Recent content by Gene Allen

Firing pin issue? I have small primer Lapua brass in 6.5 creedmoor that I shoot out of my model 12 Savage and every 10 rounds or so my firing pin will pierce a federal 205 primer, with a light load of H 4350 of 40.8 grains, it has never done this with my large rifle primer loads with two or more...

Having never necked down brass how hard is it to neck down 300 Weatherby to 7mm STW? I see Peterson is now offering the 300 brass. Any help would be greatly appreciated *** I have to agree with everyone else the seven brass is getting harder to find and I like my 7 STW. Thanks Gene

I stated on here in the past a similar experience a 300 win mag in an 7STW, it actually spit the bullet out got some powder in the face is all which is amazing since the case was completely gone and rifle was toast, a smith cut the barrel off that’s how we know the bullet went though and had to...

I load my STW pretty slow, right at 3000 fps with the 190 Berger to try and save brass, 74gr H1000, coal 3.821, 3.066 ogive, .113 off lands, Remington 700 action, 28 in Benchmark 1/8 twist, i am not a great shot but I have got 3 shot a group at 1400 right at 7 In. When you neck down 300...

Thanks I get what your saying, I will just have to be happy with Nosler 😁

Wondering why if STW is so popular it has its own site why ADG, Lapua, or Peterson doesn’t produce it? Only choices Nosler, Winchester, Hornady, and Federal seems to me if only one would they could sell what they run or is it to cost prohibitive?

I see Bertram brass mentioned in one of the post, just wondering how it compares to Lapua & other top makers? Looking for my 7mm STW, right now I am using Nosler brass which doesn’t hold up that well, I would appreciate any comments from users of Bertram! Thanks

It sounds like some people use the Redding bushing dies & have pretty good luck so I will see if it helps me, I did measure the OD of sized brass and loaded brass .335-.336 with bullet .336.5- .337 it doesn’t seem like much tension so I also crimp, and I do use the Hornady concentricity tool to...

Could this be a problem with this batch of brass or the caliber, for instance I use Redding dies & Peterson brass for my 6.5 & have very little runout, also not nearly the runout in my STW with Nosler brass!

Hello: I have a couple of questions on the Redding bushing dies C-1 type S FL sizer for a 300 win, I am using regular Peterson brass. I am currently using an old RCBS BAR fl from when I had a Browning 300 auto & a RCBS neck die till my brass expands enough to need bumping and a Redding...

I have a question for Butter Bean since I know you like the 7mm STW, sorry for posting here but I didn’t where to post, the question is what brass do you run in your STWs? I don’t think ADG or Peterson produce any, I am using Nosler when I can get, I think it is a little better than Rem., Win...

When it happened to me it was with Winchester 760, a light load in 300 win with a Nosler 168 gr, the only reason I was using it was to fire form brass and save my good powder & bullets after a few that seemed like a muzzle loader I pulled the bullets & dumped the powder & talked with a smith &...

I don’t remember the exact load but had the same problem with a ball powder in 300 win & 168gr bullet with mag primers !

It could be my imagination but I believe nickel plated brass dulled my case trimming head so l quit using it. Do know if anyone else has had the same experience, would like to know!!

I anneal just long enough to see a slight red glow with the lighits off, you can’t see it with the lights on, I would think if it is glowing red with the lights on it could be over annealed, just my thoughts!!