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Cheers, yeah i started at 41 and went up in .5 to 43, when firing the 43 it started leaving copper flakes coming from the case head all around my bolt.
forgot to mention its only a 18" barrel so...

yeah i think ill stay just below.

43gr which is in the brass i posted above is getting 2700
42.5gr getting me 2650 (no signs of the above on this load)... I'm happy with this, so think ill stay...

a dirty Tikka ;)

nope

yup trimmed and Full length sizing, this only happened on my hottest load

Oh.... I mean the rubbing on the rim/base (whatever its called), photo one is easier to see. Basically left brass flakes in the bolt face.

So just started reloading and was going through my first batch, when i noticed my higher charged 7mm08 loads started getting this around the rim (see below).
I know its not extractor marks but my...