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The PRC die "problem"
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<blockquote data-quote="Travis sackwar" data-source="post: 2249420" data-attributes="member: 111997"><p>Well I figure I'd post my results here after testing. I am running the 300 PRC. Prefit Proof Carbon barrel. Getting clicks at the top of the bolt like many of you. Easy bolt lift and no other signs of pressure. Click was there well under book max. </p><p></p><p></p><p>sent barrel back to proof to have it "polished out". Did NOTHING. </p><p></p><p>purchased Alex Wheeler reamer off JGS website and had my chamber set back/re-reamed. After doing this I still had a click but I was able to run 1gr higher and it was a much more manageable click. Still not happy with the results.</p><p></p><p>decided to try a Redding type s FL die instead of LE Wilson..... and sure enough after measure sized case from both dies the Redding sizes about 0.0015-0.002" more than my Wilson die. IT FIXED THE CLICK. I was able to run up to max book value of 78.1gr H1000 behind a 212 eldx using Lapua brass getting 3005-3015fps out of my 26" 1:9tw Proof carbon. No click. No ejector marks. No flattened primers. Easy bolt lift. Stopping there because my ES was 10fps over 5 shots. </p><p></p><p>So as Alex stated previously you would need his reamer specs and a tight factory die. This IS THE FIX.</p><p></p><p>also just FYI if anyone is wondering. I've got 2 pieces of Lapua brass I've been testing. Both had the "click" originally and were reloaded at the range over and over during testing. The click is gone now after the new reamer and die and are currently at 10 firings. Zero issues whatsoever. Tight primer pockets. Only annealed 2x between trips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travis sackwar, post: 2249420, member: 111997"] Well I figure I’d post my results here after testing. I am running the 300 PRC. Prefit Proof Carbon barrel. Getting clicks at the top of the bolt like many of you. Easy bolt lift and no other signs of pressure. Click was there well under book max. sent barrel back to proof to have it “polished out”. Did NOTHING. purchased Alex Wheeler reamer off JGS website and had my chamber set back/re-reamed. After doing this I still had a click but I was able to run 1gr higher and it was a much more manageable click. Still not happy with the results. decided to try a Redding type s FL die instead of LE Wilson..... and sure enough after measure sized case from both dies the Redding sizes about 0.0015-0.002” more than my Wilson die. IT FIXED THE CLICK. I was able to run up to max book value of 78.1gr H1000 behind a 212 eldx using Lapua brass getting 3005-3015fps out of my 26” 1:9tw Proof carbon. No click. No ejector marks. No flattened primers. Easy bolt lift. Stopping there because my ES was 10fps over 5 shots. So as Alex stated previously you would need his reamer specs and a tight factory die. This IS THE FIX. also just FYI if anyone is wondering. I’ve got 2 pieces of Lapua brass I’ve been testing. Both had the “click” originally and were reloaded at the range over and over during testing. The click is gone now after the new reamer and die and are currently at 10 firings. Zero issues whatsoever. Tight primer pockets. Only annealed 2x between trips. [/QUOTE]
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