Recent content by bigbull

Is that an AR build? BB

This a very good question, there are lots of opinions and here is mine. The beginning of any custom rifle starts with the brass that will be used to feed the rifle. 1. The dimensions of the brass will guide the choices later on for the dies and the chamber reamers. 2. The dimension of the...

It is a very good thing that there minimum calibers imposed for large game hunting, In my neck of the woods the minimum is 6mm, except for maybe deer I wish the minimum was bigger than 6mm for bear and moose at least a 270 Win would be my recommendation and would even go so far as recommending a...

In my province of Quebec the minimum caliber for moose is 6mm, although legal we find it irresponsible to hunt such an animal with so small a caliber, but in fact any caliber that can break a rib and punch a hole in the lungs will kill anything walking including an elephant. I have shot my share...

I have shot them with the 338WM, 8mmRM, 300 Dakota, 330 Dakota, 270 WSM and 264WM, (more than once with each) I think ! There is no caliber that will work as well as one that puts its bullet in the right place, assuming a well constructed bullet. Let us not fool ourselves that even a 243 can...

Very practical and good advice for any hunt but playing in willows is something I can relate to and agree completely with the advice. Above what others have mentioned on calibers I would put my emphasis on the gun and setup rather on caliber, bring what you can handle.. Ultimate reliability and...

I have been using Eezox or 20 years, no reason to change for something different, goes on wet and then dries

My belief also Everybody knows that there is no one bullet that can cover all conditions, understand your bullets limits Do not use target bullets or hunting bb

DrSteve, Have you verified if the case is held vertically in two axis or if there is any visible cant? BB

Your brass looks fine based on the cutaway pics. Re-fireforming the brass is a good idea, if you want to save it. \reduce the loads accordingly or you will experience very high pressures, you will also need to resize the necks to have enough tension to firmly hold the bullet. BB

Sherm, How do you measure the location of the chamber shoulder in relation to the case shoulder, that headspace is a critical dimension, do you use special tooling to measure? BB

Josh, Out of curiosity how can you bump the shoulder that far back, what kind of die can do that, my FL sizer cannot bump that far back? BB

This die is used as is. These dies regularly have their spindles modified or replaced by different diameter spindles so the I.D. of the neck is controlled. Low runout to me is <.003, but consistency is also very important, I strive for zero runout always. The best 25 bucks I ever spent on dies.

I never had good luck with bushing dies, for low runout reloading my choice is Lee Collet neck sizer, Redding body die and a Forster or Redding benchrest seater, for the occasional FL sizing I use the Forster FL dies, although I also started 40 years ago with RCBS regular dies I have slowly...