WampusCat

Not sure what you are trying to say. If the round fits inside the magazine and travels up and down freely, the length is not your issue. The length of the cartridge only matters for fitting in the magazine in most cases when talking about factory chambers. It sounds like the feed ramp (or lack of one) is what is giving you problems with the wide meplat of the hollow point. Remember to always work up to max loads.

Great stories and a great example of what can happen when you stick with it.

Good luck on your tag! I have seen some toads in there over the years. Are you hunting down in the R-100 flats or up on top?

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Just creepin back by here to stare at your pics. Thanks again for throwing them up. Good luck on your next trip.

Rooting for you. Good luck!

The overwhelming majority of competition barrels are not fluted... One can draw conclusions from that.

Wow! I like it even more now with the trail cam photos. Awesome bear! Congrats again.

Love to hear you buddy tell his story of that hunt. He looks pumped and I can help but wonder if buck fever sent the arrow in the neck or he was aiming there. Doesn't matter either way, I just have a movie playing in my head of him messing up the shot and seeing his arrow tail kick out of the bow. He freaks and then watches it smoke him in the neck. Success! Congrats to him.

Congrats on a good looking critter!

You are a good dude for leaving the mysterious new camera fully intact. Good luck this season.

.223 is plenty -o- medicine if a couple rules are followed. Lots more room for error when they are not. 1. You need a quality bullet capable of penetrating through to the good stuff. Preferably this bullet will also expand a bit as it works it's way through. 2. You need to be very capable with your rifle. A shot to the vitals will kill with no doubt, but a misplaced bullet will likely result in a lost deer. This deer from a few years back was killed at what many would consider a long poke. I used a 75 gr bullet and I had religiously practiced at distances much further. I honestly couldn't tell you a professional ball players name right now, I've never been part of a fantasy league, and I'm terrible at golf, but I am obsessed with all types of hunting and squeezing every drop of accuracy out of my rifles. It is what I do and why I am/was comfortable using that caliber. I will be the first to tell you it is not for everybody and a bigger cartridge is a better choice for most. If you put a quality bullet where it counts, a 5.56/223 will kill a deer every time. If you have any doubts at all, use a bigger caliber!

Good luck to you! Post some pics when you return!

I think we may be afflicted by the same illness.

Awesome trip and great photos! I love that country up there. Thanks for posting. Semper Fi

It sure is convenient being able to take the setup wherever you go. Couch, front porch, patio, I even took some to work on a 24 hr duty to pass the time. I'd say the process is a hair quicker as well since most of it is being done at your finger tips. You can prime and then check for depth consistency with a swipe of your calibrated finger dang quick and then on to the next.

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Gorgeous color on that bear! Congrats

I hand prime as well. It gives me an extra level of feedback. After you have done it awhile you can really tell when a primer pocket is getting loose, or more loose than others. I will sort those out of the group and use then them when it doesn't count. You also get very good at seating them all to an exact depth by the "feel".

Man, thats rough. Hope you get it figured out.

I would think a .300 win mag rated can that is threaded at 9/16x24 would be your best option. The deciding factor would be how much of a shoulder is left for the can to "square" up against. Most recommend .04" or .05" shoulder on either side of the barrel as the minimum. 9/16" = .5625" Brux #4 has a muzzle diameter of .670" The difference would be .1075 / 2 = .05375" of material left as a shoulder around the perimeter of the muzzle. A 7mm through a .30 cal can works just fine!

Minimum barrel diameter will be dictated by the thread size of the suppressor you have. A 5/8x24 threaded can (common for .30 cal) will need a larger outside diameter than a 1/2x28 threaded can (common for 5.56). There are many more options out there but it would depend on your specifc caliber. Larger bores will need the larger thread versions. The can will also need a shoulder to seat against as its threaded on. What caliber and barrel are you thinking about. I can help you find the minimum thread size/pitch.

Do you both have a tag in that area? Good lookin buck! Who has dibs, you or BigBrowns ?

The reason most of mine are heavy is because I spend a lot of time at the range shooting "targets" in the off season. The same rifles end up in the field with me.