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I'll take another look at the bolt tomorrow. I detail stripped the whole rifle including the bolt when I received it to remove remove any old grease and oil and to relube everything. Of all the springs, the extractor spring seemed the worst for wear but still serviceable (perhaps not)...

Hey everyone, So just received an M1 this week and was able to get out this weekend to shoot it. I was shooting Greek surplus ammo HXP. After cleaning the cases, I noticed all cases had dings, dents or bends on the case head from the extractor. The dents are easily noticable but the...

"It sounds like you may be getting your info from the Lee handloading manual. That's a good thing. Read the books and stick to the rules." Yea, using the Lee manual. Seems to be a lot of good info in it. I went looking for another book today to try to get another for comparing load data or...

Hey everyone, Recently bought the OAL length gauge and comparator gauge. Tried it out on my .223 Stevens 200 and got this for the dimensions. OAL - 55gn FMJBT 2.381 - 68gn BTHP 2.3855 Comp length - 55gn FMJBT 2.0155 - 68gn BTHP 1.9695 With these dimensions, it's impossible to seat...

That's the route i will end up going is buying an Accurate powder. I was hoping to save $20 by using what I had. Yet, spending $20 will be worth it in order to be safe...

Thanks again everyone for the replies, help and words of wisdom. This all sounds promising. "what powders do you have on hand,and what charge are you thinking of using? My books don't show that weight/style bullet,so wondering what you have for data?" This was my next question actually...

"Unless you go to a shooting range, you're shooting illegally." That sucks. I'll be transfering up to Everett in a few months and was wondering if things would be as free as they are in Nevada in regards to shooting. It's nice being able to drive 5 mins in any direction and be able to...

Thanks for the replies. Couple more questions. As far as the hardness number, I didn't see it posted anywhere on the box. "Be sure that you know the purpose of the cast bulets." The box was simply labeled as Hardcast and Cowboy Bullets. The company is Silver State Bullet llc. Tried...

Hey everyone, Read the forums a lot but first post. I went out and bought a box of 500, 155gn SWC (guessing semi-wad cutter?) for 10mm/40 S&W for $33. I just had a few questions. First, just in general, why the funky shape and does the shoulder of the bullet cause jams (shooting a...