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cheers Vince, really enjoy the content thank you

Hi I am trying to access Target Shooter magazine that Laurie and Vince write for to view some articles on hand loading (from Laurie's reloading bench column) and can't get the site to open on any device. Is the site closed, down for maintenance, moved?? Thanks

A close up, I may chop the extra tube off with the dremel but no hurry as it is not in the way and weighs nothing

Wanted to share the following in case useful for Magnetospeed users with MKmount - I have a 30” barrel on my AI AXMC and use the brake ‘ mod set up so I need at least 2 of the rods to put the bayonet in the right place A 3 steel rod “string” from MK machining weight 1.4kg! I bought a 1m tube made of 3k carbon fibre from amazon - 15.7mm OD to match the 5/8” rods from MK. It weighs nothing, a few grams and seems to deflect less given it is not sagging under its own weight

Thanks for the reply John - wasted shots are a massive no-no for load testing - what calibres did you use with it? did you use the recoil trigger? incidentally, when I tried to buy a Labradar off MK machining at same time as the mount (based on cost given transport was a flat fee) the guy I spoke to said: a, can’t sell to Europe, he did not know why but this thread has enlightened me on the power levels and EU rules b, not to bother as the magnetospeed work better

I have just acquired an MK mount for my AI AXMC which fits well (not used in anger yet due to covid) but obviously this relies on the pic rails on the hand guard and is less useful for R8 or lee Enfield hence my interest in the Labradar

Hi may I ask why you switched? I have a V3 magnetospeed but the labradar seems handy in theory for a multi rifle session but it also sounds anecdotally to be fussy, power hungry and potentially fragile

For fans of the Lee collet neck dies I have found that the Lee 280 remington/7mm express collet die will do a job, as Laurie suggested, on the 7x64 neck after FL sizing. I have not done a side by side comparison with the sinclair mandrel on run out etc

Ok - that makes sense thank you

Yes - you are right but if you measure the case stretch (in my case up to 15 thou in both AI and Blaser) and then set the body die to bump it 2 though back you can avoid over working the brass. This is what I meant. Cheers

Terry Got one! 👍 - have been practising with it and find it very usable - my plan is to use a Lee collet neck die with a redding body die to bump the shoulder 2 thou / headspace of shoulder and resize above the belt with the below when required I've got a redding competition bushing neck sizing die but have not got the low run out as with the Lee collet die in 308 of 6.5CM - to be honest I can't see how you could without uniformly (turned) case necks - any thoughts here?

Terry I will be using these Fed LR Mags - glad they worked well - No.215's I think -

Thank you for this

Thank you for that - a very interesting read! For the benefit of others the link above is to Laurier piece on SRP's The earlier LRP article is here http://www.targetshooter.co.uk/?p=1471 I will let you know how I get on!

I have a load worked up for my AI AXMC with a 300 win mag, long throated 30” barrel using n165, 225gr elf-m’s and Peterson brass (stays above transonic to 1200 yards without burning the barrel too badly) i have been using federal standard LRPs but now have some federal magnum printers to try - I will, of coarse, work up the load again but wanted to get an idea what to expect. Higher or lower mv’s, better/worse precision or ES/SD, better pressure tolerance? what is the usual experience of moving to magnum primers? thank you

Just following up albeit a couple of years late my accuracy load in the blaser r8 barrel (22.8”) was an 162gr eld-x over 54.3gr of RS62 giving 2780fps i noticed a 25fps drop off in me in cold weather - is this normal?

I have re-barrelled a Sako TRG and, as alluded to here, I suspect that it was not remotely necessary based on round count. I got in the habit of "pimping" it and was enjoying the process including KRG folding stock etc. Mik at Dolphin put a 28" proof research bull barrel on it - and he agreed the barrel was very tight.

I use the Forster and it works very - salvages the bullets with little or no marks Does take a knack when opening the collet inserts to make sure you end up pulling on the bullet not the case head but that is achieved by reading the instructions and take it slowly not wading in like I did first time!

Yes - I love my TRG - someone has got a very good deal there!

Yes thanks Mark - will come back to you

Just arrived - perfectly packaged, thanks very much!

I’ll take it if still available PM sent