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I have a new 6PPC rifle coming with a Krieger 13.5 twist barrel.  I gather that 6mm bullets in the 60-68-gr. range should stabilize, but I'm wondering how heavy I can go with this barrel.  Has anyone found 70-75-gr. bullets to stabilize in a 13.5-twist barrel?

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BR Equipment + Components / Any Barts bullets for sale in Canada?
« on: October 20, 2022, 05:46:31 PM »
Is there anyone in Canada who has a supply of Barts bullets for sale, or who can import them into Canada for sale?  I'm specifically looking for light (65-gr.) 6mm. bullets for my 6PPC with a 13.5" twist.  From the twist tables I've consulted, nothing over about 68 grains is likely to stabilize in this twist.


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Centerfire Discussions / Source for benchrest-quality bullets in Canada
« on: September 28, 2022, 04:19:18 PM »
I'm looking to buy some 6mm. bullets for a new 6 PPC.  It's not really a BR rifle, but I'd like to source some really topnotch 6mm. bullets--lightweight, 60-68 gr.  Is there someone here in Canada that can supply these?  I know where I can get some Berger 65s and 68s, but am wondering whether there are some other high-accuracy bullets out there for sale in Canada in that weight range.

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Centerfire Discussions / Weighing Powder Charges
« on: May 05, 2022, 10:11:40 PM »
I'm not a benchrest shooter, but I thought I ask you guys about weighing powder charges.  First, do you actually weigh your charges?  And second, if so, how much precision do you require in your scale?  This question might be better directed at the F-class guys, but I thought I'd check in with you precision shooters.

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Optics / BNIB Nightforce COMPETITION 15-55x52mm
« on: January 22, 2021, 06:19:07 PM »
BNIB Nightforce COMPETITION 15-55x52mm. .125 MOA Zerostop with CTR-2 reticle. 
Comes with original box, warranty card, user's manual, sunshade, and lens caps.

Current retail price: $3192.  With tax and shipping ≈ $3600.

New price: $2900 obo shipped.  Insurance, if desired, is on the buyer.




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Optics / SOLD Nightforce Competition 42x44 BNIB SOLD
« on: January 02, 2021, 07:24:37 PM »
SOLD Nightforce Competition 42x44.  BNIB, never mounted.  This scope has the CTR2 reticle and .125 MOA click value.  Comes with sunshade and lens caps.  I had a full ad prepared with pictures, but the site only posted the first two lines!  Price: $1850.  Please PM me if interested, and I can give you all the details and send more pictures.



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BR Equipment + Components / L.E. Wilson 6 PPC Dies and Case Gauge
« on: October 03, 2020, 03:46:36 PM »
Sold.

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Optics / March 2.5-25X42 Tactical Model
« on: December 27, 2019, 03:11:54 PM »
Sold.

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Optics / BNIB March 2.5-25x42mm.
« on: November 26, 2019, 06:07:59 PM »
Sold.

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BR Equipment + Components / Sinclair Stainless Steel Priming Tool
« on: May 14, 2019, 02:01:07 PM »
Sinclair priming tool:

SOLD.

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BR Equipment + Components / WTB 6 PPC chamber reamer
« on: February 18, 2019, 05:43:37 PM »
Does anyone have a 6PPC chamber reamer they'd like to sell?  Or rent?

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I'm wondering whether anyone in Canada is set up to neck-turning (for a profit) for other shooters?  My guess is that this would best be done by someone with a lathe.  I find neck-turning by hand a pain and would gladly pay to have a couple of 100 cases turned for me.

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Centerfire Discussions / 6 PPC Chamber Reamer Availability
« on: February 05, 2019, 05:41:34 PM »
Does anyone in Canada sell chamber reamers?  I'm guessing probably not, but thought I'd ask before looking at the US suppliers like PT&G.  I'd like to purchase a 6 PPC reamer for a build.

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Centerfire Discussions / Custom BR Action
« on: February 03, 2019, 11:13:49 AM »
Since I've already asked about barrels, let me ask about actions too.

Who in Canada can supply the top custom actions?  Most would have to be imported, I guess.  I'm thinking of BAT Machine, Stiller, Kelbly, Defiance, Surgeon, etc.

I'd like to build a custom varmint rig, but with a BR action and topnotch barrel.  I'd probably go with a single-shot action.

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Centerfire Discussions / Purchase of barrel blank
« on: February 01, 2019, 02:50:41 PM »
I'd like to purchase a top-of-the-line match-grade barrel for a project.  I would like chrome-moly.  It would be in 6 mm., with a bull-sporter contour (.700 diameter at the muzzle) and 1-14 twist.

Who in Canada might have this barrel in stock?  If no distributor up here in Canada has one, is it possible to order directly from a US maker like Krieger, Shilen, Bartlein, Broughton, etc.?

Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Is there an agreed-upon opinion about the minimum distance that the bullet should protrude down into the case neck? I ask because I've discovered that the new-to-me Sako 6 PPC I'm loading for seems to have a long throat, and to seat the bullets I want to use so that they touch the lands (68-gr. Bart's and 68-gr. Watsons) puts the bullets out so far as to give me less-than-usual bullet/neck contact (less than half the length of the neck). Of course, I could seat them deeper, but this would introduce a certain amount of jump, which I'd like to avoid if possible. 

With the Bart’s touching the lands, the base of the bullet is .121" down the neck. The Watsons end up about .140" down the neck. I don't plan to work rounds through the magazine, so getting the OAL to work through the mag is unnecessary. I'm using the Wilson chamber-type straight-line seater (and the Wilson chamber-type neck sizer as well).  I’m wondering whether this amount of contact (like the .121” with the Bart’s) will produce enough tension and I’m concerned about creating excessive run-out.

Any insights on this?

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Centerfire Discussions / Reloading Components in Canada
« on: January 25, 2015, 09:59:54 AM »
I'm new to this forum and am coming back to shooting after an absence of a few years.  While trying to obtain certain components the way I had years ago from the  US, I've discovered that new US laws have prohibited suppliers of reloading components from shipping to Canada.

So how do we obtain cases and bullets now in Canada?  I'd like to get some brass to get started again, and have discovered Bart's Bullets that seem worth trying.  Who are the big Canadian suppliers?  Or even small suppliers?

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Hi, I'm brand-new to this forum and had a question for you guys.  I have a .22 PPC for which I loaded Norma 22 PPC USA brass years ago.  I'm told that the Lapua 220 Russian case makes up into a superior .22 PPC case.  However, this would require quite a bit of work--to fireform to .22 PPC dimensions, to trim, and to neck-turn so that the resulting brass would chamber in my .22 PPC chamber that has a neck diameter of .2465".  I guess I could acquire the tools and put down the time to learn how to do this and then spend the time doing it, but I was thinking that if there are some guys in Canada that do this routinely for profit, I'd rather have it done.  So...does anyone do this as a part-time business?

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