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  1. dicehorn
    As stated before, the .17 FB is not my forte, so found the following which may be of interest which (just) may prove what I said above about low powder charge especially as I now know you are using H322. If you were to go up the powde scale to say 17.8 gr - which is still safe and forget about accuracy for the moment but just see what effect this amount of powder has on your cases appearance after firing. FL them first though. http://www.saubier.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5214
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    It might help the guys on here with fireballs or knowledge of them for you to give them what powder and weight, bullet make and weight and distance from the lands you are shooting at. Also, the primers you are/have tried. From the photos of the primers/neck rims, my inclination is that there is a headspace issue which could be to do with a low powder charge. Have you chronographed the rounds you are making? Peter
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    Yes another 'save the day' would be for keeping your trousers up - lol. Seriously though, they do have a place and that is keeping a bore snake in the pocket for a time when due to a slip/fall, debris enters the bore whilst out in the field. Yes as above, a decent rod and bore guide is the correct/safest/more thorough way of cleaning the bore. Bore snakes are for shooters who want to cut corners - if you will excuse the pun.
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    Regarding the chamber cleaning, can I suggest instead of a cotton bud which because of its size in relation to the chamber diameter, may only move dirt from one side to the other, you tear off a strip from a kitchen paper towel the same width as your .17 brush (Say a piece 6cm by 22cm) and wrap this (clockwise) around your cleaning brush with a few drops of solvent and turn it into the chamber then pump it a few times followed by a repeat with a clean bit of towel. Dont forget also to clean where the bolt locks up against the chamber - another place where dirt can accumulate. I am not
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    How many times have you fired this brass just neck sizing? This can be the simple solution to stiff bolt closing and (sometimes) difficult extraction - remedy - full length or bumping the shoulder back with a body die. You say your primers seat well - by that do you mean that you can easily see that they are seated well below the level of the head stamp? Is min spec (COL) around 1.4" ? How far back from the lands are you seating the bullet. If you are one of these people that insist you keep it 10 thou back - were your original measurements correct - too long and it could be jamming in t
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    Very interesting re the technical side, but comparing your 'clip' with a muzzle crown has an essential flaw. The edge of a crown is sharp the edge of your 'clip' is round - now if your 'clip' had four sharp sides to it, what would be the state of the edges after three years?
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    Not a stupid question bearing in mind the varying answers given. True re 'factory sized' - all particular calibres are made to the industry standard (SAAMI) the only difference being the quality of brass and weight. Hm.....that's interesting. Over the years I have loaded for approx 14 calibres and never come across that. Especially as previously stated that all cases (including their necks) are set to the industry standard when made. I did hear once that Privvy are suspect but have never put my hand in my pocket to buy any. Problem is that in the States they are u
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    I am not sure even this is wise unless it is a gun cabinet with you in charge of the only key. Overall what you are doing pub wise is courting a problem at some stage in the future. If you must have a drink whilst out with the gun - better to put a can in your pocket and detour the pub.
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    Which side of the bed is Miss Tikka going to sleep Jamie - good idea about taking some wet and dry to bed with you !!!! Seriously - nice bit of kit and once you get them shooting, the 17's can shoot things at silly distances. My friend who I help develop loads for (Just a standard Rem 17 with border barrel) shoots crows way out past 300 yds with the 25gr Bergers. Enjoy it - dont forget 1/10 of a grain makes a difference with these little fellas. Peter
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    Hm...IMHO if you have a custom chamber (which is normally tight) I can see the merits of F/L cases - in fact many custom rifles shoot more accurately being F/L. Whereas the majority of factory rifles are made to SAAMI spec and therefore cases are quite sloppy in the chamber as they are made to fit every case manufacturer's weight of case. That is why I would advocate N/K as it would take quite a few firings to get the case to expand enough to cause problems chambering or ejecting a cartridge. Besides, F/L will reduce the life of the brass. Having said that I must say I have never really f
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    I suppose it depends where you want to be with your reloading especially with dies. There are some that would say cleaning the bore of their rifle is a waste of time therefore would extend that philosophy to their dies. Personally my dies get a clean after every reloading session. It takes about 2 minutes to strip and clean a die. This is (in my opinion) important for those that use lube on full length and body dies - you would be surprised what collects in the die chamber. After stripping, I use a clean cotton cloth poked into the die chamber and work it around with the blunt end of a
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    Taking your last sentence first OAL does actually mean over-all length - so I am not surprised it will confuse the beginner. I am afraid we can thank our friends across the pond for this. By overall, I believe they meant the part of the cartidge that would be in contact with the chamber (the tip back to the shoulder (ogive) of the bullet would not be in contact). If they had asked me to think of initials instead of OAL I would have come up with something like OM - Ogive Measurement - simples! I see you have a border barrel with 1 : 11 that should shoot the 39/40 gr heads pretty well - and
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    Hi Mike I will just jump in with two big feet !! I think what you actually mean (if you are referring to 204) is not AOL but COL. AOL is the measurement from the headstamp to the bullet's shoulder (Just before it tapers to the bullet tip) commonly called the ogive. Whereas COL is the neasurement from the headstamp to the tip of the bullet. Yes it seems every reloader is hell bent on getting their bullets as long as possible to be 5 or 10 thou off the lands believing that is the way to get your bullets to fly accurately - that may well be true with barrels that are custom made with tigh
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    As Snap says - also seeing you use a high seat, Google Earth is your friend in calculating a distance from your high seat to a given landmark on the map - piece of paper whilst sat in high seat with the info written down helps. On quiet/out of season days, stick a target up at differing ranges to the high seat, this will give you experience/confidence on the real thing. But always remember there is a world of difference between a stationery paper target and something with a leg in each corner.
