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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Shelp" data-source="post: 165555" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Kirby,</p><p> Haven't been on here in awhile and decided to check tonight and I see this thread. I haven't stood behind Tom everytime he loaded his rounds either so I can't say for sure that he has that many firings. But I personally don't have any reason to doubt his word at this point either.</p><p></p><p> But I can give you actual numbers from my own 338 Yogi experience though. When I unscrewed my last 338 barrel off of my competition HG class rifle some of the original 100 Lapua cases had 20 firings on them and were still going. No extraction problems at all. I purchased them in 1999 when I had my 338 Yogi built. Of those original cases 94 are still shootable after multiple barrels. I keep very good records of all of this. So I can vouch for at least 20 firings.</p><p></p><p> You are right in that these are target rifles and I wasn't looking for maximum horsepower. I shot up to 98gr of R25 with the 300gr bullet and 96gr of H1000 wih 210 and 215 primers. But my accuracy loads during the summer temps here in the SE were normally 95gr of R25 and 94gr of H1000 if memory serves we correctly.</p><p></p><p> I had some Norma case also that I got 6-8 firings out of before I lost the primer pockets using the same loads. Dave Tooley sets up his dies to minimum full length resize and slight bump on the shoulder for every sizing. I'm sure that played into the equations also.</p><p></p><p>Boy I miss shooting that monster! Watching sod fly around at 1000yds on impact is fun to watch. Whenever someone gets BR quality bullets for 338 I've got a barrel sitting in the corner with only 150rds on it ready to go. I know Berger is working on some.</p><p></p><p>Hope this sheds some light,</p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Shelp, post: 165555, member: 22"] Kirby, Haven't been on here in awhile and decided to check tonight and I see this thread. I haven't stood behind Tom everytime he loaded his rounds either so I can't say for sure that he has that many firings. But I personally don't have any reason to doubt his word at this point either. But I can give you actual numbers from my own 338 Yogi experience though. When I unscrewed my last 338 barrel off of my competition HG class rifle some of the original 100 Lapua cases had 20 firings on them and were still going. No extraction problems at all. I purchased them in 1999 when I had my 338 Yogi built. Of those original cases 94 are still shootable after multiple barrels. I keep very good records of all of this. So I can vouch for at least 20 firings. You are right in that these are target rifles and I wasn't looking for maximum horsepower. I shot up to 98gr of R25 with the 300gr bullet and 96gr of H1000 wih 210 and 215 primers. But my accuracy loads during the summer temps here in the SE were normally 95gr of R25 and 94gr of H1000 if memory serves we correctly. I had some Norma case also that I got 6-8 firings out of before I lost the primer pockets using the same loads. Dave Tooley sets up his dies to minimum full length resize and slight bump on the shoulder for every sizing. I'm sure that played into the equations also. Boy I miss shooting that monster! Watching sod fly around at 1000yds on impact is fun to watch. Whenever someone gets BR quality bullets for 338 I've got a barrel sitting in the corner with only 150rds on it ready to go. I know Berger is working on some. Hope this sheds some light, Steve [/QUOTE]
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