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7 FCP, a cartridge developed specifically for the F Class Scene...

Hi just before the SWN started I got a first hand intro into the 7 FCP we’re Tod Hendricks and Bryan Blake had pair firing and a few details . impressed with the cartridge when the had finished Bryan fired a string fireforming brass unreal so impressed I bought the comp FCP package can’t wait to get this up and running
 

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Willie o Connor said:
Hi just before the SWN started I got a first hand intro into the 7 FCP we’re Tod Hendricks and Bryan Blake had pair firing and a few details . impressed with the cartridge when the had finished Bryan fired a string fireforming brass unreal so impressed I bought the comp FCP package can’t wait to get this up and running
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Hey Willie, it was great getting to chat with you. I got the chance to spend the day at Bryan’s shop a couple days ago. He’s definitely put a lot of thought and work into developing the 7FCP.

I don’t know of any other supplier that offers every piece of hardware a competitor needs to instantly have a custom reamer for a competitive chambering and be preparing the brass and pushing bullets with the same quality equipment the top competitors use.

I think it’s going to be a great cartridge. It’s literally a turn key top level option for any FClass competitor.

On a side note, I was also very impressed with the barrel making side of his operation, maybe that’s for another thread.

I have a hunch you may get a lot more information from a forthcoming YouTube interview.

Tod
 
Bryan,

Is it just my eyes, or is the neck/shoulder junction pushed forward also?

If so i'm guessing your jamming the bullets to fire form?

I see the reamer on the FCP site, but what about dies?
 
Tod Hendricks said:
Hey Willie, it was great getting to chat with you. I got the chance to spend the day at Bryan’s shop a couple days ago. He’s definitely put a lot of thought and work into developing the 7FCP.

I don’t know of any other supplier that offers every piece of hardware a competitor needs to instantly have a custom reamer for a competitive chambering and be preparing the brass and pushing bullets with the same quality equipment the top competitors use.

I think it’s going to be a great cartridge. It’s literally a turn key top level option for any FClass competitor.

On a side note, I was also very impressed with the barrel making side of his operation, maybe that’s for another thread.

I have a hunch you may get a lot more information from a forthcoming YouTube interview.

Tod
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Like wise Tod thank you for taking the time to talk to me F-class is a different level in the USA . I probably asked to many questions over the few practice days but not during match days people need there game time alone I hope to make it back next year and meet up again in bisley in September. By the way your toyota truck was my dream truck
 
Tod Hendricks said:
Hey Willie, it was great getting to chat with you. I got the chance to spend the day at Bryan’s shop a couple days ago. He’s definitely put a lot of thought and work into developing the 7FCP.

I don’t know of any other supplier that offers every piece of hardware a competitor needs to instantly have a custom reamer for a competitive chambering and be preparing the brass and pushing bullets with the same quality equipment the top competitors use.

I think it’s going to be a great cartridge. It’s literally a turn key top level option for any FClass competitor.

On a side note, I was also very impressed with the barrel making side of his operation, maybe that’s for another thread.

I have a hunch you may get a lot more information from a forthcoming YouTube interview.

Tod
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Were you shooting a 7FCP or your straight 284 Win?
 
Hi Bryan, I see you have tested RL23... can you share your experience with it. I have more of it than I have of any others you tested with.

thanks
 
Bryan Blake said:
10 different charges. Shot three times each not at the same time. So shots 1-10 are all different charges for the ladder, then start again for shots 11-20, then again for 21-30. Ladders are only hold it they repeat when the gun is cold and hot.
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#8, #18, & #28 are on an exact horizontal line. Zero elevation.
 
longbow said:
Why not...6BRX vs 6BRA
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There are lots of reasons, I will highlight on the important ones.

The neck length is exact in proportion to that of the 6 dasher...

Simply AI'ing the 7-6.5 PRC did not accomplish the case volume we were after.

The short neck does not have any adverse effect. How many guys use a bushing die and only size half way down? Lots, in fact Brian Bowling won the long range nationals in 2019 with this method, on a 284 that already has a relatively short neck compared to a Rsaum, etc.

How is the dasher so accurate with a short neck? In fact when Norma came out with their 6 Dasher, same headspace and shoulder angle and body dimensions as the wildcat 6 Dasher from a BRA, they made the neck as long as the BR. Why did they do that? Why did that not only never catch on, but I can not think of one person who actually uses that chambering with success.

The entire design on the 7 FCP was hinged around getting RSAUM velocities at RSAUM pressures, and only became a design because RSAUM brass is nearly impossible to get, and Norma has discontinued it.

Can you take a 284 win and shoot 2960 FPS with a 180 grain bullet? Yep, many have done it. What is the adverse effect? Brass life. Same can be said about the 284 Shehane.

The 284 Shehane and the 7-6.5 PRC have the exact same measure case volume at 66.5 grains of H2O.

Erik Cortina shoots his 7 PRCW and his 284 Shehane at basically the same speeds. 2945ish.

The 7 FCP is 72 grains of H2O capacity, which is the same capacity as the 7 Rsaum, the cartridge that has won the last 3 world F Class F Open events.

The 7 FCP can shoot same velocities as the aforementioned cartridges with less pressure, and/or as much or more accuracy.

That sums up in a very short way of why the case dimensions were chosen.
 
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