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Post by angus6 on Jan 24, 2013 9:47:54 GMT -8
Am I right in thinking I can use a 6.8 Wilson case gauage to get the body size right ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 10:46:26 GMT -8
Am I right in thinking I can use a 6.8 Wilson case gauage to get the body size right ? You are right. The only change to the case is diameter of the neck being made smaller. |
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Jan 24, 2013 15:46:17 GMT -8
But to get a perfect chamber fit on your loads a Hornady Head Space Tool is the berries.
Greg
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Post by angus6 on Jan 24, 2013 16:23:39 GMT -8
But to get a perfect chamber fit on your loads a Hornady Head Space Tool is the berries. Greg I'll have to check into one of those, also it looks like there would be no need to send a case into Gacey for a shell holder as the 6.8 holder would fill the bill |
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Jan 25, 2013 10:49:58 GMT -8
But to get a perfect chamber fit on your loads a Hornady Head Space Tool is the berries. Greg I'll have to check into one of those, also it looks like there would be no need to send a case into Gacey for a shell holder as the 6.8 holder would fill the bill Actually you will have to. Too much wobble on the 6X6.8 case when you try to trim it unsupported. I tried that on some other stuff on my Gracey and it was a no go. Greg |
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Post by angus6 on Jan 25, 2013 17:12:25 GMT -8
I'll have to check into one of those, also it looks like there would be no need to send a case into Gacey for a shell holder as the 6.8 holder would fill the bill Actually you will have to. Too much wobble on the 6X6.8 case when you try to trim it unsupported. I tried that on some other stuff on my Gracey and it was a no go. Greg Thanks for that info, it keeps adding up ;D waiting on a plate to finally build a annealer as I wont be treating this brass like .223  |
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Jan 25, 2013 18:59:45 GMT -8
Actually you will have to. Too much wobble on the 6X6.8 case when you try to trim it unsupported. I tried that on some other stuff on my Gracey and it was a no go. Greg Thanks for that info, it keeps adding up ;D waiting on a plate to finally build a annealer as I wont be treating this brass like .223 I have over 10 loadings on mine loaded pretty hot. No reason to anneal at that rate. Make sure that you get Silver State if you want it to last IMHO. Greg |
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Post by angus6 on Jan 30, 2013 22:56:03 GMT -8
getting closer , powder I've got on hand is SMP844 and TAC am I fine to start or should I pick up something else ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 5:06:45 GMT -8
getting closer , powder I've got on hand is SMP844 and TAC am I fine to start or should I pick up something else ? The 6X68 is pretty forgiving. It will shoot about anything. In my experience I have found the powders on the slow end work best. My go to powder is IMR 8208. Benchmark works well but is a little fast and you will give up velocity. CFE 223 and RL 15 will work well with the heavy bullets. As a side note. CFE 223 did give us the fastest velocity with a 58 gr. bullet. |
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Post by angus6 on Feb 4, 2013 6:21:10 GMT -8
wondering about having CH4D make a sizing die , anyone done that ?
need to order somethings and was wondering what 3 different bullets would be good to order for the 1in9 barrel I'm waiting on just be punching holes in paper usally around 250 yd but will get some time at out to 600yd
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 6:44:03 GMT -8
wondering about having CH4D make a sizing die , anyone done that ? need to order somethings and was wondering what 3 different bullets would be good to order for the 1in9 barrel I'm waiting on just be punching holes in paper usally around 250 yd but will get some time at out to 600yd I don't think anyone has had a custom die made. There is really no reason. You will have better control of neck tension with the bushing die. The Redding dies are as good if not better than the custom dies. They are also in stock at most vender's, so no wait. The last time I saw an order from CH4D it took almost 10 months. If you are planning to shoot 600 yards and feed from the magazine, I would look at both of the Hornady 87's or the 87 gr. Berger VLD. Greg has been shooting F-class with the Hornady's and has been having great success. |
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Post by angus6 on Mar 28, 2013 7:23:02 GMT -8
Not having good luck with necking down to 6mm, Got the Redding S die and .285 and .267 bushing and and I'm tearing a peice of the neck off with the .267 bushing step
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2013 7:51:24 GMT -8
Not having good luck with necking down to 6mm, Got the Redding S die and .285 and .267 bushing and and I'm tearing a peice of the neck off with the .267 bushing step Angus, Sent you a PM |
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