Mike S

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Powder sold pending meet up with Varget.

Pretty much in the custom barrel camp myself these days. Amazing how much easier it makes reloading!

Check to see if the mag box is binding when the action screws are tight... it should have some wiggle room between the reciever and bottom of stock well.

No experience with cameras, but the acoustic electronic targets are great fun for practice. I have a Silver Mountain Solo I use all the time for Palma and 1000 yard practice at Ben Avery. Others on the line have Shotmarkers and the Silver Mountain G2s which appear to be the most foolproof. They also provide velocity data/statistics for bullet speed through target face.

Lots of ways to skin the cat and a lot will depend on the chamber of the rifle you are loading for, and what your accuracy goals are. If you need to size the fired neck down more than .005" , a bushing die can actually create run-out unless you size down in steps with two bushings. If you want to turn necks you will need a conventional FL die for that first sizing before turning. The competition shell holder set is nice, not really needed to control shoulder bump. Wilson straightline seaters are great, but slow, depending on how many rounds you need to load at a time. I typically split the difference and use Redding or Forster competition seaters for rifles where I feel I need minimum runout. Sinclair expander mandrels are good if you want to take the expander ball out of your die, but don't turn necks. A Lee Collet die and a Forster bushing shoulder bump die used without the bushing is a good combo that doen't require any case lube and is capable of loading very straight ammo.

If you want to keep the factory trigger, I would do as 10turkeys suggests and flush it well with lighter fluid and blow dry with compressed air. The lighter fluid leaves a light kerosene residue that acts as a lubricant. Might be the cheap fix...

Trigger

Sounds like Camelback Guns off of 7th Ave. I think the owners name was Yost, His daughter was in my sisters class year at Central High School.

Anyone else shooting at the Southwest Nationals at Ben Avery next week?

I am, Nelson. Signed up for the long range aggregate, next Friday thru Sunday, sling division, palma rifle. 350 shooters in all, should be a hoot. Hoping it doesn't rain...

You will also want a hard primer cup.

No crimp. You will want to bump then shoulders a little more than for a bolt action (.003-.004), but case life is short enough with an M1A you aren't giving anything up.

Yes they did. Not sure when they switched to the current version, probably in the seventies.

Anybody need a couple? 32nd street and SR51

Have 4 for $10. Sorry but would never have 50. Please contact via PM.

Those are gone but I'll probably have more soon. I sent a PM when you first posted, but it looks like your account doesn't accept messages.

Never loaded for cap and ball, but black powder should never have an air gap between the bullet and powder as it does not burn progressively like smokeless and will have major pressure issues. I expect that is why you are hearing reference to fillers for that application. For muzzle loading rifles, at least, there are vented nipples which can help with ignition and some brands of primers are definitely hotter than others.

Cool rifle!

Sounds fun. Once you get a good load, head north, the higher the better, during the summer for the actual shooting. Left hand twist will help, but spin drift will be the least of your worries ;-). We shoot at 1000 with irons, coat and sling all the time at Ben Avery, the 10 ring is 20".

Thinking you meant to type 0.002. Not understanding how setting the die for a longer case neck can maintain your shoulder datum.

I'd keep shooting the current barrel until it was done. How many rounds are through it? Do you have access to a bore scope? Once the barrel is shot out, and you'll know, I'd go ahead and re barrel to the same chambering as you a;ready have the dies. Cant see that an elk would know the difference. You mention having to trim cases every firing. Something seems wrong there, an AI case should stretch very little. Are you sure your reamer/chamber requires neck turning the .270 brass when necking down? That's not much of a diameter reduction. My 6.5-06 does fine w/o neck turning, neck clearance wise, using Winchester .270 brass, although I do use lightly turned necks for my hunting rounds.

I believe Dennis Olsen (Montana?) is still doing work. Seems like there is a company called Canyon Creek that was making some nice wood stocked customs. At the next price point up would include the guild builders. PL Holehan inc in Tucson builds some great rifles. Here is my guild member built .257 Roberts Mauser sporter, is this what you are thinking of?

Bump for a great pack!

I believe that is correct. Frank Luke?