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Reloading
I think I got hosed.
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<blockquote data-quote="Prairie Dog50" data-source="post: 513407" data-attributes="member: 29069"><p>I took some brass to the gun smith from several handloads after he had "cleaned the gun properly", (savage model 12 fv) and even though they showed several spots where the bolt face had imprinted itself on the base of the case, and even though several of them had flattened and cratered primers he said that they looked fine. So after hearing this I worked up several loads for a ladder test today. The first shot at the minimum charge, as stated in the speer reloading manual, blew the primer out of the pocket and stuck the case inside the chamber. BTW the load was 55 grain v-max, winchester brass, cci no 200 large rifle primer, and a min charge of 32 grains of varget. The one and only shot that I got to take chrony-ed at 3806. Took the same load with a different oal for my mauser action based .22-250, and was able to shoot the whole ladder test without any problems. The first charge on the mauser was chrony-ed at 3351. The gun smith that used the head space gauge and that diagnosed the savage as having too long of a headspace did not have a savage barrel nut wrench, so he recommened that we take it to Shillen, in Ennis Tx.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prairie Dog50, post: 513407, member: 29069"] I took some brass to the gun smith from several handloads after he had "cleaned the gun properly", (savage model 12 fv) and even though they showed several spots where the bolt face had imprinted itself on the base of the case, and even though several of them had flattened and cratered primers he said that they looked fine. So after hearing this I worked up several loads for a ladder test today. The first shot at the minimum charge, as stated in the speer reloading manual, blew the primer out of the pocket and stuck the case inside the chamber. BTW the load was 55 grain v-max, winchester brass, cci no 200 large rifle primer, and a min charge of 32 grains of varget. The one and only shot that I got to take chrony-ed at 3806. Took the same load with a different oal for my mauser action based .22-250, and was able to shoot the whole ladder test without any problems. The first charge on the mauser was chrony-ed at 3351. The gun smith that used the head space gauge and that diagnosed the savage as having too long of a headspace did not have a savage barrel nut wrench, so he recommened that we take it to Shillen, in Ennis Tx. [/QUOTE]
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