Recent content by jdmartin

I think that the traditional answer is to anneal first and then resize.Other steps like trimming to length,chamfering ,primer pocket work can be done in any order.However, that being said, I have always annealed last .Early on it just felt like bullets seated the smoothest and maintained the...

Definitely looks like green 788 is right that this is related to not getting a good firing pin strike. I have a friend with a savage with an accu-trigger. If you close the bolt hard the accu- trigger somehow disengages and the gun will click but there is no firing pin strike.

BML, Probably you pushed the shoulder too far and now the case has too much head space.That can cause the firing pin to knock the case forward rather than igniting the primer.Also,if I am correct, it can cause the brass to fail by case head separations after a few firings due to the...

I have some logs in the greenhouse that are innoculated with shitake mushrooms. The next crop of mushrooms ,I am going to try this.

For me the Berger 155's do best at about 2940. I use varget 47.0 gr in Lapua brass with Federal primers,about .010 off the lands.Krieger 10 twist barrel about 28".

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Longshot, I just sent you a message concerning a place to shoot in the Huntsville area. Darrel Martin

I noticed your post from April,09 concerning a place to shoot in the Huntsville,Conroe area of East Texas. Mike Cockroft has just built a range just south of Huntsville. I am being a little presumptuous, but I am sure you would be welcome to come out and shoot with us as Mike is very interested...

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