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If I lived where you do.
Im sure I'd not worry about it.


dave

Dave once you get past the mystique of the brass forming(pretty easy),it doesn't take very much time at all,certainly no more than you go through with any other cartridge.....once you get a 160-162 to close to 3200,or a 175 close to 3100,there isn't much else to do anyway except take it hunting.

I bet it works in Alberta.

BS. That would never work here.

Last night I spoke with a fellow Fire member and I told him the last time I did the intitial case prep with virgin cases I did it quicker than one can get a pizza cooked...

I can do 100 cases with the first two steps in less than 30 minutes and those 100 cases will last me a long time. 800-1K rounds I'd expect.

Dober

Dober that sounds about right time wise.Pretty simple.heck even with new brass for factory cartridges,a guy kills time round ing necks, chamfering etc.

This is not a tricky nor complex wildcat if you are using 300WM brass.With a bag of new brass in the morning,I'm hunting in the afternoon.

Sorry for the hijack.

I would not go lighter than a #3 contour with shank end trimmed to about 1 3/4" length with overall length about 23".
Any favorite caliber between .270 Win to 300 WSM.

A well adjusted trigger no lighter than 2 1/2 lb pull.

Right now,parts wise.
I have the long action Defiance with the Dave Gentry M70 Safe installed.Long tennon, M700 Tang.
Its a very slick action.
Stock is the GP/HTG LOP at 14 Edge Fill.
Action skidded forward .5 of aan inch just like all my others.
All it needs is bedding job and paint.
Bottom Metal PTG BDL.

Scope wise I might very well commit Blasphemy and run something other than a S&B.
Im thinking a Zeiss Victory is 2.5-10x50.
I find the 50mm Fits me much better than the 42mm stuff.With the Zeiss I loose weight.
Kinda depends on the reticle.
All time favorite is the S&B No4.
The heavy part of the reticle is much closer togeather than a 4a.You can use the verticle part of the heavy post as a hold over.
Works ever so well and is about the best you can do in the dark with out a light.

I still have fluted No4s is 270 7mm and 30 caliber.
Id try to keep it at a finished length of 24.
That I can live with.
I like the mashburn idea with the 150 NBT.
Dober just keeps chipping away.....


dave

For you RD.
A good read.
I did build a 7mm Mashburn and love it.
dave

Any dicking around to form that or just run it through the FL Mashburn die ? You still have that Defiance action with the 3 pos safety ? Any pics ? I think they are doing them now on the Rebel's.

When they are next to each other the 28 Nosler doesn't look like it dwarfs the 300 WM (Lapua) case.

I still have both of them.
I've been tied up with my 1000 yard builds and have not finished either one.
There ready to finish but I just have not.
Dave Gentry 3 pos safes with rifle basic triggers.
Mcmillian GP/HTGs in edge and Rock barrels in 25 and 30.
If you stroke a 300 win mag case one time in a Mashburn die your pretty much good to go.
I have changed my mind several time on what I want for chambers.Latest is a 6.5/284 and the 26 Nosler.Kinda on a 6.5 kick and not wildcats.But who knows ill most likley change my mind again before I finish them.
My 270 STW was the most fun of all...

dave

Do you have a pic of the action Dave w/ 3 pos safety installed ?

No I do not..
Having my 17 pounder rebarreled at the moment.I can get a phone pic and send it to you if you like, say in a few weeks.
Both the 270 STW and the Mashburn were like M700 part gun extras .
I ever get caught up,I got a couple more on the bucket list....

dave

Who installed those mod 70 safeties for you Dave ?

Gentry made them.Took almost a year.
I've fondled them quite a bit.
There sweet.
I had read somewhere that Defiance was going to start doing it.
Not sure if they ever did.
If your going to do it for sure ,tell Defiance to leave off the safety cut in the tang.
You wont need it.
Far as I know mine are the first.
dave

Yes Defiance will do it on the Rebel. SS or CM $225.

I guess I am a dullard because I would take a Sako Bavarian in 6.5x55 or 300 WSM with a Zeiss HD5.

Then your all set.
dave