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#338 SPECTRE SUBSONIC SKIN#

Has anyone else run these suckers through a chrono? Mine are the Barnes 210 gn TSX loads and according to the Q chart you are looking for 2086 fps out of a 16 inch barrel. When I set up my chronograph I started off with my "commercial" cartridges from Gorilla. I just got started on my load development yesterday with CFE BLK powder. Not 338 Spectre easy but relatively painless, I need to try this easy procedure with other brands of CM brass. Finished case came out at 1.874, needs to be trimmed to length and annealed. Run case into Lee die 1/3, 1/2 way ram stroke and then fully, while inspecting case at each ram location.Ĥ. Lube outside of case neck, shoulder and body with sizing wax.ģ. Lube inside of case neck and expand virgin 6CM case using 6.5, 6>.30 and. Right case procedure: for wildcatting, I love the Lee one piece spindle.ġ. * I had thought about trying to form cases using using my 338 Whisper FL die as the 8.6 is kind of a.

Finished case was 1.702….ready for final (whatever the chamber tells me)trim.

Ran case into Lee FL die, so Rockchucker slightly cams over.

Lubed case shoulder and body with Imperial die sizing wax and Militec on the inside of the neck.

Bumped base-shoulder length to around 1.290 or so.

Used several bushings to bump shoulder back in steps,trial and error and a PITA, at least its not a.

Expanded to 6.5, then 6mm>.30 tapered expander and then.

300 below case 6CM shoulder junction with case base in a water bath. Left case procedure that I used a few weeks ago, the long away around town until I could get some dies. New Fed 6CM brass-nominal length 1.915, 90‘s era Rockchucker press, K&M expander mandrels, Imperial die sizing wax and Militec lube on a q-tip for inside the necks.

I picked this brass for $33/100 at Midway about a month ago, perfect for forming proof of concept.Below are two cases left case formed a from a custom 30 degree case forming bushing die set and the right case, only a Lee FL die. So I just got in my Lee dies today and I used virgin Fed LRP 6CM brass and the Lee die worked like a champ. My only interest is in the context of subsonic 338 in a larger footprint action. I guess the 338 Whisper and 338 Specter’s needed a big brother,so I threw in my hat on the 8.6 BLK just because.

#338 SPECTRE SUBSONIC SKIN#

Hi, just I would jump on here and throw in my 2 cents on case forming, as there‘s more than one way to skin a cat.