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by frakka
Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:00 pm
Forum: Shooting Sports
Topic: These couple of beginners..............
Replies: 7
Views: 10975

Re: These couple of beginners..............

The Scottish chap doesn't have to do it again, it's a national record :wink:

Am I seeing things or are the benches staggered, putting each shooter in front of the other ?

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/201 ... ry-savage/
by frakka
Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: Shooting Sports
Topic: These couple of beginners..............
Replies: 7
Views: 10975

These couple of beginners..............

..............are making this 1000 yard stuff look easy :wink: : "BS Benchrest Championship. And this was 12 year old Hunter’s first-ever benchrest match (and the first time he had even shot at 1000 yards)! The young man took the LG group title in spectacular fashion, with some great shooting. ...
by frakka
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:30 am
Forum: Announcements, Events & Help.
Topic: Mistit
Replies: 23
Views: 1984

Re: Mistit

Well done mistit, this place is getting to be an old folks home :D
by frakka
Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:23 am
Forum: Announcements, Events & Help.
Topic: Happy Birthday frakka
Replies: 5
Views: 690

Re: Happy Birthday frakka

Thanks fellas, three score and ten is the allocated number, every day is a winner now :wink: tomorrow is the quinella, ten years a member here :D
by frakka
Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:31 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: Case Lube
Replies: 16
Views: 1690

Re: Case Lube

Lee re-sizing lube for me, applied by hand one at a time and straight in the die, nary a problem :D
by frakka
Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:01 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: Sorting cases
Replies: 21
Views: 3410

Re: Sorting cases

The water volume only varied by 0.4gns in this limited sample, so correlation between case weight and volume is not absolute.
It's a big ask to meaningfully correlate weight/volume difference between brass SG = 8.5 and water SG = 1
by frakka
Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: School me on concentricity
Replies: 15
Views: 808

Re: School me on concentricity

Macca, “If you only want a sub 1 inch group”........I guess Branxhunter posted the original question as he may apsire to better than that, or to eliminate flyers ? the etc etc in my post covered the other easily achievable steps eg spotlessly clean dies, necks, shell holder....not a grain of dirt to...
by frakka
Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:10 pm
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: School me on concentricity
Replies: 15
Views: 808

Re: School me on concentricity

Interested in everyone's thoughts. With a standard set of "delux" Redding dies I tried mightily hard to increase the percentage of concentric ammo, made sure the die aligned with the ram, used a floating carbon sizing button, floated the decapping rod with an O-ring under the lock nut, tu...
by frakka
Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: Varminting Rifles
Topic: "New" Rifle in the Safe (Updated with Pics)
Replies: 12
Views: 890

Re: "New" Rifle in the Safe

Welcome aboard antsa,
I'll be putting the .20 calibre on hold for a while. Don't have the heart to redo this one.
With this sentiment and your "no bs" logo you already exhibit too much sense to get mixed up with the 20cal tragics that flourish around here :wink:
by frakka
Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:57 am
Forum: Everything Outdoors
Topic: Don't buy a Colorado
Replies: 105
Views: 76865

Re: Don't buy a Colorado

trevort wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:17 pm Might get a hilux
That took six pages :lol:

My two hilux work utes did a trouble free 960,000km between them, also right in front of your eyes on the sun visor was a factory sticker, "lots of wading - reduced service interval - check the diff".... :wink:
by frakka
Fri Jul 14, 2017 11:16 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: If you shoot factories...
Replies: 15
Views: 1180

Re: If you shoot factories...

Thanks Trev, my rollies are straight and true and plenty accurate, just like the good people on here :D, a pleasure to soak up good advice though, you can never learn too much.
by frakka
Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:20 pm
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: If you shoot factories...
Replies: 15
Views: 1180

Re: If you shoot factories...

Pretty much as I thought, the statement: "It can be used to true-up factory ammunition, too." sounded too good to be true (no pun).
by frakka
Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: If you shoot factories...
Replies: 15
Views: 1180

Re: If you shoot factories...

I read the guff on the Hornady website about the tool: "Just place ammunition in the tool, roll it, identify runout, and use the dial indicator to adjust runout to zero! It can be used to true-up factory ammunition, too.". If you can use the device to adjust run-out to zero, wouldn't you d...
by frakka
Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:35 pm
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: Neck Sizing vs Full Length
Replies: 13
Views: 805

Re: Neck Sizing vs Full Length

FL size every time but as above back the the die off a (measured) few thou to provide a snickle of resistance on closing the bolt. Also after backing the die off I put a washer on the shell holder to square the die up before tightening the lock ring. I like and agree with the opinion that this metho...
by frakka
Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:16 am
Forum: Gunsmithing & DIY
Topic: I like this stock style
Replies: 6
Views: 825

Re: I like this stock style

Not dissimilar to the Cooper varmint stock, their transition slopes forward and the fore end is bit longer.