Recent content by dkoopman

Will do. I hope to start breaking down the rifle and cutting chips this weekend. I'll try to take a few pics along the way.

Excellent point on the trim length. I was planning on necking them down, trimming for length, and neck reaming to give proper bullet tension. I usually try for about 0.004 of neck tension after reaming. I didn't think of using the bullet to neck up the 25-06, but I can certainly see that...

IMO, you do. I tend to buy RP brass in bulk, neck up or down depending or just full length resize. Follow with a good neck reaming (better than neck turning, I think) then sort by weight and start loading. Lapua and Norma just make it alot easier by doing most of this stuff for you. BTW...

Anyone out their playing with the 6.5-06 or 6.5-06AI? I'm getting ready to chamber a 29" tube in 6.5-06AI and hang it on a Ruger #1. My current thinking for brass is to neck down some decent 270 brass and either cow form or fireform with real loads to blow out the ackley shoulder. Any...