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Things had stalled when I went to install the scope and found one of the bases was crooked, so I took my annoying little problem to Jaco Goosen and his patience and expertise found that the front...

Short update.
As load development progresses, I was focused on the brass and velocities. I decided to fit a scope anyway just to see what the groups looked like, and bugger me dead... the rear scope...

Thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely give that a go!

Pretty much. the x60 will be a little more capacity than the Ackley but without the benefit of sharper shoulder angle. On the plus side, the x60 doesn't need new dies.

As far as I understand it (Jaco will know the answer here) The freebore is cut by the reamer, so the reamer would have to be modified in order to shorten the freebore.

Mickey Duck is right, extra...

I am yet to calculate case capacity, though I should probably get onto that as I'd like to run some numbers through quickload.
The donor is a Parker Hale, with the Zastava type action. 98 Mauser...

Now that I have brass, I am moving into loads.

7x57
Sierra 140gr H4350 47.6 Max 2800 fps
Speer 130gr H4350 50.0 Max 2930 fps
Speer 145gr H4350 50.0 Max 2820 fps ...

Don't know, I don't have any. It could go either way perhaps.

Indeed! btw Lars, the two jugs of H4350 I bought from you last year will be used in the 7x60

Brass Forming the 7x60

The idea of forming .30-06 or one of the various cartridges of similar dimension appeared in my imagination as a straightforward process. However, initial attempts were...

Hi Gents,
I thought I would be somewhat greedy and create another wildcat thread, this specifically for the progress of my wildcat mostly from the reloading aspect, as I am currently up to the load...