FYI, I use one of these for the 40-82 and it works pretty good. Kinda pricey IMO and you need to order the appropriate sized pilot, but all in all pretty good. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?p ... ber=219509
Ed
Cast bullet "Bumping"
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Re: Cast bullet "Bumping"
Kirk,KirkD wrote:I'm not sure that an inside neck reamer is any better than an outside neck file (fine file), and the inside neck reamer is a lot more expensive. I've done the outside neck file (put the case in a chuck, spin it up to medium speed, and apply a fine file to the neck, moving the file slowly up and down the neck as the case turns. About a minute of that is all that is needed. I mic the neck thickness to get it down to .010.
I don't have anything big enough to do this...the .608" rim and the 1/2" chuck on my drill don't like each other
Ed,Kansas Ed wrote:FYI, I use one of these for the 40-82 and it works pretty good. Kinda pricey IMO and you need to order the appropriate sized pilot, but all in all pretty good. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?p ... ber=219509
Ed
After much shopping and research, I picked that exact product and ordered it last night, from Midway nonetheless. They were out of the 0.410 pilot so I ordered it directly from Forster.
The last piece of the puzzle is to find someone selling 20:1 or 30:1 bullets in the .411 +/- range. I've given up trying to develop a hunting load by October 15. I just ran out of enough time to do a good job. It will have to wait until next year.
I'm also starting to seriously think about reaming the chamber...this is a pain in the
Chad
Re: Cast bullet "Bumping"
Yep, you're a little short on time. You know, when we started working on the 40-82's we were of the same mind set as you...what a Pain!! But after we figured out the specific combinations...I don't think you could pry either of them away from us at this point.
My wife's 1894 25-35 rifle (1915) I bet I tried 30 different loads for. Nothing would shoot into a 5" group at 50 yards. I even took it to a couple of gunshows hoping to get rid of it. But no one would offer more than about $500 for it. (clean 60% std rifle with excellent bore). Disgusted, I decided to get weird with it, and took some Nosler Ballistic tips, cropped the points, added cannelures, and within 2 loads had them shooting 3 hole cloverleafs at 50 yards. Somewhere out there is a combination, that with a little work will do you fine. Have some patience. It WILL be worth the trouble in the end.
Ed
My wife's 1894 25-35 rifle (1915) I bet I tried 30 different loads for. Nothing would shoot into a 5" group at 50 yards. I even took it to a couple of gunshows hoping to get rid of it. But no one would offer more than about $500 for it. (clean 60% std rifle with excellent bore). Disgusted, I decided to get weird with it, and took some Nosler Ballistic tips, cropped the points, added cannelures, and within 2 loads had them shooting 3 hole cloverleafs at 50 yards. Somewhere out there is a combination, that with a little work will do you fine. Have some patience. It WILL be worth the trouble in the end.
Ed