Now I bet that made him happy Feenix...As I previously noted, I commend you for your persistence in making it work. I have been pretty lucky all my wildcats worked out as I wanted.
Now I bet that made him happy Feenix...As I previously noted, I commend you for your persistence in making it work. I have been pretty lucky all my wildcats worked out as I wanted.
Actually a better cartridge than a .308.No advantage to that case over current factory. Sometimes a wildcat makes no sense especially if you do not have money to waste on it
it's super typical for there to be some carbon on the neck. Typical neck clearance is .004-.005" and this will have carbon on the neck, like just about any typical chamber. Infact BR shooters look for a sine wave in the carbon on the neck to tell them the brass clearance is "happy"It seems that you are getting carbon build-up on the case neck after firing, since you are having to clean with a 3M pad. This shouldn't be happening. It indicates that the neck portion of the chamber is cut a bit too big. I had a 6.5-284 built, and it came with this problem. If I recall correctly, I confirmed the problem by measuring the neck diameter on a fired case - it was larger than spec. I asked him to re-cut the chamber to 6.5 Wby RPM, he did, and that problem went away.
I see your photo of a case standing on end, with a ring of metal around the neck. It looks like this case is a fired case. I'm thinking that you resized it and got this result (?) If you try to use a properly made resizing die on a fired case that has expanded in diameter beyond spec, it might build up a shaving roll something like pictured. Just speculation, though.
Not certain about what you mean here about keeping the thread going in the proper direction?it's super typical for there to be some carbon on the neck. Typical neck clearance is .004-.005" and this will have carbon on the neck, like just about any typical chamber. Infact BR shooters look for a sine wave in the carbon on the neck to tell them the brass clearance is "happy"
If you go down to .001" clearance you won't have carbon on the necks but this isn't recommended for the average shooter as it can cause other issues.
The photo of the case with the neck all messed up was because the expander die he tried to use was not reamed for a 30 cal neck. You looked at the picture but didn't think it necessary to read the text that went along with it...????
@Alibiiv, @DLJ6, @Lee Goodwin way to keep the thread going in the proper direction
Well put. To the OP, I've come to the conclusion that most of us can't shoot what your cartridge purports to offer over other cartridges.Biggest issue with modern wildcats is clearly laying out a well defined goal of the niche it will fill. Then going out and making very certain in the near exhaustive catalog of modern cartridges it actually fills a need worth the time and energy spent. Failing to do that causes most the wildcat angst. Gotta make the juice worth the squeeze, usually even then it's more expensive than the next closest factory offering.
Oopsit's super typical for there to be some carbon on the neck. Typical neck clearance is .004-.005" and this will have carbon on the neck, like just about any typical chamber. Infact BR shooters look for a sine wave in the carbon on the neck to tell them the brass clearance is "happy"
If you go down to .001" clearance you won't have carbon on the necks but this isn't recommended for the average shooter as it can cause other issues.
The photo of the case with the neck all messed up was because the expander die he tried to use was not reamed for a 30 cal neck. You looked at the picture but didn't think it necessary to read the text that went along with it...????
@Alibiiv, @DLJ6, @Lee Goodwin way to keep the thread going in the proper direction
clicker is when the case basically is stuck in the chamber and you need to really push up hard on the bolt handle and it makes a "click" when it whacks the top of the extraction ramp. Usually caused by over pressure loads or a miss match between die and chamber that allows the .200 line to get to large.Maybe a bit late to the train.
So, what about your rifle is not quite right?
What you means by "clickers?"
How accurate is it?
Can you post some pics of your fired brass, of both the primers/base and the bump at .200?
More to follow.