Recent content by 1980Harley

Just completed a deal with Plowboy85. Everything as described and he went out of his way to ship ASAP. Buy with confidence from him.

Got it. I also see that you measure very close to the middle of the neck and not near the front edge.

Guys, thanks for all the information.

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Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind. I've never used just a body die, but I have used the collet dies in other cartridges. For the CM, I have a set of the Hornady custom dies with the seater plug for the 143's I'm shooting. I'm a noob with the long range and precision equipment.

This will be primarily for my 6.5CM, 308 and 22-250. I do have a couple of contender barrels that are not shooting up to the level I think they are able to, so maybe this would help solve that problem.

It does look like a decent one. Will the ball portion fit into a 22 neck?

I'm looking at purchasing a good gauge, not the most expensive one, but something accurate enough to measure the case neck thickness to aid in obtaining concentric cartridges. I'm also needing to purchase a case neck trimmer. Any ideas? Thanks, 1980Harley

I've recently purchased some StaBALL, so I'm finding this thread very useful. Keep the comments coming.

I'm using IMR 8208 with a Nosler 120 BT @ 0.017" from the lands for my grandsons. They're still young and no need to punish them, but it shoots this load fine just under an inch @100 yds.

Thanks for all the work on the spreadsheets. They'll come in handy.

I have used my 270 Win since the middle 70's for my first deer of each year. Then I switch over to a pistol using the 7-30 Waters cartridge. Deer only take a few steps with either one.

I have a small towel in my other hand to wipe off the outside after sizing. But I'm not sure it makes any difference since the graphite's a powder and if there are any scratches, they'd be miniscule.

+1 for Imperial Dry Neck Lube

When necessary, I use the graphite lube and have never had an issue when the graphite mixes with the powder. No increase in pressure signs, not any difference in groups