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Greetings All,
Totally agree with measuring shoulder bump especially on belted cases. Setting back the shoulder by feel on a belted case can result in the shoulder being set too far back if there is...

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Maybe. You can check with a bent paper clip feeling for a groove on the inside of the case. If you feel a groove bin it. Sizing belted cases is fraught with problems. You could (and...

Greetings Padox,
There is quite a bit going on in the last bit of bolt closure in a Remington 700. One of these is the extractor being forced over the rim of the case. This can be read as a tight...

Hmmm,
Light load in a .270 BSA Hunter to mimic a light 7x57 load? Perhaps a 7x57 barrel is not far away?
GPM.

Greetings all,
I currently have two sets of .223 Rem sizing dies here so I thought it might be useful to compare their sized cases. I selected two once fired cases that had been fired in my old...

Greetings Moa Hunter and all,
No the shell holders are generally pretty good. The problem is with the tolerances between the chambers and dies. The maximum case needs to fit in the minimum chamber...

Greetings Padox,
Congratulations you have identified the problem. My son lent me some Hornady headspace comparators and some sets of the Redding competition shell holders earlier this year. I had...

My suggestion is that the cases may not be as alike as you think. The manufacturer may be the same but unless you bought the whole 200 at the same time and of the same batch there could be some...

Greetings again,
From your description I assume that you are using 130 grain cup and core projectiles. Looking at the data your pressure is around 48,000 CUP. This is well above the 40,000 CUP or...

Greetings Padox,
Magnum primers have negligible effect on the cause of head separations. In a chamber that is too long for the cartridge (or a cartridge that is too short for the chamber) the case...