RBHarter
West Central AR
Do you have that one that you spent years finding? Then you just loved it even though it was a picky whinny prema donna , the journey to success made it worthwhile. Then opportunity knocked and you "fixed" all of the labor intensive bugs with a new barrel and an old favorite cartridge?
Well I did with an old Savage 110LH , when that meant Left hand High grade . Now I have this weird collection of stuff I used for the 1-8.5" 06' barrel that demanded match prep brass that wasn't RP or FC . Yes they did in 1965. I measured the twist a dozen times and yes Savage did build at least one . It's a much less fussy 7×57 now . Grampa's M70 won't shoot the 200 spitzer ownself or 311-230 gr NOE and neither will chamber in the orphan 760 . I'm not likely to send them away, I'm keeping the barrel at least for now also .
The ownself bullet required enhanced lube grooves so I bought a canlure tool .
I made an improvised flash hole deburring tool , just for that rifle and as it turned out kind of exclusive to those 50 cases.
Special load data , 2 dozen targets and a whole summer of first 5 shots over lays on one target , the 06' sizer with the .312 expander ball still in it . The odds and ends list goes on after the 25 yr romance (and heartbreak , hair pulling, education , aggravation , cussing , discovery , elation , wonder ) and realizing in my last trek for a load that that the barrel was just ready to either retire or be set back and rechambered . Who has an 06' that takes a 3.99 OAL to touch the lands with a .312 paper patch?
Of course I will load for a couple of other 06's so the dies and glut of brass won't go to waste .
I look forward to another 20 yr with "Donna" , the Prima Donna , but with more docile requirements for care and feeding.
Well I did with an old Savage 110LH , when that meant Left hand High grade . Now I have this weird collection of stuff I used for the 1-8.5" 06' barrel that demanded match prep brass that wasn't RP or FC . Yes they did in 1965. I measured the twist a dozen times and yes Savage did build at least one . It's a much less fussy 7×57 now . Grampa's M70 won't shoot the 200 spitzer ownself or 311-230 gr NOE and neither will chamber in the orphan 760 . I'm not likely to send them away, I'm keeping the barrel at least for now also .
The ownself bullet required enhanced lube grooves so I bought a canlure tool .
I made an improvised flash hole deburring tool , just for that rifle and as it turned out kind of exclusive to those 50 cases.
Special load data , 2 dozen targets and a whole summer of first 5 shots over lays on one target , the 06' sizer with the .312 expander ball still in it . The odds and ends list goes on after the 25 yr romance (and heartbreak , hair pulling, education , aggravation , cussing , discovery , elation , wonder ) and realizing in my last trek for a load that that the barrel was just ready to either retire or be set back and rechambered . Who has an 06' that takes a 3.99 OAL to touch the lands with a .312 paper patch?
Of course I will load for a couple of other 06's so the dies and glut of brass won't go to waste .
I look forward to another 20 yr with "Donna" , the Prima Donna , but with more docile requirements for care and feeding.
