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Nice rifle!

Thanks again for the advice re:the S&B. The new rifle wears the scope we discussed. I agree I wouldn’t want a 50mm objective. I did have S&B adjust the parallax setting to 250 meters.

You are welcome.
I very much like the S&B you have on your Mashburn.
A 50mm in a S&B is a tad heavy and will make your rifle top heavy.
Ok in a stand but not so much for a everything gun.
Im liken the way your Mashburns turned out.
nice job.

dave.

John did you take the expander out of your bushing die? Just curious if it made a difference with the donuts.

I just have been shooting the brass 1 or 2X then reaming them. I neck them down pretty good, then expand to just in front of the donut and cut that whole swath out of mine. They don't come back anymore and with the RWS brass I cannot make them give up with annealing regularly.

NYRifleman brings up a great point that a 28 Nosler or 7 Rem is pretty danged easy for a no muss or no fuss sorta set up, especially with ADG making 28 Nosler brass. Only worked with a couple but they make good speed with all bullet weights. The 28 Nosler came out just about the same day as my first MSM was rechambered, but being stuck with one maker of brass makes me squeamish so I have stuck with the MSM.

My cousin has a Weaver built 28 Nosler and it is a great shooting rifle in all respects. I got an easy 3110 with 175 Partitions, 3.6" in the magazine let me seat the 175 ELD-X's out to touch with mag room to spare and it shot those great as well.

So, I guess what I am saying is you have to pick your poison. A plain jane 7 Rem/7 WSM are wicked cartridges in my opinion, if the guns are set up for them.

beretzs,
Im thinking about turning mine into a 28 Nosler.
If I do ill be running the 1-9 for sure.
if the 28 will shoot anything like my 26 does with factory ammo.
its a no brainer.

dave

It isn't a bad way to roll in my opinion. I know the 70's are a bit finickier with feed the RUM sized cases, but if that's no biggie then I don't see the downside of it!

Beretzs, what platform did your cousin build his 28 Nosler upon?

Model 70 Classic
3 contour Bartlein 1-8
Echols Legend
3.6” BM

It’s a nice rifle as well but I don’t wanna foul our MSM thread with that dirty Nosler talk!

Just kidding, let me know if you wanna see pictures I’ll toss them up.

Yes, please!

Joel, I never use the expander button in many of my dies. I don’t believe you can ever get away from the donuts unless you team them out. It’s no big deal anyway and it’s just a one time procedure.

I agree neck turning is easy and not time consuming. I use a PMA Model A and just leave it set. Then after firing I check the cases with a pin gauge and ream out any donuts with a Forster inside reamer if necessary.

Just wondered if you had done a comparison.

I never neck turn the outside of the necks. Just use the K&M tool to team out the donuts.

Thanks Beretzs.

Stocked in a Legend?

Re donuts, I’m shooting the 150 TSX and 145 LRX and neither reach the donut. The boat tail extends past it, but that’s it.

Sweet!

I may be trying the 165 Sierra Tipped Gameking again for the same reason. I can seat it at the lands, it functions through the magazine fine, and the bearing surface of the bullet is above the donut area.

That 145 LRX would be a screamer.

It is a screamer. I’ve used it on a few head of game with great success.

Yes sir.

Nice stick Big B.

Indeed.
This has been a great thread.

Beretzs, do you know what the 28N weighs with the #3?