Recent content by 30Cal

I pull the bullets and punch out the primer after clearing the immediate area of anything that might get excited. Wear eye pro for both pulling (I’ve shattered a kinetic pulled before) and depriming.

Most recently I buckled about 6 in a row at the shoulder. I don’t have my notes handy, but I want to say I’d expanded some 6mm Rem, annealed, then crunched them trying to FL resize at 257AI. I’ve also buckled cases seating cannelure bullets. Not fun with 257 Rob because getting cases ready is...

I’ve got a 257rob AI. It’s cool but sometimes frustrating.

Can you reach the scope well enough with that low stock? super cool rifle

The fit and finish on my pre-64 (60’s build) is poor compared to my 1980’s pushfeed XTR. The corner cutting at the end of the pre-64 era is obvious.

It’s a patchwork of different types of parcels and the rules vary depending on where you’re at. Designated sites only in some places. Other places you can setup wherever as long as it’s 150ft off the water or trail. But in general, the only places which need reservations are car camping...

Seating to the cannelure is fine, but probably not optimal for accuracy. That said, a cannelure is usually an indicator that the bullet design has sacrificed accuracy for reliability. That’s not to say they cant shoot surprisingly well. Some do and some are just dogs. My impression is that...

It’s a fodder bullet that goes into a box from a number of different sets of tooling. What you’re getting sounds about right. Even match bullets will have a good amount of variation and those should at least come off one set of tooling. Check your gear and move on. The seating die shouldn’t...

So the amount of shift in feet times ten. Cool!

6mm Rem brass isn’t hard to come by. Just run it through the 257 Rob die and you’ll be all set.

He’s saying you can undo the bottom of the sling for sitting/prone. I think he meant to say “hooks” instead of “keeper”

I use spray glue for Service Rifle but I dunno if that flies for JCG matches under a strict interpretation of the CMP rules.

May be a sign that it had fired out of battery.

I've used it a fair amount. I like it. Matches up pretty well with chronograph data. Make sure you measure case volume and case length for your brass if you plan on using it up near the top end of things. I've done a little tinkering with Optimum Barrel Time using Q/L (google it). So far...

I've chased misfires in 2 rifles recently. One was related to headspace (which doesn't look like a problem in your case since everything is flush and isn't backing out). The other one was firing pin spring. It was over a half inch shorter than it should have been. But tear it down and clean...