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Al, I just picked up a annealer from a buddy. What’s your thought on annealing every time versus maybe every 3rd or 4th loading?
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If you do it every 3rd or 4th, you won’t be doing it every time.
It’s a game of reducing variables.
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Man that is a fine group at that distance, there are several that would be happy with that at 100 yards.
I too would love to hear about your annealing process. Do you use a machine or just the drill and socket type set up, temp sticks, or?
By the way this is a great thread......
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I don't need an AMP, I don't need and AMP, I don't need an AMP.
You sonsabitches!!!
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Al,I just picked up a annealer from a buddy. What’s your thought on annealing every time versus maybe every 3rd or 4th loading? I believe for best consistency, every time is the way to go. You'll have to readjust your full length die after annealing as well.
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I too would love to hear about your annealing process. Do you use a machine or just the drill and socket type set up, temp sticks, or? By the way this is a great thread...... Like a lot of guys, I started out with the drill & socket, but figured out a way to speed it up. Funny, but my idea preceded the Anneal-Rite guy's by several years......so much for fame & fortune.... Since I was a carpenter, & not a machinist, I worked with what I could scrounge up around the house. I built the 1st "prototype", with the idea to modify later if need be. As it turned out, I'm still slumming my original redneck version: First, I built two cradles for the bottles. Then found a piece of 5/8" tubing that I drilled 2 holes about a half inch down from each end, cut off a 16 penny nail, & peened the end to keep it in place. That was my cartridge holder. Then I drilled a hole through the middle, and screwed a bolt through it into a 1 1/4" piece of dowel for a handle. Presto....an annealing machine! I have never used a temp stick, just do it in a semi-darkened room, and look for the dull orange to show on the necks, turn and dump them in water, set on the next case, etc. Takes 2-3 seconds depending on the case. I don't dunk them to stop the heat, I do it because I believe the seating is more consistent vs not quenching. I also use warm water, which helps speed up the drying. I dump them in a strainer and dry them with a blow dryer while shaking, stirring, & flipping the brass. 5 minutes and they're done. Dump them in a bowl, and off to full length sizing.
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Good stuff Al...Especially the warm water quenching suggestion. 😎
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Thanks Al, you are the man.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Random pics trying to get this thing broke in on a coyote.
Can't seem to persuade a willing participant to join the festivities.
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All you need is a volunteer or 12 to come join the party. That is one sweet looking rig
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I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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The 'yotes must be practicing "extreme" social distancing.
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aalf is that a Hog Saddle?
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The 'yotes must be practicing "extreme" social distancing. Gotta be, it certainly can't be anything I'm doing wrong.....
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aalf is that a Hog Saddle? Yes it is..... Definitely more jingle than the Pig Saddle, but the Pig is half again heavier. Pick your poison.
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Looks like a nice accessorie, do you prefer them over a good bipod?
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Looks like a nice accessory, do you prefer them over a good bipod? For dedicated calling, yes. Like most, I started with a tall Harris bipod, but eventually found it too short for setups on steeper hillsides, and tough to keep up on a moving coyote. So then I went to a Bogpod tripod, and added ethafoam wedges on both sides of the U-shaped top, and wrapped them with black tape to get a snug fit on the stock. Fairly light, easy to track moving coyotes, easy to grab & go if need be, ability to splay out the legs for shooting prone, but somewhat lacking for holding steady for longer shots.A couple years ago I made the switch to the new tripod with the Hog Saddle. A little heavier, more money, but certainly sturdier & steadier, and not have to chase balance as with the Bogpod.
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After I pulled the stock off for checking fitment on another barreled action, I thought I best check zero.
I fired a couple at 100, made an adjustment, then moved to 225 yards, and fired this group:Close enough.......next......check at distance.......
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Next morning I got out before any wind showed up, drove the target out to 603 yards, and got set up.
Dialed in the scope, and launched the first shot.
A little right, and a hair high, so I dropped one click down & one to the left, and fired off two more:Damn Leupolds........
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The only constant is change.........
I ended up selling one of my other 6x47 Lapuas that I had a Manners EH2 on, but because I liked the ergos of that stock so well, I traded out the Game Scout on this gun for the EH2 on the other.
Added bonus was dropping almost a half pound off the fighting weight, now at 8 lbs, 8 ozs.
While I had it apart, I re-did the paint on the flutes, changing it out from the tan to a flat black.
I like it.......
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