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Yes I know, im sorry, I couldnt help myself. I have one and have now got to make the rounds for the thing.

So....does anyone have a brew list for one? I am after some dies to fit a LEE press etc

Also, while I am here, my researches have led me to the concept of useing "english walnut lizard bedding" as a tumbling media, however,most of the petshops near me look as if I have asked to do something tastless with a chicken. Any ideas?

Mal Reynolds wrote:Yes I know, im sorry, I couldnt help myself. I have one and have now got to make the rounds for the thing.

So....does anyone have a brew list for one? I am after some dies to fit a LEE press etc

Also, while I am here, my researches have led me to the concept of useing "english walnut lizard bedding" as a tumbling media, however,most of the petshops near me look as if I have asked to do something tastless with a chicken. Any ideas?

Nice! I intend to build one later this year so I am still looking into loads, I have a few that seem good but I am not in a position to test them yet...

Regarding cleaning... I no longer tumble cases. My cleaning regime is:

Clean the outside of the neck with a worn out green Scotch cloth (I use the small kitchen sponges with a bit of scourer attached, as they get discarded I grab them and just polish the outside of the neck,

Clean the inside of the neck with a PB brush mounted in a slow cordless screw driver, one pass in and out does the job and also uses all the brush so no more worn out middle bit. Brushes last a lot longer and the inside of the neck is always clean.

Neck size and pop the primer.

Clean the primer pocket.

Wipe the whole case over with a cloth and as long as it does not need trimming it is ready to prime and load. This process is applied to everything including a 6.5x47 Wildcat.

Mal Reynolds wrote: Also, while I am here, my researches have led me to the concept of useing "english walnut lizard bedding" as a tumbling media, however,most of the petshops near me look as if I have asked to do something tastless with a chicken. Any ideas?

Go to a store that has exotic pets, snakes, spiders, scorpions ( ) etc, and they should have plenty. I pick some up from my local store when I get crickets for my two scorpies.

I get mine from sandblasting suppliers in half cwt bags, you don't seem to be able to get cwt bags of anything nowadays. :evil:

Hi your 6.5x47, I've had mine for some time now and there's a lot of info on the web, mainly from the states. I've experimented with reloader 15, starting off with 35.5grns but any cross wind at 300 yards blows it off. I am now using 37 grns of rel 15 pushing a 123 grn scenar. The best group off a bipod I've had is .5 for a 5 shot group at 100 yds. I have read that in the states their using 40.2 grns but who knows how long their barrels last. Get all the info you can before starting to reload and work on the cautious side. ronboy