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  1. skiutah02

    Need advanced advice/help: AR Pistol reloading issue

    I've actually been thinking the opposite. Seated too deep or cup too hard (450) Conveniently a new CPS seater arrived and I can control that now. But seems a bit overkill for an AR pistol.
  2. skiutah02

    Need advanced advice/help: AR Pistol reloading issue

    There is a clear firing pin hit on most of the primers. On about 10% the first hit is a bit lighter impression than it should be imo. But when retried a better hit. The it fires ok in the other rifle. The factory brass is 1.751 to datum The pistol fired ones are 1.753-54 My other AR is...
  3. skiutah02

    Need advanced advice/help: AR Pistol reloading issue

    Slightly embassased to even ask for help, but this one really has me scratching my head. Put together a fun 223 pistol. My first AR build from parts. Thought it would be a fun project. You'll want to read all of this before giving me a knee-jerk answer as I probably have tried most...
  4. skiutah02

    Lederer barrels

    I'm with Bart on this. Some things are worth the wait. Here is one story to help understand why I am OK waiting for James' barrels. While I shoot FTR, my bench rest friends might enjoy this.... After Berger Southwest Nationals this year, we had an internal competition among the USA FTR team...
  5. skiutah02

    Lederer barrels

    James has been very good to me and have used him since 2016. I have 5 of his barrels in 308 Win and they are all hammers. I used 3 of them to successfully tryout and make the US FTR team this cycle and will use the best one for the World Championships in 2022. That said, I asked him about 1...
  6. skiutah02

    A question about meplat trimming and bullet pointing...

    An 0.085 opening is pretty big. You could definitely close it up by tipping, but not sure the integrity of the bullet will be maintained. Never tried it personally.
  7. skiutah02

    A question about meplat trimming and bullet pointing...

    I say everyone shouldn't point as that helps me keep my advantage. I have tested and retested trimming and pointing many, many times and with several calibers and bullets. There's an advantage even at 600 if done correctly. A recent national champion shrank his 1000yd vertical by half using...
  8. skiutah02

    Fed 205M primers

    Not $1000, but still, ouch.
  9. skiutah02

    Fed 205M primers

    Say what you will about gouging but if someone offered me $1 per primer, I'd sell every one I've got. Drew
  10. skiutah02

    Brux Customer Service

    Great place. Got a tour there a few years back. It was cool. Picked up a couple barrels last week and gave to GS today. Looking forward to trying them out.
  11. skiutah02

    Congrats to Robin Ardoin

    Nice job, Robin. Drew
  12. skiutah02

    223 600 Yard Groups

    For 5 shot groups at 600y from the 223 using 80gr bullets I think consistent 2" groups in no wind are quite possible and could be sub-3" for 20 shots. For 90 gr bullets, My experience is that consistent 5-shot 2" groups are also possible but harder to achieve. For 20-shots, if you can maintain...
  13. skiutah02

    22br and 95gr SMKs?

    N150 and the barrel is long. Will have to measure it, but might be 34" and it is at least 32" and its a 6.5 twist
  14. skiutah02

    22br and 95gr SMKs?

    I played with the 95smk in 22brx this winter and spring. Got them above 3100 and very accurate (see seating test), but it became an unsafe load when it warmed up so backed it down. The 600 yd target is the 95smk mid 3000's but locked up the bolt on shot #8. Haven't had time to get back to...
  15. skiutah02

    MN MR F-class State Championship July 25-26

    Great job Keith! Sorry to have missed this one, as RW is a great place to shoot and should be even better with their Shotmarker systems. Getting ready for Harris and the Buckeye Blossom. Perhaps see you there? Drew
  16. skiutah02

    Most accurate 6.5 creedmoor rifle

    I bought a very lightly used 6.5CM barrel for a Rem700 here on AS. I put it on my factory Rem700 in an Eliseo Chassis, did a little tuning and shot this winter at 300M testing a few promising loads. Shoots pretty well in my opinion. I'm not one to drink to KoolAid, but if a rifle shoots, it...
  17. skiutah02

    Mixing different lots of Varget

    The short answer is yes, you can blend two lots of varget together. The longer answer is that they must be blended uniformly/consistently/homogeneously/perfectly to have reliable results. This is very hard to do perfectly, and a PITA to do well. I don't like to do it, but I did have 3 odd...
  18. skiutah02

    2020 Nevada State Long Range Championships

    Man in two posts I went from excited, to sad.
  19. skiutah02

    185 and 200.20x upper nodes (not 308)

    In my experience in (the 308 mind you), the 185 has nodes around at 2720, 2770 and 2805 fps. The 20x has 2590, 2635, 2670 and 2700 (beyond 2650 I do not have first hand experience). I thought I saw a post about someone with the 308/185 in the 2900+ range (perhaps that was on FB) and this is...
  20. skiutah02

    300 BLK Problems and testing

    Disclaimer: I am a newbie to the 300 BO and subsonic game, but I am a neurotic reloader/tester, but I feel that I can add to the conversation here. I do love my Magnetospeed and use it in my testing regimen often in combination with my Labradar. In my experience with some of my large diameter...

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