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    Shoot2Hunt University

    The most important thing I can say about this class is that being able to attend it was the opportunity of a lifetime. I mean it. To anyone interested in the class - it really is something you will look back on as a pivotal point in your shooting ability. I was in the first class, and I want...
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    My gear/pack layout from base layers to binos

    If all you’re after is a wool sweater, I think most anything will do. One of the things that sets this one apart is how they sewed the arms on. It fits great and allows you to really use your arms without it pulling it around.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I just had a chance to meet up with friends I haven’t seen in a while and told them about my hunting season. A deer and elk, one shot apiece, ran less than 50 yards and dead with the 223. I thought it would spark some interest in the little bullet but one of them says to me, “Hell I’ll loan you...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Post 7219 should clear it up for you. Two pages back.
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I don’t know the answer to this but I’d like to. I’m guessing 4 inches to get from hide to inside of the chest cavity broadside. Not through the shoulder, which would be more, but apparently not enough more to matter to hornady black 62s.
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    The original post asks what happens when, in what order, and why. The point is to understand it and avoid problems. I don’t think that repeatedly saying to not shoot hot loads has anything to do with the question.
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I watched that when you posted about it before. O forgot exactly but I think he talked about moisture in the barrel acting like a lubricant and causing lower pressure and less velocity on cold bore shots. My gunsmiths theory on why the first shot is regularly slower on the chrono has to do with...
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    ON THE FENCE ABOUT A TIKKA?

    I now know more about tikkas than any other manufacturer. Interesting about their triggers and the perpendicular seer.
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    Tikka bolts

    That’s awesome. If I’d started with tikka for my 223, I’d be a barrel and one of these bolts away from a 22 creed. Have you ever found their actions sold alone for less than the price of a full rifle?
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    That thread on incipient case head separation was awesome. And interesting that they said being over pressure isn’t necessarily causing that failure, just the over working of the brass. Thanks!
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    Is there any way to tell that a CHS is on the way? Let’s say you have 12 firings at a moderate load on Lapua brass but you’ve been bumping 6 thousandths every time. Is there some sort of sign that one is coming soon?
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I think this is going in a fruitless direction.
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I’ve seen a lot of it on all forums. It’s like the three shot group club. You shoot 10 groups that are all over the place, but one of them has all three bullets touching and it gets posted on the interwebs as a one hole gun if I do my part. I’ve even thought it to myself when shooting with the...
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I guess a few people have touched on why I haven’t found a solid answer to this question before. It sounds like it will vary depending on rifle and brass and circumstances for causing that failure. For instance, I’m using a defiance action and once or twice fired lake city brass. It seems like...
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    Does your hot load show any signs of pressure, or did it go from no signs straight to a locked up bolt? Was it just as likely to screw up the trigger or roast the firing pin or get a case stuck? What action are you using?
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I really appreciate everyone’s experience and help here. I found it very interesting in that ultimate reloader video that they went way way way over pressure and only saw a little cratering. Eventually an ejector mark, and they were way over. I didn’t quite understand what would have happened...
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    Thanks Wrench. I’d like to know if, in those two cases, was there heavy bolt lift and pretty flat primers, and then one day it blew the extractor? Or was he piercing primers and had some other sort of issue but shot anyways? And if you pierce a primer, does that mean you’re going to get...
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I’ve been reloading for less than two years. I spent a lot of time reading on a bunch of different forums, and watched a lot of videos. I don’t know why this seems like a hard thing to pin down, but I can’t quite figure out how much pressure is too much. And most importantly - why. It seems like...
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    Montana Rifle Co. Junction 308Win Field Evaluation

    I’m hopeful for any company that sends gear to Form and Ryan to get honest feedback. I bought a Christensen ridgeline fft 280ai that ended up going to the gunsmith’s because it was shooting so poorly. It had the kind of problems and more that this rifle has had. I expect it’s a dairy common...
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    Montana Rifle Co. Junction 308Win Field Evaluation

    On one of the podcasts Jake mentioned he might be working on a tikka bolt with changeable bolt faces. That’s all I heard.

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