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I have 1 and am fairly pleased with it. It has been by fair the most finicky caliber/gun i have worked with, over 3 years of testing bullets and powders and still haven't settled on a load. I have 2 loads worked up now that a dime will cover a 5 shot group. Not exactly a tack driver compared to othe...

Thanks jo191145. This answers a lot of my questions. Over the past couple years I've come to realize that the .204 is really a bird of a different color. It's just not a easy as starting a bullet in the case neck, seating it with the bolt, and backing it off a few thousandths! I appreciate your and ...

I usually shoot a 5 shot group then let the barrel cool till it is slightly warm to the touch, never letting it cool completely. The 39gr SBK loads I shot this weekend were with 4 shells per group only because I was running out of bullets and couldn't pick any up till this week.

Thanks milkman. I do neck size my brass but I don't know how much neck tension I should have or how to measure it. Seems there is a lot of talk about this. I have also deburred my flash holes. Still can't get rid of the fliers. Almost every 5 shot group I shoot I have 3 good shots and then one or tw...

I had some time this past week to load another batch of shells. I was out of BM so I used H4895 and BR-4 primers. This being said I couldn't test the efficiency of the BM. The first set was loaded with 39gr. SBKs at a COAL of 2.450". I started at 25.5gr. and moved up in .3gr. increments. The se...

Ok...now my head is really spinning! I don't know first hand that all the powder isn't burning, just what a friend said the last time we were at the range. He said the reason being there was an initial flash followed by a circular flash and that's where the accuracy issue could be. He left before I ...

Thanks for the info Bert. Do you think it would be wise to move to a slower burning powder with such a short barrel? Won't I run into the problem of not burning all the powder?

Hello everyone! I've been following the favorite loads topic for a few years and have used a lot of the great info, thanks to all that have shared. I'm shooting a rem model 700 vlss with a 21" fluted stainless barrel. I don't know the twist which is my first problem. My second is I can't develo...