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Is it time for to me to give up on my wildcat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 3082519" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>I think it is too. The only issue is consistent brass availability, especially if you want to use Lapua. Mine was very accurate, even with the sizing issues.</p><p></p><p>See my update in post #70 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ray at Manson did find that my resize reamer was about a thou too large at the 0.200 line and that my sizing die was just cut too large. After they've fixed the resize reamer, I should be able to get a new QUALITY die made, have the chamber set back, and it will alleviate the problems. There should be 0.004 difference between my chamber and sizing die at the 0.200 line.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sort of. Looking at the saami prints for both, the swiss cartridge is a hair smaller than the 284 but I don't know if there would be a functional capacity difference.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The whole reason I first wanted to do this cartridge was to stay with a .473 bolt head, use a Tikka action (medium length), and shoot long bullets out of an '06 capacity case without intruding on powder capacity. The 30-284 fills that need and my AI of it just makes it unique, more expensive, and a bigger pain for brass prep <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> it does actually add about 1.5 grains or so of capacity though. And it also hides pressure well so I have no idea when I've gone over 65k psi <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 3082519, member: 109994"] I think it is too. The only issue is consistent brass availability, especially if you want to use Lapua. Mine was very accurate, even with the sizing issues. See my update in post #70 :) Ray at Manson did find that my resize reamer was about a thou too large at the 0.200 line and that my sizing die was just cut too large. After they've fixed the resize reamer, I should be able to get a new QUALITY die made, have the chamber set back, and it will alleviate the problems. There should be 0.004 difference between my chamber and sizing die at the 0.200 line. Sort of. Looking at the saami prints for both, the swiss cartridge is a hair smaller than the 284 but I don't know if there would be a functional capacity difference. The whole reason I first wanted to do this cartridge was to stay with a .473 bolt head, use a Tikka action (medium length), and shoot long bullets out of an '06 capacity case without intruding on powder capacity. The 30-284 fills that need and my AI of it just makes it unique, more expensive, and a bigger pain for brass prep ;) it does actually add about 1.5 grains or so of capacity though. And it also hides pressure well so I have no idea when I've gone over 65k psi 🙄 [/QUOTE]
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