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naw, she's a sweetheart. but the hangover was a little much for me last time I shot it. I'll be on my best behavior this weekend hoping for sunshine & low winds so I can give a serious effort.
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Big thanks to Avagadro who sent me a "spare press"
nice little lee press to help me get started with my reloading efforts. I picked up a shell holder for it & I have the dies, got brass, powder from backwoodsbrian, it's coming around. I'll pick up some primers & bullets as soon as i can find the primers & I'll mess around with it a little this summer. No rush, plenty of time & it is showing promise with the win fact loads.
Just had to post the big thanks to Avagadro, I really appreciate it!!
Dave
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Dave,
Did you shoot it again? How was it?
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no time man... soon i hope.
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Dave ... better it getting used by you, than collecting dust with me. Hope it serves you well.
Damn ... wish I woulda thunked about it. While on vacation visiting a bud in OK he had a 505 scale I could snagged for free for you too (I gave it to him a few years ago and he never got into rolling his own). It was missing the basket and pan. Opportunity lost.
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oh you've done plenty George! I appreciate the thought tho. I'll likely go with a kit something like the Lee 50th anniversary kit. it has a safety scale in it along with all the regular goodies. Even a press, so I could set the press you gave me up for sizing & primer removal & use the other one for seating the boolits, or vice versa. I've seen that lee anniversary kit for as little as 85 bucks.
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Well I had partial boxes of win powerpoint & rem core lokt to empty. I got to it this weekend & I had nice shootimng conditions, I put a good honest effort into the powerpoints first with the results showing several 3 round groups at about 1 - 1/4 inch. Then I grabbed the partial box of rem green box & started slinging them out there with low expectations. the rem green box surprised me. I cranked out 4 inside an inch & I hosed up my fifth shot, pulled it right. My bench is an old cable spool, not the right height. seat is a plastic stack chair, too high & on uneven ground. My left fore arm was getting wacked hard by a sheetmetal edge on my rest... things weren't perfect. (these are my excuses) anyway, here we go, signs of prommise.
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Is that what you were expecting?
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well, it shows prommise. So I'm happy I guess.
I scored some primers for this thing at bass pros on my trip to louisville. They only had 3 packs in the store & they happened to be the right ones for the .264 so i bought them.
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for a hunting rifle (as opposed to a bench gun) that group looks great to me. i'd take her hunting asap.
what kinds of groups are you wanting before you declare the rifle "ready"?
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Oh I'm with you, no doubt in my mind it's ready.
I'm not one bit dissapointed with it. I do look forward to loading my own for this one though & just tinkering around.
but it's ready to go hunting as far as i'm concerned.
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Nice job and nice documentation! Thanks for sharing the great work!
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Baron von moderator, please yoink yon shticky...
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Why (not a moderator or a baron, but curious)
If you love someone set them free If they come back no one else liked them Set them free again
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because it's been hovering up at the top of the page long enough
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You really want to be pulled down Dave?
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Maybe we need a DYI forum, for us guys that will "get around" to a project like this.
Don't be so self concious about it Dave, people are still looking at it.
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It's a good reference. Shane (Montanamarine)had a good one kind of like yours that I can't find anymore.
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It's a great reference and one that needs to stay up as a sticky! I have a Ruger M77/MkII in 7mm RM that needs a free float and glass bedding, but I don't think I trust myself enough. Even with your awesome guide. ;-)
So, how did the handloading go with this rifle? Any updates?
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DYI forum's a good idea. Threads like this are worth keeping somewhere.
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