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<blockquote data-quote="Skimbleshanks" data-source="post: 1945116" data-attributes="member: 22552"><p>So ill start off with. Im very frustrated. I know most things in life dont go exactly as planned but let me lay out the issues ive had with this rifle. </p><p></p><p>1)6 years to get it from the smith. </p><p>2)A couple years sitting in the closet because everytime I looked at it I would get ****ed about #1</p><p>3) Gunsmiths load for the rifle was super hot so have to come up with something else. </p><p>4)Load data is almost non existant cause 338-300 WSM isn't a popular wildcat and powder options are slim these days so BLC-2 is what im work ing with. </p><p>5)Finding dies was hard then expensive once found</p><p>6)Seating plug wont seat new bullets any deeper than .002" from the lands</p><p>7) New seating plug is .004" larger diameter than the original seating plug and wont screw in. </p><p></p><p>Im going to email the die company again as they were helpful getting a new seating plug to seat deeper but... useless that it wont screw into the die. Seems like every turn this rifle is more of a pain than its worth. The original load would make ragged holes but blow primers, ejector swipes and hard bolt lift. Ugh. 30-06 again this year probably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skimbleshanks, post: 1945116, member: 22552"] So ill start off with. Im very frustrated. I know most things in life dont go exactly as planned but let me lay out the issues ive had with this rifle. 1)6 years to get it from the smith. 2)A couple years sitting in the closet because everytime I looked at it I would get ****ed about #1 3) Gunsmiths load for the rifle was super hot so have to come up with something else. 4)Load data is almost non existant cause 338-300 WSM isn't a popular wildcat and powder options are slim these days so BLC-2 is what im work ing with. 5)Finding dies was hard then expensive once found 6)Seating plug wont seat new bullets any deeper than .002" from the lands 7) New seating plug is .004" larger diameter than the original seating plug and wont screw in. Im going to email the die company again as they were helpful getting a new seating plug to seat deeper but... useless that it wont screw into the die. Seems like every turn this rifle is more of a pain than its worth. The original load would make ragged holes but blow primers, ejector swipes and hard bolt lift. Ugh. 30-06 again this year probably. [/QUOTE]
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