Rick,
15,000 rounds and no visual throat errosion?? That my friend is pretty dang hard for me to grasp!!
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Rick,
15,000 rounds and no visual throat errosion?? That my friend is pretty dang hard for me to grasp!!
What can I say, this is the info I'm getting from the smith. What I can add though is the gun is still unbelievably accurate, so it does support what he's telling me.
R.
Wow.. I'm glad the shooter is okay. Props for workin through the problem! Good training tool too. I am amazed that the barrel is okay. Thanks for the photos, and the updates..
I would love to get a bore scope on that tube rick!! That is pretty amazing....even with the nekid eye, at 15k rounds on a clean bore you should see some sort of 'speckling' right where the rifling starts for at least the first inch or two when holding up to a light source.
My class iii buddy down here has been praising the lw bbls for some time now for their downrange accuracy. I'm really glad the bbl is OK as it will be interesting to see how long you can ride her before the groups open up.
Just curious, how long did it take for you to put 15k rounds?? It was a ss bbl too correct, not a chrome lined??
Hey Artos,
It took me about 2.5 years to put those rounds through the gun, and yes I do believe its a stainless barrel.
As a matter of fact I just spoke to Woody, the guy that runs LW and I ordered another barrel thinking the one I had was bad after the kaboom. Now it's going to just sit there after I put on the gas block, get it finished and croyed.
I guess there's no doubt that LW makes good barrels but I'm crediting the cryo as the reason the barrel has held up so well.
If this is an indicator of what cryo can really do, I wonder why more people don't do it.
R.
I always thought much of the Oakley line was ANSI rated. :confused:
ETA They do-
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Jmart,
I set it up to use 2-3000 of an inch tension using the 246 redding bushing. What I did not do however was to test that same tension with different brass, and that's on me.
I spoke to Redding about this and they made a good point. Even with a 246 bushing the decaping plunger might be opening the mouth of the case on the way out undoing what the bushing did. They suggested maybe not using any decaping plunger with the bushings.
Another buddy also suggested to buff the plunger and reduce its overall size so the plunger doesn't open the mouth as much on the way out. I have to re-test the setup with some of these changes
I'm using 25.5gr of H335 and that's giving me high 2500fps out of my 10.5". It's probably a bit hotter than normal.
As with most accidents this could have been prevented. It was a huge lesson learned. I need to pay closer attention to QC and less about mass producing these things so I can shoot more.
R.
Just measure the delta between resized cases and loaded cartridges. If it's .003 then you're OK and you don't need to remove the decapper.
But I think you're on the right track, a taper crimp die or a Lee FCD would be a good addition to your setup.