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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Fever" data-source="post: 1916569" data-attributes="member: 113501"><p>I'm still waiting on my barrel but while I'm waiting I have been watching videos from Mark and Sam After Work and saw their linear bearing bipod mount.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea but it is expensive, the bearings look Chinese which is probably fine but I'm cheap so I found a surplus Swiss made linear bearing that was half the cost and can make two bipod mounts.</p><p></p><p>It's cheap enough to experiment with so that's what I'm going to do.</p><p></p><p>It will be Arca mount for the bipod, not picatinny so potentially more stable.</p><p></p><p>I also tried forming a case. It went fine. I did a 338 RUM Lee sizing die with an 8mm expander as the first step just to expand the neck, then the .338" expander to complete the expansion. Next I bumped the shoulder back with my body die but that left the shoulder to neck junction undersized so back to the Lee sizer, then I trimmed.</p><p></p><p>It looks good, certainly good enough to make a few break in loads and send the once fired brass to Lee for a collet neck size die.</p><p></p><p>I haven't started doing the sizing yet, I want to make sure I set my brass to the barrel headspace so my brass is moving as little as possible after I form the new neck.</p><p></p><p>The good part is that I know it should work pretty easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Fever, post: 1916569, member: 113501"] I'm still waiting on my barrel but while I'm waiting I have been watching videos from Mark and Sam After Work and saw their linear bearing bipod mount. I like the idea but it is expensive, the bearings look Chinese which is probably fine but I'm cheap so I found a surplus Swiss made linear bearing that was half the cost and can make two bipod mounts. It's cheap enough to experiment with so that's what I'm going to do. It will be Arca mount for the bipod, not picatinny so potentially more stable. I also tried forming a case. It went fine. I did a 338 RUM Lee sizing die with an 8mm expander as the first step just to expand the neck, then the .338" expander to complete the expansion. Next I bumped the shoulder back with my body die but that left the shoulder to neck junction undersized so back to the Lee sizer, then I trimmed. It looks good, certainly good enough to make a few break in loads and send the once fired brass to Lee for a collet neck size die. I haven't started doing the sizing yet, I want to make sure I set my brass to the barrel headspace so my brass is moving as little as possible after I form the new neck. The good part is that I know it should work pretty easily. [/QUOTE]
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