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There you go, something wrong with that .287 bushing. I've seen that before with Hornaday. Hornady and the word "precision" is an oxy-moron, LOL! Enjoy your new founded reloading experience.

I'm thinking that measurement was a misread of the caliper. Use the sharp end of the caliper to measure the neck, Mitutoyu, Starrett, and Fowler are most reliable calipers. Then there's the issue that bushing was mis marked. Try the next bushing below it and see what you get.

Did you use the Hornady Precision Hunter brass after you fired the factory round in your rifle or did you use new Hornady reloading brass? Don't understand how you got .283" neck diameter with a .287" neck bushing. It doesn't matter what the brass thickness is, sizing with a .287" bushing is going to give you that measurement. A thicker brass neck is going to render a larger " round diameter" at the neck. So if you measured a loaded factory neck there could be a disparaging difference between the factory round and your reloaded cartridge using the reloading brass. The right way to measure for bushing needed would be like mentioned above. Measure average neck thickness of the reloading brass and then add bullet diameter for a loaded round diameter. You would then use a bushing .002"-.003" less. Are you using a caliper or micrometer to measure neck. And nope don't use the expander, it introduces increased bullet runout. Frankly Hornady brass has a lot of runout. More runout than I would care to have. You may want to use Norma or Lapua brass. I neck turn all my brass whether it's for hunting or competition.

Craftsman and others make a nice sturdy bench with enough drawers and table top big enough to to hold two or three presses. Add some peg board or slat board on the wall behind and you'll have a nice respectable looking bench.

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You may want to know if he's a sipper or a mixer. You don't want to mix the good stuff but people do. Let me recommend a Mescal with a slight bit of smokiness, Gonzalez 1939 and for the price it's awesome, $80.

Other than the 209 shotshell primers which could also have been used for a muzzle loader, I don't see anything shotgun related. You have a distressed rifle or handgun reloading set. Some of it very distressed! Clean it up with some steel wool and WD40 and it might become useful. Where did you get the idea it was a shotgun set up?

It's a personal preference more than anything. RCBS Lite is good to +or- .01 grains and a balance scale is slightly less depending on quality. A two poise balance scale is most accurate but most balance scales aren't accurate to less than .02 grains. I had my balance scale calibrated and accurized by Scott Parker and I was amazed at the accuracy after. For my competition rifles I drop load with RCBS Lite, weigh on my FX-120I, and trickle with Dandy powder trickler. That combo renders loads to +or- .001 grains.

Horizontal groups may be aided by moving the bullet into the lands till they become vertical. But horizontal groups may also be due to wrong powder selection or powder charge. Wind could also be causing your horizontal spread. If you're not using wind flags, I suggest you start doing so. Even on days with what looks like "no wind" there's wind especially at 3 points shooting range.

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Nobody makes ammo for PRCW. It's a custom cartridge built by Wheeler. But you could fire a factory 7mm PRC in it and fireform the brass. Understand that the Wheeler version is merely a change in the leade angle, the throat length, and I think Wheeler has the 35 degree shoulder. I've long been intrigued by doing a 1.75 leade angle. I think it engages the ogive better with the longer bullets than the default 1.5". I'm doing one on my 300 Norma mag. , 35 degree, this fall for 1K benchrest. Another Wheeler cartridge.

The difference between the Wheeler version is probably the leade angle, 35 degree shoulder, and throat length. So you should be able to fire factory ammo in it. Alex won't release the actual specs for his reamer. Holding for his customers only. I'm going to assume his version is a 1.75 degree leade with a longer throat for longer bullets.

So were you able to get the reamer with Alex Wheeler's throat and leade angle? JGS?

Why don't you post your own pics?

Original butt pad? Any iron sights? I believe those came with front and rear sights.

You may want to post ad at one of the local trap and skeet clubs.

You may want to check Gunbroker for a model 29-10, 44 magnum, 8 3/8 inch barrel. If you're not wanting to invest in a collector's piece you may want to look at the model 29-10. This is one of the most recent model 29's. The model 29 started with no dash (first generation) with the 29-3 (third generation) being the most popular. The current generation is also made in stainless.

Did you try the Berger 168g hunting bullets? I think the 175g Berger has been discontinued.

I've been using N560, N565, and N570 for 1000 yard shooting out of a 6.5/284 S and a 300 Norma 35 degree and have found they are comparable to Retumbo, H1000, and 4831SC in temperature stability. N560 gave some of the best extreme spreads in the Rem 7 mag. I've ever seen. Great replacement for RL23, RL26, RL33.

You might want to include width of barrel channel at end of fore-end. Also a pic of bottom might help sale and if it's detachable mag.

I owned one of these and if I remember correctly the hammer is for both centerfire and rimfire configuration. Once selected you leave it there for a rimfire. The barrel selector gives you choice of which barrel you want to fire. Good luck finding parts. Some places for parts are Numrich or Jack First.

I have one container unopened and one open container missing approximately 2 ounces. Both same lot and stored inside closet. $70. I'm in Tucson can meet you at I-10.

PTG bolts are either one piece or two pieces. The handles are all two pieces in that the bolt handle is threaded for whatever bolt knob you'd like to install on it. The two piece bolt has the handle welded on and the one piece bolt is integral and part of the original piece of metal the bolt was made from. Your's looks like a one piece bolt but difficult to tell from pics.

Try Shooter's Choice shotgun and choke tube cleaner. Just spray and watch the crud come out. I spray two or three times till foam comes out clean. If you use brake cleaner, use the non-chlorinated stuff. Bore Tech also has a new cleaner for cans.