We put a half an elk and 2 deer to straight burger and 2 other deer to bacon burger this year. My family goes through a lot of burger in a year.
We cut a few roasts and slice jerky and cube steak the rest.
Been using a fat wrench for years.
Blue loktite on the base threads and dry scope cap bolt threads.
I use the manufacturers recommended ring torque value and manufacturers base torque value and roll with that.
Never had an issue. Ever. And I hunt my ass off….and I’m pretty hard on things...
We have one of these and we like it. Its tight, but my wife and I fit both of our bows in the case.
A guy at the Edmonton Alberta airport (Who was clearly going bear hunting with a large group of friends) saw the big case and said to my wife "Geeze girl how many guns did you think you needed to...
Typically, if my day pack weighed more than 15 pounds, I would have a meltdown.... My day pack for elk weights between 10-15 pounds and that's typically non-negotiable. It probably weighed 20 pounds this year because I had to carry my kids junk with me. Gona make some changes next year....lol
I use a vibratory tumbler for a couple hours and then give them a few twists in the steel wool to get any carbon off the necks.
Then I re-size.
Then I trim.
Then I hit them with a primer pocket brush and a uniformer.
Then I use the center drill attachment in the flash hole. Inside of the case...