Recent content by cbb

My first custom is also my first long range gun. I searched forever before deciding on the colors, so I figure I owe everyone who has posted pics before. It is a Defensive Edge Canyon Rifle 338 Edge in Desert Web and stainless cerekote. Shawn and Bob tell me it is a first in this color combo...

Hope you have a great time! These are just things I would consider. Hope they may be helpful to you. Topography- if you are in the flat tundra- ranging can be difficult. It may limit your ability to range really far. Flat, bumpy, squishy tundra is hard to walk on for some. How far from camp...

My bullet run out will be measured on the Hornady. My neck run out was measured using RCBS case master. I guess I never mentioned that. I understand that fire formed and more uniform brass (all the measuring and neck turning noted above) will make for straighter, more consistent run out...

Update, I ran less beat up new 300 Rem ultra mag brass through a standard RCBS die just over the sizing ball to make it more uniform 30 cal opening. Neck run out was typically 0.002, surprising me. I then ran it over the redding die mandrel to neck up to .338 size. It has a longer sizing...

Thanks for your help. I have a better understanding of the process now.

Thanks eveyone, I was sizing nearly all of the neck to start. I tried sizing to 75% of the neck length but I was not able to decrease my run out. I was measuring in the middle of the area actually sized and not on the ends. I did not check to see if unsized portion will cause a chambering...

I'm new to detailed hand loading and new to long range equipment. I am loading for a 338 edge- Defensive Edge Canyon (pics pending) and have been following the advice I have read from posts on this site and Shawn Carlock's reloading video. New Rem brass that varies wildly before necking up...