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    I would echo Jamie's choice of powder. Recently reloaded for a 223 user and this is what it could do at about 100 yds http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/wyndog/RWS223.jpg My data for his .223 RWS 50 GR Nosler Ogive = 1.912" (COL = 2.324) New Case Datum 1.460" Fed Gold Primers Starting case Trim 1.751" N133 @ 25.3gr 10 thou back @ 1.902" (col 2.314) Keep shoulder Datum around 1.463" Edited to say that at 200 yds I would expect it to be no larger than a .75" group which for what you require it for would be good enou
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    The only thing I would add to the positive comments made Robbo is that it would appear you are doubling your powder costs to effectively do the same as a 20 cal will do. Besides, the 20 cal is such great fun to use - I am taking charge of a 20 TAC when it is completed next month - despite already having a 22.250.
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    Chris - please PM me, our firm UK Gun Repairs is only at Wellington - probably not many miles from you. Peter
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    I personally think these high bird claims are a bit overdone.The problem being that when you look up in the air it becomes difficult to gauge height unlike judging distance horizontally. Yes we can see a 'high bird' flying over the top of beech or oak trees, but when you work out that the average beech or oak is 60 feet tall and add say 3 yards for the bird over the top of the tree then the high bird ends up being less than 25 yds high. If you are standing at peg in a valley that is 300 feet deep and the birds are coming over you from the top, yes they are 100 yds high when they start. how
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    Second that - our stock man favours a file rather than a spoon as it is flatter and concentrates the heat to one place through the damp cloth.
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    Woburn Abbey - Serengeti - Scotland - that's all that I can think of at present - perhaps others may be along shortly and give you some other places to whet your appetite.
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    He will come back if he kills a couple of lambs. Take the ewes out of the field and there would be few surviving lambs in the morning. The ewes will defend the lambs and that is why you get wounded lambs, but, they will have difficulty in defending twins one of which is more vunerable especially if in panic it moves away from the ewe. It is the same with Roe deer - it is estimated that a roe doe has only a 40% chance of rearing both her twins in certain areas of the UK due to fox predation, whereas a doe with a single fawn has an % chance. That is why we stalkers sometimes make the mistak
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    I must confess that I come down on the side of Danebrewer regarding his thoughts on this subject. I can understand that a guy wants to put up a photo of his first fox - what I cant understand is why it is neccesary for certain members to take photos of every fox they shoot - to me they are either immature or just willey wavers begging for praise from them that appear to get a kick also out of seeing a dead fox with its guts blown out (usually a sign of a close shot, so no big deal) - why not (if they have to) flip the fox over so that the bullet entry side is shown? - we will all believe its s
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    I actually made my own - the three legged variety. 3 plastic coated 5 ft garden centre canes, some foam pipe insulating to go on the top with the bulbous part of the rubber that goes into milking clusters. See http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/wyndog/DSCF0319.jpg You will notice a complete rubber tied to a cane so that you know what to look for. Dairy farmers throw them out when the bottoms perish but the bit you need is always fine and has the added benefit of enabling the canes to be slid down through the bulbous bit to enable you to sit down to take a shot without the legs sp
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    Impressive Charley - looks to me like you spend time on case preparation and have a good cleaning regime.
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