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    Hammer bullets keyhole?

    The bullets are plenty stable. Check out the jbm ballistics stability calculator. Don't with about it Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Preferred/best brass for reloading (poll)

    Because literally in the op he said if money was no issues. I also think of longevity and cost per firing. My Hornady creedmoor brass i was getting 4, maybe 5 firings before primer pockets got lose with middle of the book loads. I was on 10 firings of the Lapua brass when I sold the rifle and...
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    Preferred/best brass for reloading (poll)

    Depends on what I'm loading. Pistol, starline all the way. I was a big fan of Lapua in my 6.5 creedmoor. I use adg in my 300 RUM and it's held up really well Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Load Testing

    What were your increments before? Half a grain? Load work is less about physical group size and more about finding a velocity plateau across a few charge weights. A few key things are your extreme spread and standard deviation. When those are both low and you have a window where you could either...
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    RL 17

    If you're ever in central WY, the good place in lander almost always had stuff. Marla over there really earned the name. When nobody had h4350, she always had plenty Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Ballistic calculator vs real dope

    My first recommendation is to get the applied ballistics app and buy the CDM's(custom drag models) bc is a highly dynamic thing, and it's important to be using the right bc. Those bullets are NOT a G1 model bullet, plus the bc changes with velocity. Using that, it has been able to get me within...
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    diving in head first - critique me

    I'm sure you could! But I'm sure most of them would offer their services for free [emoji1787] Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    diving in head first - critique me

    You really are jumping in head first! That all should be just about everything you'll need for a real long time. I think the case dryer and dry tumbler are unnecessary, but I'm sure they'll get used. I do think a runout indicator would be beneficial, especially with everything you have! I'm...
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    Anyone reloading for bear defense?

    H110 behind both, the charge for the copper bullet was about 25% less powder (22 ish vs 30 grains). I don't have a hardness tester, so I couldn't tell you a number, and I cast them myself with a bit of an odd alloy (alloyed with copper, supposedly 2% copper can get the hardness up to the high...
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    Anyone reloading for bear defense?

    I do. I've got two loads for my 454 casull. A 300 grain hard cast solid, and a 300 grain solid copper Keith style bullet from cutting edge bullets. I've shot the solid copper ones clean through a 4 cylinder engine block. The issue with solid copper bullets, is they are longer for the same...
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    Delete

    Would you rather them hire another machinist to catch up, or someone to send emails? It doesn't have to be the same person, it's still labor and time used pfaffing around when they could be making your shit. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Delete

    What it takes to produce the components for an auto trickler and custom dies are widely different. Last i checked, the auto trickler doesn't have any custom, heat treated parts (which is often outsourced). But my auto trickler still has 3d printed parts Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Delete

    I can agree you on the advertised wait time. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    Delete

    That's fine if it was your show. Think of how to many people are in exactly your shoes. They're backed up to DECEMBER? You're not the only one whose order is maybe a bit behind. You want them to call every customer, about every delay? There's no way they have the sheer man power and time to do...
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    They were upfront. They said 12-16 weeks. Depending on when I'm January the order was placed, and when the dies ship, they're not too far off 16 weeks. Things change, they can't update that lead time every day or anytime anything changes. Nobody can foresee everything. I doubt anyone fore saw...
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    Sure everyone is backlogged. How many times did you reach out to them? It seems every time but ONCE (or three times depending on how you look at it) they got back to you with the most real time information they had. Is it frustrating that it's being delayed? Sure. It sucks waiting for custom...
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    454 Casull Hunting Bullet/Load

    I mostly favor the heavy bullets because they usually have more energy. I haven't noticed any relationship of bullet weight and accuracy though, mostly because i wasn't looking. I usually try to get my loads to be in a 6 inch circle at 15 yards. I've been pretty pleased with the accuracy of the...
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    454 Casull Hunting Bullet/Load

    If it were me, I'd work up a load with just those two cast performance bullets(335 and 360) get a good, accurate load for both, and do a little math to see which has more energy at range. H110/w296 have been what I've always used, and it's never let me down, and never let me walk away without a...
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    300 Ultra Mag

    I use rl33 with 230's in my rum. I also have a retumbo load Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk
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    New vs. Fire-formed brass - load development

    That's part of what a break in helps with. I wouldn't start load work on shot #1 through a barrel. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

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