I bought the John Ardito rifle that was advertised here. I'm looking forward to a learning experience, probably a long one given my history.
The rifle came with several formed 308 brass, winchester, that are 1.61+ long so not standard 30 br????????? Searching this site it looks like 21-24 grn Rl-7 was his load????????/ and it was plenty hot. What might be a good starting point, 18 grn rl7, lyman #2 alloy, or harder? The rifle came with 2 Eagan molds,tapered bore rider style. One longer than the other 1.013" and 1.15" I think. The fired cases all chamber easily and if a bullet is finger seated in a case , it goes so far and stops. When that is chambered it has a slight resistance when closing the bolt. When extracting the case, the cast bullet will be seated a shade deeper and there is chamfering around the driving band. Did not see and rifling marks. The brass were all formed from trimmed and sized 308 brass.
Any advice is welcome on loads, brass forming, dies, good dogs , etc . post on the thread or pm me.
Thanks , Ross