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    Has anybody had any problems with their Savage Axis?

    Had the same problem with a Left-Handed .223 Axis using military ammo with harder primers, which had a 70% failure rate. I dry-fired it more than a hundred times and it did better, but still wasn't 100%. So I made a 0.0455" thick shim (a washer opened up for the firing pin) to fit between the...
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    Wildcatting the .400AR

    MidwayUSA currently has jacketed 200-grain .40 caliber polymer tipped bullets on sale without sabots. Link Here Midway's listing also shows a regular price, which indicates they may become a stock item.
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    Wildcatting the .400AR

    Whenever the .300 AAC Blackout comes up for hogs, I always think about the time my brother was mauled after shooting a 350 lb boar three times with his .30 Carbine. It was lucky he'd fired three rounds, because his friend up the trail thought he was in trouble (three evenly spaced shots being...
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    Wildcatting the .400AR

    That's some fantastic performance. Your AR an AR-10? Because I reckon a 358 WSSM cartridge delivering 2800 FPS with a 200 grain bullet would have to be at least 65,000 PSI. A 358 Winchester with that capacity doesn't get much more than 2500 FPS and it's rated at 50K. A word of caution: oversized...
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    Wildcatting the .400AR

    If I haven't seen enough cartridges in this world. I mean, c'mon just look in the back of PO Ackley's books with all those wild permutations of brass with ordinary bullets, primer and powder - what were they thinkin'? Did they expect there'd be some miraculous breakthrough from some odd chamber...
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