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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1390198" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Just a couple years after the Lee Factory Crimp Dies came out I and some fellows at my local range that liked to collect military rifles of the world started what we called "Old men's military rifle matches". Most of the fellows could not get down into the shooting positions any more. We shot stock military rifles that only the front sight could be altered for height to get them to shoot to X-ring with 6 o'clock hold on the targets. We shot carbines at 50 yards and rifles at 100 yards for score from a bench rest. Some of the fellows that eventually got into these matches were VERY died in the wool bench rest shooters. I did a lot of experimenting with the Lee Factory Crimp Die using these old rifles because many had throats a mile long and you could not get a bullet seated close to the lands and have it work through the magazine. I happened to mention that I was doing this testing and these "know it all" bench rest shooters about horse laughed me off the range with comments like you are ruining the bullets my squishing them etc. So I kept my mouth shut about it because some of these "know it all" fellows were A-holes and we might end up in a fight. With my discovery of GREATLY improved accuracy by using the Lee Factory Crimp Die I began to win most of these matches in every category. We started shooting the rifle division by make and model together to keep everything even. These "know it all" fellows could not figure out how I could shoot Sierra or Nosler match bullets into such tight X-ring groups while they were shooting high dollar custom made bullets in some of their rifles and doing all their bench rest loading tricks etc. and had a hard time keeping them in the 10 ring. I never did tell them it was the Lee Factory Crimp Die usage that made the difference. I would just smile and receive the accolades for winning the matches. It about drove them nuts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1390198, member: 10178"] Just a couple years after the Lee Factory Crimp Dies came out I and some fellows at my local range that liked to collect military rifles of the world started what we called "Old men's military rifle matches". Most of the fellows could not get down into the shooting positions any more. We shot stock military rifles that only the front sight could be altered for height to get them to shoot to X-ring with 6 o'clock hold on the targets. We shot carbines at 50 yards and rifles at 100 yards for score from a bench rest. Some of the fellows that eventually got into these matches were VERY died in the wool bench rest shooters. I did a lot of experimenting with the Lee Factory Crimp Die using these old rifles because many had throats a mile long and you could not get a bullet seated close to the lands and have it work through the magazine. I happened to mention that I was doing this testing and these "know it all" bench rest shooters about horse laughed me off the range with comments like you are ruining the bullets my squishing them etc. So I kept my mouth shut about it because some of these "know it all" fellows were A-holes and we might end up in a fight. With my discovery of GREATLY improved accuracy by using the Lee Factory Crimp Die I began to win most of these matches in every category. We started shooting the rifle division by make and model together to keep everything even. These "know it all" fellows could not figure out how I could shoot Sierra or Nosler match bullets into such tight X-ring groups while they were shooting high dollar custom made bullets in some of their rifles and doing all their bench rest loading tricks etc. and had a hard time keeping them in the 10 ring. I never did tell them it was the Lee Factory Crimp Die usage that made the difference. I would just smile and receive the accolades for winning the matches. It about drove them nuts. [/QUOTE]
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