lowmileage
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Hi, I have a 25-06 that I built on a M98 action in 1968. It has a "Flaigs" barrel that were touted to be made by Douglas. Flaigs was a company in Pennsylvania that is now out of business. Flaigs did the barreling to the action. Way back then, I was using H4831 and 87 grain Hornady bullets. It shot very well. I was then using Remington 30-06 cases run thru the 25-06 dies. I used it again in 1999 on an antelope hunt. I loaded 100 grain Nosler Ballistic tips and 120 Speer's with IMR 4831. I used up to 50 grains of IMR 4831 with the Speer 120 grains which shouldn't have been maximum loads and with the exception of some flattened primers, I had no other issues. I started using it again with some Remington 25-06 cases and the 120 grain Speer's starting with 47 grains. This is a starting load per a couple of bullet companies over the internet. The bullet set just missing the lands. The first shot gave me a flattened primer, the 2nd shot a hole in the primer and the 3rd blew the primer out - that got my attention and I stopped. I had higher loads but of course I didn't try them. I double checked the powder weight in the next round of 3 that I was going to fire and they were right on at 47.5 grains. I was thinking of getting a no-go gauge as a 1st step to see if it has excess headspace. I don't know why I'm getting this problem with starting loads when previously it shot ok. The new Remington 25-06 cases are of the same weight as the old resized Remington 30-06 cases. Unfired cases chambered easily and fired cases extracted easily. I'm sorta stumped. Thanks.
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