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    FL size below .200” line?

    Looks good, I’d personally rather have a die that sizes to the base than have to deal with a tight piece of brass.
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    FL size below .200” line?

    Many of the premium dies size a little farther down the case. Similar to a small base die by some of the more main stream companies. It shouldn’t cause any issues and personally I see it as a benefit. Just make sure you’re applying ample lube to that area. It also could be a mix of how...
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    6CM clickers

    Some of the slower burning seem to be a little less sensitive to that odd hot round. I don’t have any science to back anything up though.
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    6CM clickers

    Your clickers are probably from the brass fire in another chamber. To break it down. Each chamber may very slightly in diameter on the body. Even though your full length sizing, every time you work brass there is spring back. The reason this works for brass fired in your gun is that even...
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    6CM clickers

    In alpha brass on my last barrel I’m achieving book max velocity out of 39.5 grains of h4350. Fwiw. H4350 is a bit fast for the 6 creed I feel, but works. Kind of like varget in the 6.5.
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    Carbon Wrapped Barrel Pecking Order?

    This is exactly how I view carbon barrels. Like wrapping whatever car analogy you want in a vinyl wrap and calling it cool.
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    Neck Tension

    SAC die with an expanding decapper in place. Size .003-.004 under bullet diameter, mandrel up with a .002 under bullet diameter mandrel, on the down stroke. Do do the same if I’m mandreling in a separate step. Prefer .0025-.003 neck tension. Regardless of the equipment my goal is to...
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I do after the barrel is done speeding up. So after 200 or so rounds when I have my load. I load fairly low, if I find pressure I back off a grain plus. I’ll sun soak a few and shoot on a rainy day and leave one to get wet. Usually wrecks the brass but I want to know I’m not going to be...
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    6CM clickers

    Probably not a tight bore from bartlein if you didn’t order it that way specifically. H4831sc can definetly be a little easier going but I havnt had issues with h4350 either. Factory ammo would just confirm that everything is normal, if you got stiff bolt or clickers with factory ammo, or...
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    6CM clickers

    I didn’t see it mentioned but is it possible you have a .236 bore? That would also do it. The easy way to see if it’s a you problem or a barrel problem is to spend a few bucks on some Hornady match and see what it does. Book max is going to be ~3000 fps for a 24”. Subtract 25 an inch and...
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    Tikka slam fire PSA

    That bolt can handle some torque, 55 inch pounds and it won’t move. I do check them when I break down rifles though. I’d bet the smith didn’t torque it.
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    Reloading advice: bullets? Vary for target/hunting?

    I have killed big game with Barnes ttsx, and specifically the bullet talked about in this thread, the 168. I’m not giving nosler my money either.
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    Reloading advice: bullets? Vary for target/hunting?

    If I were in your shoes, I would just shoot 178 eldm/x exclusively. I think Berger is a makes a more consistent bullet, but I’m not sure you’re going to shoot the difference in a lightweight tikka. Personally I’d skip the Barnes unless forced to shoot non lead. It’s an inefficient bullet...
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    Sold Lapua 223 brass

    SPF
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    Sold Lapua 223 brass

    I have three sealed boxes of lapua 223 rem brass. Each box a different lot number. SOLD shipped to the lower 48. Not splitting up.
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