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New .338LM reloading help
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<blockquote data-quote="P7M13" data-source="post: 1904351" data-attributes="member: 94154"><p>Just had a memory here, and want to stress one important aspect:</p><div style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>KEEP DETAILED NOTES</strong></div><p>I had one shot out of the 110BA that recoiled a lot harder than normal. Bolt was stuck. No matter how hard I hammered at it, it wasn't coming unstuck.</p><p>It's a good thing the chassis is so stout. Took the rifle home, clamped it up in the vise, and used a cheater bar to lift the bolt.</p><p>The primer was pierced, the primer cup welded to the bolt face, brass had flowed onto the bolt face.</p><p>Hammered out the case (mushrooming the end of my aluminum rod - had to go to a steel one with electrical tape wrap). I could still read the sharpie marking on the case, which I write immediately after loading the powder into it.</p><p>Didn't see it in my notes, but in the order of shooting (load case in order and card marked), I was able to determine that I had loaded 3 grains extra powder into that case but my notes said it was in a specific group.</p><p>Then there are the inevitable insights: don't be distracted while reloading, and if you ever have to hammer your bolt open, a compothane dead blow / lead hammer / wood hammer or block of wood is pretty practical.... No, I didn't mushroom my bolt handle. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P7M13, post: 1904351, member: 94154"] Just had a memory here, and want to stress one important aspect: [INDENT][B]KEEP DETAILED NOTES[/B][/INDENT] I had one shot out of the 110BA that recoiled a lot harder than normal. Bolt was stuck. No matter how hard I hammered at it, it wasn't coming unstuck. It's a good thing the chassis is so stout. Took the rifle home, clamped it up in the vise, and used a cheater bar to lift the bolt. The primer was pierced, the primer cup welded to the bolt face, brass had flowed onto the bolt face. Hammered out the case (mushrooming the end of my aluminum rod - had to go to a steel one with electrical tape wrap). I could still read the sharpie marking on the case, which I write immediately after loading the powder into it. Didn't see it in my notes, but in the order of shooting (load case in order and card marked), I was able to determine that I had loaded 3 grains extra powder into that case but my notes said it was in a specific group. Then there are the inevitable insights: don't be distracted while reloading, and if you ever have to hammer your bolt open, a compothane dead blow / lead hammer / wood hammer or block of wood is pretty practical.... No, I didn't mushroom my bolt handle. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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