Well, sorry for the silence for a while, life got busy and sluthing my rifle issues had to wait. Here is the update, which actually surprised me:
Sunday I spend the afternoon at the range with my...
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Well, sorry for the silence for a while, life got busy and sluthing my rifle issues had to wait. Here is the update, which actually surprised me:
Sunday I spend the afternoon at the range with my...
@versifier -
I hand prime all my brass. I never did set up the priming arm on my RC.
As for the process used to set up the die, that is where I am really a novice. I usually take a factory load and...
@fryboy -
Absolutely will use caution when de-priming the DNF rounds.
As you mentioned, the primes are even across the face, and I am confident they are set properly. Just flush or slightly below...
@fryboy -
I took the rounds that didn't fire, removed the bullet and powder out, and marked them as DNF (Did Not Fire) while I figured out what was going on.
When I get a chance I will pull out a...
OK, I may be getting the jist of this posting (and then maybe not).
I'll try and answer all the questions here in the hopes that you can help me figure this out.
As far as I can tell, all the...
Yes, all the brass is factory that I have fired myself.
Yes, I full length resized them using RCBS dies.
I am a recent entrant into the world of reloading. I have done mostly pistols, but have also tried my hand at rifle cartridges - 25-06 mainly.
I have an old Mouser Sporter I received from my...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |