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Great day was had by all today. A very big thank you to Mark for his effort to organise this event.

88gr of H2O after forming, that is a 17.3% increase in capacity. Interestingly the 333Jeffery is listed as having 84gr H2O. The projectile fireforming load had a 250gr projectile doing 2350fps. The wax cap and paper wad was a problem. They would not feed out of the magazine and then the...

Looks like it might be a bit damp on Saturday, we will just have to think we are on the North West coast of the USA. I am intending to bring. 416 WSM Siamese Mauser 338/348AI Siamese Mauser 9.3 X 64Br Enfield P14.

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flooded it with several coats of the oil finish (12hrs between coats). Left it for a week to set hard. Sanded it back to below the level of the grain cavities. Then it is ready to start the finishing coats.

You need to upload the video to Youtube, then you add the link to the Youtube video into your post.

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I fitted the Dressel Old English grip cap today. This meant 4mm of wood was removed from the front of the pistol grip and the lever needed to be reprofiled. I am now happy of where the ball sit relative to the grip cap. You might also notice that I have made the rear sight insert.

I filled the grain last week and then sanded it back. I am now on the finishing coats, it is coming up very nicely.

Fireforming load with no projectile. What I ended up loading was 40g of AR2205, a full square of "Who gives a Crap". The paper wad needed to be compressed down into the shoulder with the blunt end of an 8mm drill bit. I am thinking it is the paper wad that is doing all the work. I capped it with...

Solved the ejection issue today. I bought this action for the extractor. The claw was too thick to fit the groove in the 348W case but was a very good fit with the WSM case I have for the 416WSM rifle. The extractor claw on the 416WSM bolt had a much sharper claw tip that fitted the 348W groove...

Yes, very similar at this point. But it is yet to be fireformed into the Ackley Improved chamber which will significantly change the case taper and shoulder angle. The best description after fireforming is a 338WSM flanged.

On my 416WSM it is 22lpi - I am very happy with it. 18tpi may be too aggressive and uncomforatable on a 500J. Have you considered 24tpi?

If you are not adding a 1/4 rib, the band should be incorporated into your rear sight base.

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