Introducing the 6.5 BC – a Wildcat Special: Loading, Testing and not Blowing Up
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English - December 15, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsWilderness Sports vortex vortex nation vortex nation podcast optics riflescope hunting shooting long range vortex optics binoculars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In our last episode, Ryan Muckenhirn walked us through the process of getting into wildcatting your own cartridge and also unveiled our concept for the 6.5 BC. This is all fine and dandy on paper, but when the powder starts pouring, how are we going to go about making sure we loading something that works, is remotely effective, and, perhaps most importantly, safe!? In typical Vortex Nation Podcast form, we’re going into this with a good idea, but not a ton of experience, to give you a relatable look at how some regular enthusiasts might go about the process. Ryan tells us how he arrived at the baseline powder charge and seating depth we’ll be starting with, What our testing regimen for developing an initial load will look like, and of course, how we’ll avoid blowing ourselves up… In theory…
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