usually toss a Mountain Tactical lug in too. Probably not needed but they are a shade thicker soon my mind they help, lol.
I've bedded almost everything else, but a tikka lol. Forgot about gluing the lug until you mentioned it.
Tennessee Devildog
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I have around 25 boxes of these I would like to trade for some Reloader 25.
Huntaholic
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Those would be cool, and I have rl25, but other than the cool factor, I dont see a need for them.
Received some 10mm dies from Dillon in the mail. Got them set up and made a few rounds for testing in my new Lone Wolf Alpha Wolf 6" barrel for my Glock 20. Hopefully run 'em over the chrono and check for pressure signs next week, then start cranking out some rounds on the Dillon.
Cleaned, floated and scoped my t3x compact 223. Got it on paper and got an 8 shot group of 1.1" at 125yds with some ammo I threw together for my AR. Hopefully I can get something loaded up specifically for the compact this week.
WanderingNomad
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Would you use this? Been sealed, cool and dry but not sure I want to gamble with it
How's it smell. I've always heard you'll know if it's bad. Maybe load a one or two and chrony them.
Any rust looking oxidation?
WanderingNomad
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I have not opened it yet. Was in a box of reloading stuff i got from my parents house. Keep you posted
I have a full ammo can of WW2 30cal. ball ammo. It's head stamped 1945. I have shot some of it out of my M1 Garand, it's not real accurate, but it shoots ok. When I opened the ammo box , it dose smell like ether.
I recently learned that Forster came out with new "curved" linkage for the Co-Ax press. Ordered a set and installed them today. Pretty easy to, just remove 4 clips and reinstall new linkage and clips. 5 minute job.
As much as I used to love this press I always felt like it was difficult to enter from the side to insert or remove a case into the jaws.
These new curved pieces totally transform this press. Well worth the $40.
As much as I used to love this press I always felt like it was difficult to enter from the side to insert or remove a case into the jaws.
These new curved pieces totally transform this press. Well worth the $40.
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No. And it hasn't been stored cool and dry or the can wouldn't look like that.
I have a bunch of Greek 30 cal ball that I bought from CMP. Head stamped 1967 and 68. Purchased in sealed ammo cans, it works as it should. Have some Chinese 7.62, same thing. Looks good, shoots good. But the looks of that can would probably keep me taking a chance. A guy I hunt with traded me a box of 7RM ammo that supposedly was stored in the cool and dry. It looked like current production Federal Power-shok ammo. Some of the ammo had some exterior corrosion. Out of that box of 20, I think only 5 went off and one of those was a blooper. I would hate to have something like that ruin a hunt, or waste my primers even.
