i have had my Kenetreks for close to ten years (same for my wife and my brother) and never had any issues with them. We just make sure to wax them good and heavy before every season and set them by the fireplace heat to soak in over nigh.
very possible but i have seen a lot of guys use the expander if they don’t next turn. if far from being an expert at any of this though.
it would be easy to pull the die apart and measure the expander and compare it to bullets. I also think the bullet is sticking in the barrel and...
i’m running 175 ELD-X at just over 3100 ft/sec using 78.2 grains of H1000. the last time i took it out and shot it over the lab radar everything looked promising. SD was around 6 and all the velocity’s were very close.
I got got my last one from Kelblys, I wanted the ejector on the lug so i want tossing my brass out. another plus if you have them build the gun and you need a new barrel, you just call them up and they can do all the work and just send you the barrel and you just have to screw it on. They...