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12-17-2013, 09:11 PM
Hi All,
I bought a 99F in 308 Win. about 2 1/2 years ago (my first one), and around the same time came across a super deal of 15 boxes of Remington 308 ammo. Well, I'm about down to my last box and was going to start reloading for this rifle. I have several sets of 308 dies for different rigs, some with full length resizing dies, which is what I was going to use. A friend of mine said that "He STRONGLY recommends I use a small base die instead. . .or I could be sorry"! ! ! My friend is a very knowledgeable guy and owns several 99's and swears that is the way to go. I only small base size for my auto-loading rifles, is it necessary to do so for this rifle? I have 3 lever action rifles, a Winchester Model 94 Big Bore and 2 Marlin 336's that I DO NOT do this for. Anyone with experience/knowledge of the Model 99 and this question, PLEASE, enlighten me. I've tried the search engine on this site with no luck! Thanks in advance.
I bought a 99F in 308 Win. about 2 1/2 years ago (my first one), and around the same time came across a super deal of 15 boxes of Remington 308 ammo. Well, I'm about down to my last box and was going to start reloading for this rifle. I have several sets of 308 dies for different rigs, some with full length resizing dies, which is what I was going to use. A friend of mine said that "He STRONGLY recommends I use a small base die instead. . .or I could be sorry"! ! ! My friend is a very knowledgeable guy and owns several 99's and swears that is the way to go. I only small base size for my auto-loading rifles, is it necessary to do so for this rifle? I have 3 lever action rifles, a Winchester Model 94 Big Bore and 2 Marlin 336's that I DO NOT do this for. Anyone with experience/knowledge of the Model 99 and this question, PLEASE, enlighten me. I've tried the search engine on this site with no luck! Thanks in advance.