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DarylS
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Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?
02/10/24 02:02 AM

I made up a 9.5x68 many years ago and wrote it up here, I am sure. That was back in the free photobucket days.
I had some 8x68S brass, but mostly used .375H&H brass. I would turn the belts down to .522", then trim to length and fireform.
Instant good brass. They had a couple gr. more or less capacity than RWS 8x68 brass. IIRC, they held more powder.
The case body formed out to fill the chamber.
My best friend Keith's brother ended up with it, then had it re-barreled (Keith and I wore out the bore) and re-chambered to the same ctg.
I was shooting a lot of trimmed down .223 brass made into bullets without annealing them. That might have been the reason for the wear.
I don't think we put more than about 3,000 rounds through it.

Seems to me I used a .300 Win Mag die I bored the neck out with a carbide drill for a sizer. I made a seating die like the current Hornady seating dies with a sliding collar and fixed seating post.

edited - belts turned down from .532" to .522".

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

Edited by DarylS (03/10/24 02:18 AM)

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When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	12/07/22 07:55 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	m4220	12/07/22 08:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	12/07/22 05:50 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	17/09/24 04:49 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	17/09/24 04:52 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	93x64mm	17/09/24 05:37 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	17/09/24 09:17 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	18/09/24 05:04 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	18/09/24 05:59 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	18/09/24 08:13 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	18/09/24 10:02 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	19/09/24 03:40 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	19/09/24 03:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	23/09/24 09:08 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	24/09/24 02:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	26/09/24 03:11 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	26/09/24 03:23 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	27/09/24 07:13 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	29/09/24 11:43 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	02/10/24 01:29 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	03/10/24 02:07 AM
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Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	01/10/24 03:11 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	02/10/24 12:47 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	01/10/24 09:07 AM
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