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    Gunsmithing anybody know what this is?

    Several years ago, I bought a couple of lots of items at the estate sale of a guy who had been a gunsmith. I actually bought fishing equipment, but there was a tackle box thrown into the lot that seems to contain some sort of gunsmithing tools. At least I suspect them to be related to...
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    Remington 721

    I recently purchased a 721 action 30-06, all original. This was sort of an impulse buy just because I was looking for a very inexpensive 30-06 to play with and the price was right on this rifle. After purchasing, I did a little research on the 721 and discovered that they've had safety issues as...
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    Accidents

    This may belong in the stupid questions forum, but I thought it might be more likely to reach knowledgeable people here in the reloading forum. I'm just curious to know what your experiences are with people having a rifle blow up in their face. I know all the warnings about being extra careful...
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    Bad lot of Lapua Scenar 300 grain bullets

    I think I have a couple of boxes of 300 gr 338 Lapua Scenars that are defective. I recently purchased 200 of them from Powder Valley and was loading some this morning when I noticed (after loading 53 rounds) that the bullets all have deep longitudinal gouges around the circumference of the...
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    seeking suggestions

    A friend and I have been experimenting with some long range shooting for a while now and have discovered that we have a tough time discerning hits at times. The place where we shoot is devoid of vegetation, a bit hilly, and mostly dry dirt and rocks, so we can usually see impacts from the dust...
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    removal of upside down primers

    Back before I purchased a hand priming tool, I was using the priming arm on my Rock Chucker and had a recurring problem with primers flipping in the priming cup as I was seating them. As a result, I now have a collection of 338LM Lapua brass with improperly seated primers. Some are sideways and...
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    Lead Smelter Closing

    I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, so I chose reloading. I'm just curious to know how you guys think the closing of the lead smelter is going to impact the prices and availability of ammo. I just heard about this today from a friend and he says we should expect a major ammo shortage (as...
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    can't connect with Firefox

    I always use Mozilla Firefox and have never had any trouble accessing this site with it until today. Now, all of a sudden, Firefox gives me an error message when I try to access Snipershide. When I switch to Internet Explorer, I have no trouble at all. Has something changed that would be causing...
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    bullet seating depth

    I recently read an article on bullet seating depth and then decided to perform the test with my rifle. I'll attempt to post a link to the article here: Optimizing Precision And Accuracy From VLD Bullets Anyway, I loaded up 4 different sets of rounds with bullets seated at different depths...
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    21st century shooting hand priming tool

    Are any of you guys familiar with this hand priming tool? If so, I would like to know about its quality. I have about had it with my Rock Chucker priming arm and am ready to order a hand priming tool right away. I had the Sinclair in my cart at Brownell's, but they are sold out of the priming...
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    black soot on case necks

    I'm hoping some of you guys may be able to help me understand what is happening and what I need to do to correct it. I'm working with a new 338 Lapua rifle and have only put 65 rounds through it so far. For the first 55 rounds, I used 2 different powders, N560 and Accurate Magpro. I did not have...
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    Hunting & Fishing Hunting in Germany

    My wife's family live in Germany, so I go there to visit every year and will be going this year during June and July. She just told me that she talked to a friend whose brother is a hunting guide and he wants to take me hunting while I'm there this summer. She has no idea what sort of hunting it...
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    Rifle Scopes shooting with glasses

    I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, so I chose this one as it seems most relevant. My question is about shooting with or without corrective lenses. I recently had an injury to my right (dominant) eye as some foreign body got embedded in my eye and had to be removed by an eye doctor...
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    inconsistent seating depth

    I'm needing some of you guys with a lot of experience to help me out with a problem I keep running into. I'm reloading a few different calibers and it happens to me no matter which one I'm working with. I have been using RCBS dies...just the regular, lowest cost dies that they make....maybe...
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    sources for data

    I just bought a new rifle that I want to reload for and I've been searching everything I can find online and in my book to try to get reloading data, but I still come up a little short. My rifle is a CZ 550 HET in .338 Lapua. So far, I have just started acquiring components and haven't even...
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    Sako trg-42

    I have been contemplating purchasing a .338 Lapua rifle for about 3 years now and I finally have put away enough money to actually purchase something in the 3k-4k price range. I have several options that I've looked into, including a custom build, but I keep going back to look at the SAKO...
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    Rifle Scopes Vortex PST 6-24x50 in stock anywhere?

    I've made numerous phone calls to all the major optics retailers this morning, trying to buy a Vortex PST 6-24x50 ffp MOA/MOA and nobody seems to have them in stock or has much idea when they will get any. Do any of you guys happen to know of somebody I could call to find one in stock and ready...
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    Forster case neck trimmer

    I have a Forster case neck trimmer and my crank handle keeps coming unscrewed as I turn it. What the heck am I doing to cause this? I keep screwing it back in and then it unscrews itself as I turn the next case. It just started happening yesterday. I've used it numerous times in the past without...
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    switching primers

    I'm fairly new to reloading and have just recently been putting a lot of effort into working on loads for my .308 Win. I've only worked with 2 different powders so far, Accur 2520 and Varget, and have mainly focused my efforts on Varget. I'm using Lapua brass, FL sizing it for first loading and...
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    Rifle Scopes ring height for CZ550

    I'm hoping someone here may have some experience with CZ550 and proper scope ring height. I have a CZ550 Varmint rifle that I will be fitting with new optics soon. Up until now, I have been using a Springfield Gov model 6x40 and will be replacing it with a Vortex PST 6-24x50. What I found to be...
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