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As odd as it sounds, have you tired a small base die for resizing?

What exactly is the gun doing? What type of malfunctions?

I know Win760 is a little slow, but times are tough, and I happen to have a cpl pounds of it. Has anyone had any luck or good experience with WIN760 in a AR10? I will be shooting it from a Sig 716 DMR. 175grn bullets.

Varget is a good choice to cover .223, .308, and 6.5 creedmoore. .300blk, if you are not concerned about making subsonic loads, LilGun is good.

I used to never clean lube off .223 cases until I learned the hard way the Dillon case lube does not like cold weather. Up here in the northeast, we shoot into the cold months, and I had the lube on the brass actually congeal up and cause a jam. Now I tumble the lube off after loading. No issues since.

Those primers are in fact just plain old small rifle. The box is labeled magnum, but Fiocchi says they are considered just small rifle. I tryed them, they work. They are a little hard tho, my limited gun gets light strikes on them about 1 out of 10. My open gun is similar. I would consider them good enough for practice. They do work just fine in my buddies open gun. So maybe try em and see how they run for you. I didnt reduce my loads either.

I am a fan of 180gr Blues. They shoot extremely soft using WIN231. I use small rifle primers. I also use the same 180grn for major using power pistol and small rifle primers.

I ordered Friday, showed up today!

RCBS makes a good set of Small base dies, it comes with 2 dies... sizing and seating.

Was only able to score 2k. But something is better than nothing. Thx for heads up!

Try 50/50 Apple cider vinegar and peroxide. Let it soak for about an hr or two. Will wipe right out with a Qtip. Rinse with water. Just have good ventilation.

I had mine die on me in the middle of a stage. Had to shoot poppers at 30 yards using "kentucky windage". I created a new division called open no sights this weekend!

Thanks for the info. Sadly, none of that is available local either

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this powder using the 140grn bullets? H4350 isnt avialable local nowadays and I need a good alternative. I am thinking RL-15 because it also seems to be able to be used for .308 Win. With the current times, 1 powder, 2 guns, less shopping around.. Any thoughts? Varget is also not available, just in case that would be a thought.

If you look closely, the Atlas guns have very similar characteristics as the Akai. The Atlas I had was very nice.. I will say that, however, my Limcats are much smoother guns to me.

Cmon now.. I hear Akai makes some really nice open guns...

I wish this idea was out there at the beginning of the summer. I had a full custom Atlas Chaos, STI DVC, and my Limcat to compare. I also have access to a Venom Customs 2011. That could have been a decent video.

I use any brass that isnt cracked or stepped.

Ive loaded 147 blues for major in my old Atlas, and my current Limcats. They did work well, no build up at all. I have since moved to the 124 JHP for the extra gas. Dot movement is noticably better with the 124s. As a test, I randomly grab other shooters who do not shoot open, and have them blind test the ammo for felt recoil and dot movement, and the 124s win every time.

So an update on this topic. I shot the JP vs Cobalt. JP stock was lifted up to be parallel with the tube as suggested. The Cobalt still has a smoother feel to it. Its nothing substantial that makes or breaks any deal on either gun. However, I did find out the hard way, that in my my current configuration of both rifles, that the JP requires more gas pressure to cycle reliably. With that said, I used the same ammo in the Cobalt, and it seems it is way overgassed. The brass gets tossed out at almost 12 oclock direction, and a few times it got stuck back in the chamber and caused a nasty jam. I am currently trying to find a happy medium to run 1 ammo type for both guns to cycle 100%. Both guns have low mass bolts, adjustable gas blocks, and the cobalt muzzle brakes. JP is running JP silent captured, and Cobalt is factory Cobalt buffer system.

Its average of $.70/.$80 a round up here in the northeast. Kinda sad. Primers are pretty much gone besides the few gougers that are trying to make a buck. When the shops do get em in, they are picked clean in minutes.

Depends on what gun you have and who you talk to. I have been told small pistol are fine by one maker, and then to only use small rifle by another. The safest bet would be to test some and see what happens.

Does anyone else polish the outside of their mag tubes?

I will have a limcat in 9mm for sale soon.

This one started out as a limited gun. Atlas built an open slide for it. So Im sure you can have a slide/barrel of your chosing fit to your frame.