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Back from the range. The stock did it. With my handloads and the 32g VMAX I got every group as a single hole... sometimes a long hole, but a single. Best of day had on flyer 1/2" out, but the rest weren't even a jagged hole, just one little hole. Just perfect... Now it's time to get back to try...

My gunsmith sold me a used HS Precision stock for $150. I reckon if that doesn't fix it I can sell it on ebay for as much as I paid. Aluminum bedding block and the barrel doesn't touch the forestock. I can't see that this wouldn't help. Going to the range tomorrow. Also got new calipers with a dial ...

Matt, If you can pick up one of the HS used stocks for a decent price, that may be one of the best things you can do for the Remington...I have one on my Remington 700 SPS Tactical (.223) and it's really accurate.... Well that is good news. I think I am going to do that. I am really disappointed in...

Yes. Brother has Savage Model 12. I have the rem 700. Loads are not working in both. Bought the savage used and the previous owner added a Hogue stock and I am not sure it has any bedding in it. Not at this location to check. >You said the rifle(s) shot decently with factory loads? Have you tried fa...

OK they chamber perfectly now. Slight resistance on the downstroke of the bolt handle. Feels excellent really. However, it shoots bad as ever. This is a Remington 700 SPS Varmint. It has no bedding and the barrel is not floated. I can't even run a dollar bill 1" down the forstock between it and...

OK no lathe for now... Reset the sizing die, resized everything, trimmed to 1.835", chamfered, weighed brass into groups not more than 1 grain apart. Weighed each powder charge. Weighed each bullet. Reset the seating die to NOT roll crimp. Measured total length to 2.245, actually a little less ...

Hornady support agreed with pretty much everything you guys are saying. He added though that seating depth is not just an accuracy issue, but a safety issue because he thinks that if you seat the bullet to the rifling, you are going to get dangerous pressures. He recommended trim length of 1.840&quo...

OK. Know that one, I think that I just set the seater on a short piece and didn't back off enough. I can fix that. Sometimes I want a roll crimp on 308 so I know what it is and how to get it. I think my reference brass was the wrong piece. I am glad to get confirmation that that may be an issue thou...

OK this is great. Went to the range last night with new loads and some improvement. Still not sizing correctly I think due to difficulty closing bolt... yeah.. it takes some time to sink in... Got all groups with a couple shots touching and some fliers. Not consistent, but seeing some positives in a...

OK so the info here has been excellent. I need to ask more... What I want to work on right now is the seating depth. I believe my loads are all seated too high. It is hard to close the action on some of these loads so I think that the bullet is going right into the leade and onto the rifling. I thin...

So I checked my reloads and they are indeed a lot longer than the factory loads although they are within maximum. I am going to seat everything to factory depth for now and try another batch. They were chambering a little hard so I bet it is the curve of the bullet being sharper and the depth a litt...

"May the Fairy of Ammo Bliss visit you this " Whilst risking being shot for this... I think you might BE the Fairy of Ammo Bliss.... And it seems that you HAVE visited. Thank you! My groups are a better than they were so I think the general caution is worth doing, but still not great. What...

OK trying out a lot of suggestions: Weighed out each powder load exactly. Weighed each bullet. Weighed each case and grouped into groups. Chamfered each neck then polished with a diamond dremel since I don't have the VLD tool, but the hornady with 3 blades. Bought 32gr Noslers and 32g hornady vmax w...

Screw the wood, get hardware cloth and line ALL the exterior portions of your coop/run with it. No exceptions. We have raccoons here, get up to 30lbs and more. We trap them and then do them in in a trashcan of water. I had a half inch plywood board in the bottom of the trap first time round to help ...

So bullet shaving. The inside case neck is chamfered but the VG is really flat on the bottom. It doesn't want to seat by itself. I go slow and do my best, but it simply shaves occasionally. Dies are hornady. Should I think of an expander to open the throat just a hint? Other thing I was thinking is ...