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Standard presses do .338LM just fine - no issues. You don't get into problems with presses until you try to load 50 BMG, and super-long bitches like that. Takes a special press for those. .416 Barrett, .408 CheyTac, .375 CheyTac, and the like. So, since you been loading since 2016 - fuckin' get to it, brother... My 225 SST loads were about 70 cents per load (normal powder prices, then), and I'm just under 2 bucks per load on the 285 ELD-Ms (projectile price is what drives that, nothing else).

I have a new bitch here -and it's NICE...

You okay @DNP? Had a few days over here that were completely overcast, because of the smoke. Couldn't see the sun, driving home (west) right into it. It was a nice break here, and kept the sun-heat-temps here down to the mid-90s - but it can't be good for you over there...

These look excellent - but make SURE you seal those things. If you don't, that powder will deteriorate very quickly. Making your own blanks is a motherfucker. It ain't easy. Well done.

As far as I know, I'm the only other guy here reloading .338 Lapua Magnum stuff, and I use Alliant RL-22. That 7828SC (not your powder, exactly) is a little slower than RL-23, but in between RL-23 and RL-25 (slower than RL-22). I'm running 87.1 grains of RL-22 for 285gr Hornady ELD-Ms. I was running 90.0gr for the 225gr Hornady SSTs. That was for Ron's MRAD. Be cautious, brother - starting out handloading, and picking .338 Lapua Magnum as your "starter cartridge" could be a real learning experience. Load up some 5.56 first - I'm just sayin'... You're into some expensive mistakes, if you fuk up the 338LM shiit - where 5.56 is almost a no-penalty affair... My $0.02 on it... You'll soon find that a pound of powder makes about 70~75 loaded rounds of .338LM ammo... it eats alot - ALOT of powder. In 5.56 heavies, you'll get about 225~250 rounds per pound, in .308 Win, you'll get around 150 rounds per pound. Start on something smaller, and get your feet wet.

You're starting to sound like @Rsquared... That's actually a commendable trait...

Uh huh. I see how it is. Both you fuckers.

Well, you don't have a squared off ejector face, that's just been determined. Let's take a look at something else here. ^^^ What's the gas port diameter on that barrel? And, are you sure it's 0.936" diameter for the gas block? This all comes down to a question from before, when asking for gun details - and we MEAN DETAILS... This must have been glossed over, with this suggestion: By the way - you never did heed the suggestion to post an Intro about yourself - so go get into that in your spare time. Your "free information" is over, until you accomplish that task.

I'll grab those, brother - I almost jumped at the last Nosler 105 RDF sale that was posted, but missed it. Right now, I'm sitting on 700 projectiles for the Hornady 108gr ELD-M for this thing - box here, box there... But, I do want to try those Nosler RDFs out, badly.

I went after the low hanging fruit, brother- and smacked Eric around, like he needed to be, for such a comment. Damn Newbie.

Post a pic of your ejector face - it's got a squared-off face, on the top of it. It's running too fast, as well. Too much gas - or more often than not, NOT ENOUGH recoil system... Standard Hornady .308 Win loads shouldn't be suspected as "hot loads." So, it's not the ammo. It's the gun. Squared off ejectors cause rounds to jam, when they're coming out of the right side of the double-stack magazine. Squared off ejectors also fuk brass up, and leave some nasty ejector smears on brass, when something is out-of-whack with the gun, and it's running too fast. More often than not, it's a too-light recoil system that's making the gun cycle too fast. Close runner up to that prize is a gas system that's way over-gassed. It's not usually the gas system, though. It's a manufacturer that's saving money making cheaper recoil-system parts, and the buffer is too light, and the spring is actually an AR15 spring... Cheaper that way, to make and sell them. Regardless - rounded off ejectors don't usually leave ejector smears, like you're showing in that pic above. We're only looking at one step of the issue here.

See - I back you up, got both of us out of this - and you throw me under the bus. I see how it is. BTW - I don't have hemorrhoids. You would have known if I did, though - I'm just sayin'...

Matt and I already discussed this - and we determined that since you're the newest guy that comes to the shoots - that you need to learn how to do handstands.

That's the exact same as running a fixed stock system/Rifle Recoil System. If that doesn't work - it means your gas system is jacked up.

Couple more days, and I'll give a "status call" on this one again. 9/17 marks 3 months. By then, I should have my built date, or a schedule of where I am in the line, at least. I'll report back.

The gas block (front sight base) determines the location of the gas tube. The gas tube determines the location of the handguard endcap, because it passes through it, in an exact spot on the handguard endcap. In turn, that handguard endcap determines where the handguard locks in. The front sight base on this barrel, centered over the gas port in the barrel, is the heart of this whole maneuver, and dictates where everything else goes. Where you position that front sight base, and taper-ream that barrel for it - that's what's driving the rest of that train, man. Not the other way around.

You're the one that lines it up, before you taper-ream that barrel.

You're set.

They'll both work, Mack. 5/32" is easier to use to blend, because it's smaller, but they both work well.

It's running too fast, because the buffer is too light. It's running so fast that the bolt catch can't even grab the BCG. Is your new receiver extension 7 5/8" internal depth? It needs to be, if you're gonna run a AR15 Carbine H3 buffer in it (3.250" long). You'll need the Sprinco RED spring for that, or you'll need the Armalite EA1095 spring for that. That's the proper setup, anyway. 7 5/8" internal depth extension, AR15 H3 buffer (5.4oz) at 3.250" length, EA1095 spring (or Sprinco RED spring). Lube the hell out of it, shoot it, report back. This will spell it all out:

Depending on what it is that you ordered, it might work, and might not. If it's just a case holder, you might be okay. The 6 ARC case is truly a necked down 6.5 Grendel case - but the 6 ARC shoulder is bumped back by 0.030" over a Grendel case. So, it's not just necked down - the shoulder is further back as well. I can pop a picture up, if necessary.

My Brigade Commander (2nd Brigade, 7th ID) was a Hamburger Hill survivor. COL Linwood Burney, as my Brigade Commander. Bad Motherfucker, all the way to his core. If you read the book, he's in there. Battlefield promotion to Company Commander during that fight. That guy is a legend, and we all learned alot of lessons from him. One Mean Motherfucker. He made 1-star General (Brigadier General), and was the 7th ID (L) Assistant Division Commander for Maneuver (ADC/M). Here's a quick local-paper story on him: https://greensboro.com/bush-nominates-a-t-grad-as-general/article_d5108474-5905-56cb-a1b2-e204d423070d.html The greatest lesson I ever learned from him - if you torture your motherfuckers fairly and equitably, but torture them HARD - and then you reward them fairly and equitably for the hard work that they put in... They will follow you straight into hell, no matter what you ask of them. You must lead the way, though, and every single time.

Good thing I tore that gun all down when new, and coated everything with JB-80. It'll be ALOT easier to clean it all back up...

Dremel with the Chainsaw Sharpening Bit will knock that aluminum out of the receiver real quick. It'll match/blend that upper to the feed ramps very well. Don't worry about the steel feed ramps so much - the aluminum from the receiver will go, long before you hurt those steel feed ramps. ALSO... That's the right round, out of a double-stack mag that's jammed, in these pics - is it always a right-side round that jams?... Take a pic of your ejector and post it up. Need to see what that ejector looks like in the bolt face...