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Which .30 to build? Economical weight & speed?
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1276717" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Yep! I don't, but you can. It requires zero extra brass prep (prior to fire-forming) if you use brand new .300 Wby cases. I even use a .300 Wby neck-sizer die and seater die to load for it. I've had it since 2014, and still haven't ordered any custom Whidden dies for it yet. I need to get around to that. But I haven't shot much in the last year or 2 thanks to work, moving, and family stuff. But to get you started, you can use a cheap set of RCBS .300 Wby neck sizer & seater dies.</p><p></p><p>I load up new Nosler .300 Wby cases with a starting charge of RL-22 and a cheap Hornady Interlock (or 155 or 168 Nosler Custom Comp) and fire them. Then you have a properly formed case to start your load development.</p><p></p><p>Some folks don't waste the time fire-forming with a light charge and just shoot factory ammo, but I like to tinker, so I go through the extra effort to keep from cracking necks and shoulders. Lower pressures will move the brass where it needs to go without causing too rapid an expansion, which is where you get cracks in new brass from... Granted it's often times caused by oversize factory chambers (which I don't have to worry about with any of my rifles). Didn't happen to me, but I've even seen a chamber so out of spec that it happened shooting factory ammo in a factory chambered barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1276717, member: 12995"] Yep! I don't, but you can. It requires zero extra brass prep (prior to fire-forming) if you use brand new .300 Wby cases. I even use a .300 Wby neck-sizer die and seater die to load for it. I've had it since 2014, and still haven't ordered any custom Whidden dies for it yet. I need to get around to that. But I haven't shot much in the last year or 2 thanks to work, moving, and family stuff. But to get you started, you can use a cheap set of RCBS .300 Wby neck sizer & seater dies. I load up new Nosler .300 Wby cases with a starting charge of RL-22 and a cheap Hornady Interlock (or 155 or 168 Nosler Custom Comp) and fire them. Then you have a properly formed case to start your load development. Some folks don't waste the time fire-forming with a light charge and just shoot factory ammo, but I like to tinker, so I go through the extra effort to keep from cracking necks and shoulders. Lower pressures will move the brass where it needs to go without causing too rapid an expansion, which is where you get cracks in new brass from... Granted it's often times caused by oversize factory chambers (which I don't have to worry about with any of my rifles). Didn't happen to me, but I've even seen a chamber so out of spec that it happened shooting factory ammo in a factory chambered barrel. [/QUOTE]
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