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The case appears to have some swelling above the belt. If it is full length resized and stretched on firing and this happens a few times it will separate at the swollen area. A little piece of wire or a small scribe can be used to run down in the case to feel for a ridge in that area. If a...

Mission complete. An opening morning one shot one kill cow elk for a happy 10yr old girl hunting with her dad in northern AZ.

You got to love it when a plan comes together a few minutes after the sun comes up. Morgan nailed her first game animal this morning with the Ruger American 7mm-08. A 125 yard shot from prone off her back pack and a complete pass through.

Here you go Andy, snow in Arizona. Youth cow elk hunters are waking up to snow in Unit 6A this morning, game on. A good friend is escorting his 10yr old daughter on their first hunt. She will be shooting a 7mm-08 Ruger American...

I've been a bit slow on this project due to work and unscheduled stuff that pops up on my time off. My brother came down from Alaska for much needed knee surgery so I took care of him during his down time. My cousin came down the following week for a two day long range shooting class that I...

The shooter referenced in post #1 just completed a two day competition with the load we developed in post #1, he finished second overall. Quite nice considering the opponents he was up against and the rain and wind associated with the weekend storming conditions. The McMillan Alias Star rifle...

I bought one of these a little over two years ago for loads that I wasn't dropping with the Dillon 550B powder dispenser. I had read so many negative customer feed back reports on the RCBS and Lyman auto dispensers concerning failure, warm up time, static, over charging that I decided to try...

I have been slowly plugging away at it. I've only been able to spend about one day every other week due to my work schedule, family, kids sports, other projects, etc. The stock is finished. The brass is fire formed and prepped. The new Nosler Long Range Accubonds finally showed up last week...

I took it apart last night and gave it a good look over after your V-Block comment about the bulging stock. The steel V-Blocks are molded into the plastic. The action screws make contact on the screw head side of the block and the block contacts the action. Regardless of how tight the screws...

A good friend of mine has a 10 year old daughter that successfully drew a youth hunt cow elk tag in AZ. Since my 9 year old Kasilof nephew took a nice 63" bull moose September 2011 with a youth Weatherby in AK we thought that caliber would be just fine for her down here. My buddy found a great...

I'm shooting a match on the 24th, 500 prone, 3 strings of 20. The .308 will be shot off a bi-pod and a rear bag, works good. Just practice what you like and practice some more... The picture is a friend of mine. This was a first round hit at 1426 yards. 338 Norma 300gr Berger Hybrid. He...

I use a traditional Harris bi-pod attached to the front swivel stud. I also use a rear bag filled with plastic beads. I prefer these beads because they don't absorb water and they are very light. Try to adjust your set up to be fairly level when shooting. This minimizes elevation changes...

A close friend of mine that doesn't really get into posting his groups has adopted the Berger techniques as well. We share data on a regular basis on multiple rifles we load between us. Together we are currently loading 23 different cartridges with outstanding accuracy using those techniques...

Here is a nice link with plenty of detailed information to broaden your knowledge: http://www.bergerbullets.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/COAL.pdf The following is a method discussed by Berger to find your best length. I use this technique almost exclusively with minor changes to suit my...

I resumed work on the stock last week. It was broke completely though the grip, trigger area, magazine well area up to the recoil lug. The Smooth-On EA-40 epoxy mentioned earlier seems to work like magic. The wood dowel method I described worked out real well too, I believe this will be a...

Occasionally people request load information utilizing Alliant powder. I found this free reloader's guide link and filled it out. Mine just showed up in the mail yesterday. Nothing wrong with a little more free published data to add to your library...:topjob...

WildWill, I was close by Bruno's Shooter Supply here in the Phoenix area while running errands so I took the liberty to pick up a bottle of Bore Tech Eliminator for you. I grabbed the large 16oz size, beer bottle for relative comparison. Eliminator is the blend I use. It has the carbon and...

The numbers I posted in the earlier posts are typical clearances within production rifles using typical dies and average wall thickness brass. This information was retrieved from one of the books that I've read on some of the issues associated with reloading and chamber clearance problems...

I have a Leupold VX-7 1.5-6X24 on my Alaskan, I like it a lot. The field of view is excellent, the glass is excellent. If I could do it all over again I would consider the 2.5-8X36 that you mentioned. The VX-7 was fairly high priced at the time and the scope you mentioned has a good enough...

I popped one of the grits loads off in the garage with the barreled action, the stock repair isn't finished yet. No recoil at all but way to loud. Lots of inquiries about the noise, I denied any knowledge...:whistle: The virgin 7X57 Norma brass sized up to the AI chamber just fine. The body...