SmallCaliberCentral

Thanks JD, and Happy Holidays to you and everyone else!! I have only fired 39 rounds, so far. (For a short break-in) Got two groups (100 yd) under .400" with factory 40g V-max's. Most groups have been around .750" I have a hunderd prepped (sized, trimmed, neck-turned, primed) cases and a b...

Here's the Seekins V3 on my side-charge rig. .204 R 22" Shilen, Fulton Armory upper rcvr/ Young Mfg BC, Adcore lower rcvr with a Geisselle NM match trigger Gas block is a JP adjustable. Took some grinding on the gas block screws to keep it from touching the handguard. Since I built that rifle, ...

cshooter wrote:Hi fellas, My sweet little wife ran across a Ruger Hawkeye Predator rifle in 204 a little before Christmas and bought it

If there's no photo, it really didn't happen

Ya need a .204 Ruger go/no go gauge. Shame to buy a set just to check one build. Is there a local gunsmith that might check it for a small fee? Like smaller than the cost of the gauge. Or (and i know this will be controversial) you can use a factory round for "go" (that's not the controver...

e[/quote] I used to mostly neck size but since getting a new barrel last February I have had to go back to full length resizing. I've had a lot of trouble getting neck sized cases to chamber properly in the new barrel and since I've started annealing I'm not worried about overworking the brass, so f...

Tokimini wrote: My biggest problem with it is that Hornady brass seems to work harden much faster than Rem or Win. Before I started annealing my brass I got a lot of split Hornady necks after only 3 reloads

Tokimini, That is fast. How are you resizing?

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I've used ASC stainless mags in my Adcore lower/FA upper and they're fine

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb382/ewenrich/131e453e-0cd1-49ab-b66b-d2993e19e7f4_zps5b3086d7.jpg http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb382/ewenrich/258f35f7-f0e8-4b33-9e60-b33ea046bda7_zpsf10c382f.jpg Upper: Shilen .204 bbl/bolt 22" Seekins VRS-T handguard Fulton Armory upper receiver Y...