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3 years ago I bought a brand new Sauer .308, after dealing with the gunsmith I took it, with a couple of different boxes of ammo to his 100 yd range. After firing the first round I could not draw the bolt back, the gunsmith eventually got it open and checked the barrel, it turned out that the...

I have a Sauer .308m reload my own and always use 150 grn SST's, I kill an average 180 deer a year, Roe weighing up to 50lb on the hoof and Red up to 300lb on the hoof. I get differing levels of meat damage but mostly acceptable, the only time its bad is when I placed the bullet badly but the...

I have an IOR 4-14X50 30mm on my .308 It replaced a Swarovski, the IOR is easily as good optically as the Swaro night or day, the only gripe I have is, its very heavy and I would like to be able lock the turrets for normal close 200yds) stalking. Incidentally, our main agent over here (Border...

I understand now, so taking the decapping pin out and running the loaded round through the press allows you to just bump the shoulder back a little more, I would never had thought of that, I assume thats a safe thing to do with a charged round ? I still dont understand what went wrong tho...

Thanks for all the help, I am going to adjust the die and run all them through again, will let you know if it solves the prob, been reloading for a few years and never come across this before!

Thanks willl do Just so I know, what will that do/show me? What will it tell me? Regards

Done that, measures 0.436 on both, the tension felt when seating the bullet is noticable but normal in my opinion, its not a compressed load, powder is below neck.

Reply to Chris-NZ I should have said that the cases are once fired factory Norma, they eject perfectly, and chamber perfectly after FL sizing with no bolt stiffnes.

The bullet is a Nosler 120grn BT, it is the identicle bullet used by Norma in his factory round I am measuring (digital calipers) by COL which is fairly acceptable as the bullet has a polymer tip so does not deform like lead. The bolt is too stiff to be acceptable Regards

Hi Guys I have a problem with reloads in 6.5X55: Full length sized Norma Cases Trimmed to 2.155" 120 grn Nosler BT The rifle is a Tikka M595 with a Border (Archer) barrel chambered for 120 grain bullets and has been well cleaned. The resized, trimmed & cleaned empty case fits pefectly with the...

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Many thanks for the replies, seems I was bothered about nothing. Trust the maths someone said, seems they were right.

Hi If you range a target and your moa chart states come up 2.70 moa, how do you dial it in (clicks) on a 1/4 moa IOR scope. the closest i can calculate is 10 clicks, that leaves .2 of a moa out, over a long range that can mean a miss? cant it? How the hell do you dial in .2 or .5 of a click...

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