Recent content by pennytoo

I have just tried this powder in my Saco rifle. I seem to shoot well but also seems hard to clean thoroughly. Any comments ?:)

Good to hear from you. While looking on the net last night I found a related article on the Guns and Ammo website. "What the Instructions Don't Tell You" explains the mechanics of resizing very well and explains why we may have problems with belted cases. Best of luck, keep shooting bob

Thanks for your information. I just don't understand the mechanics of this problem. I can't see how if the case goes all the way into the full length resizing die .it will not fit freely into the rifle especially if it had been fired in the same gun. I guess ??? that the possible problem with...

Attached are pix of the three fired cases . I rotated them to show all sides. Thank you, bob

Yes, I will send photos. I did visit with my friend who reamed the chamber and we used his bore scope to examine he chamber. He did not see anything out of the ordinary and said that he had done several others with that reamer with no problems. The only thing I noticed that looked odd is that...

Thanks, I am going to do some more work and measuring, and post info I obtain:).

Thank you.

I have a Ruger #1 with a custom 257 Wby bbl. It shoots very well , but I have a problem when I neck size only using an RCBS Neck Sizer die. I adjusted this die to size the neck fully. :)The problem is that the loaded rounds are very difficult and sometimes too hard to chamber. I have tried...

I forgot to state that this is a new rechamber job.

I am shooting once fired cases which after fire forming have a length of 1.68" to 1.72". I am loading Barnes VG 36 Gr. bullets in front of 26 Gr. of A2230. I can't measure pressure but it should be at or below 50,000, based on 223 Rem data. Primers are not flattened and case heads are not...

I have a Sako .223 converted to the A I configuration and I have a problem with cases failing to extract. In fact I am unable to open the bolt unless I give it a sharp rap with a wood block or soft mallet. I tried a detailed cleaning of the chamber and bolt recesses and believe that all is...