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Max Effective Range for Elk: 7-08, 6.5C, and 308
I guess it depends how hard of a swing it takes to create 1,000 ft lbs with a sledgehammer sorry lol. -
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Does brass matter?
Op are you using the starline 223 or the 556 brass. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Yes. Every single starline looks like that after firing. Like I said I noticed during load dev and thought it was weird. I could load a round with starline brass and the cycle it unfired and not get those markings. And that is the area it is binding when sharpied. I thought I had a clicker... -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
And the reason I’m clarifying is because if you are talking about the roughness of the unsharpied fired case, every single starline has done that since day one and have never seen that on on of the frontier cases. Which is why one of my initial thoughts was brass. Like whatever is going on... -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Just clarifying- what are you calling the imprint. The sharpied case or the fired case laying on its side. I agree with you something is in the chamber. It a build up of something and that’s what I don’t fully understand. Surely it is not rust. But the color isn’t like anything I’ve seen... -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Yeah I’ve typically been a clean after a couple shooting sessions but I don’t believe it would have helped here unless it’s rust. I’ve only ever cleaned the bore and never scrubbed the chamber as I’m doing now. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
My plan is the clean it out again with wire brush. Oil lightly and the clean oil out as much possible. My true concern is going forward how to prevent it from happening again and what it actually is. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Frontier rounds are actually 223 loads. The hand loads are in starline 556 brass. Supposedly a hard metallurgy is the only diff. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
No case lube. I do very light lube the neck just to run an expander to true up the mouth. It’s then wiped but it is a super light layer and usually only get on the inside of case mouth. I don’t think that imprint on case is buildup. I noticed it during load dev when I was throughly checking... -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Yeah need the bore scope. No stored just like many other guns with zero rust issues. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Bump for the morning crowd. -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
Just some more photos of fired cases. I don’t feel pressure is part of problem but I have notice to diff in the appearance of fired and unfired cases that starts about mid body and goes to the shoulder. I have not seen this in other brass Also I ran a wire brush and then cleaned chamber when... -
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Need some input with a reloading/rifle issue
So went all in on a rss last fall. Have prob 3-400 Hornady frontier rounds through it and 50ish hand loads of 77 tmk with starline 556 brass and 23.3 grains 8208. I worked up to 23.5 with no signs of pressure and settled at 23.3 charge weight. Everything has been pretty good until about 2...
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