Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
That assumes a nice tight fit and no gas cutting or other leakage. I agree it's a big can o'worms. Probably Jon gave the best recent advice - start low and work up. Don't just take a max load out of the book and throw caution to the wind and assume it'll be okay. Probably many of us here can tell war stories of the time we followed a "book load" (well, except we substituted a different bullet, primer and seating depth) and ended up pulling 48 rounds down after the first one seemed kinda loud and 2nd one locked up the action so tight a 2x4 was required to beat the bolt open!".
"A faster barrel". I can remember guys that claimed their gun "shot father" than their brothers/uncles/buddies identical gun. In those pre-chronograph days it was just accepted as an odd truth. A tighter bore might well have been the cause.
"A faster barrel". I can remember guys that claimed their gun "shot father" than their brothers/uncles/buddies identical gun. In those pre-chronograph days it was just accepted as an odd truth. A tighter bore might well have been the cause.
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