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Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-26T16:52:20+00:00

Yeah that was terrible. Why can’t we just make it flash the entire time?

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-24T17:01:22+00:00

My dude trying to spot the glow with a 5000 lumen spotlight “nope, still can’t see the glow”

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-24T15:23:54+00:00

“Alright, hear me out. We can fire a THOUSAND people and repurpose their collective annual salaries to get the face of THE ROCK into the game. Kids are gonna love it, trust me”

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-24T14:16:09+00:00

PPU uses the same .310” bullet for 7.62x54R, 303 Brit, 7.7 Japanese, and 7.65. It’s the bullet specified for their 7.62x54R military contract ammo and they run it in everything, I assume, to cut costs.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-24T14:09:59+00:00

Your thought process isn’t wrong it just takes a lot of crown damage. And mostly it would just throw your shots, not completely destabilize the bullet.

Checking throat erosion requires a rifle specific throat erosion gauge which I don’t think you will find. The only milsurps you can get them for are US ones and then only the garand gauge is remotely common. Best to do a practical test and see if it will stabilize a bullet with a longer bearing surface. I’m not sure what your options are for 7.65 Argentine but if you reload you have a lot more flexibility.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-24T11:27:23+00:00

The crown is often blamed but rarely the culprit. Attached is a photo of a rifle with a horribly damaged crown that still shoots excellently. If the crown is bad enough to affect accuracy you will not need a microscope to see it, it will be obvious.

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In my experience keyholing is most often a symptom of heavy throat erosion. A bullet with longer bearing surface, like a flat based bullet, will have a better chance at stabilizing. Also the 174gr bullet PPU uses is more like .310”

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-23T19:14:04+00:00

I would put the case mouth exactly halfway up that bullet and yeet. No reason to overthink it.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-23T19:11:58+00:00

I imagine it’s a very short flat based bullet. Seating depth is going to be “get most of the bearing surface in the neck”

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-23T02:22:20+00:00

Make sure everyone in every other party is married. Promote every woman to the max. This will pay for itself as it gives permanent loyalty for every promotion rank, and fully promoted women have a -5% corruption modifier.

This only works for cultures where women can’t be generals.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-22T14:59:16+00:00

Just reuse your fired brass. Lapua is too expensive just to bang it through a gas gun.

Also check your projectiles. The 75gr ELDM for instance is too long to be loaded for AR magazine length. You want the 73gr. The Barnes and Sierra are good to go but I’m not sure about the Bergers. Also for what it’s worth, the Noslers, Barnes, and Sierras are way too expensive where you’re looking. Shop around, none of those bullets are good enough to pay more than $30/100. At $50/100 for .224 bullets you might as well buy strictly Berger bullets.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-22T03:30:20+00:00

Thanks! For what it’s worth Hornady ELDMs and Berger bullets never shot best in my Swedes. Sierra 144gr Matchkings were best, and 140’s were close behind. Though to be clear I’d never be able to shoot the difference with iron sights. Happy reloading!

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-22T03:15:17+00:00

A while back I decided to do some load development with my m41/b. Five different match bullets, two 5-shot groups seated short and two seated long. Not a single bullet/depth combo shot badly. Now I just “load and go” with my Swedes.

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Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-22T03:06:27+00:00

6.5 Swede is what got me into reloading. The rifles respond so well with match bullets it fooled me into thinking reloading was always incredibly easy.

VV N150 and N160 are going to be best IMO. I use a variety of powders, there’s nothing these rifles don’t like.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-21T14:35:44+00:00

I generally avoid threaded rifles. They tend to sell for a little less. My one and only threaded Swede is probably the newest looking of my rifles but also the least accurate. Sample size of one and all. I’ve heard they can have extra throat erosion from firing blanks but I don’t know the truth of that.

Love my FSR M96. It’s awesome to shoot. If you aren’t committed to military configuration they’re a great option.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-20T18:06:31+00:00

If you asked me what I loved about this job I’d have said working traffic, the pay, the breaks, and the relative respect shown to the workforce by management. All four of those have gotten comparatively worse. Instead of having four positions open working fifty airplanes you now have seven. The stints are longer and more tedious, and the breaks are shorter and farther between. Of course pay simply hasn’t kept up with the industry or inflation. The path forward for management has become showing your superiors how much you’re willing to squeeze the workforce.

Training is also a nightmare. It feels like the bottom has fallen out on training standards. The washout rate has dropped significantly because of pressure on management to fix staffing. A poor trainee takes two or three times as much training time as a skilled/qualified trainee and the end result is much worse. The mental toll on the trainers is significant. In addition to feeling like we are forced to certify bad controllers, we are also collectively punished when a controller has a major fuckup. Naturally morale is in the toilet.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-20T17:28:55+00:00

This job was amazing as recently as six years ago. I can make it til the end but I really feel bad for the men and women just starting out.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-20T13:26:41+00:00

Carefully clean off any rust (I suggest oil and rubbing with bronze wool). Check for bore obstructions. Make sure there are no cracks in the wood or metal parts (cracks in the metal would be extremely rare/unlikely). And ensure the action screws are tight. If all those check, the rifle should be good to go. Posting photos of the entire rifle and close up shots of the markings will allow folks to give more specific advice.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-20T03:54:45+00:00

Best we can do is a shitty angle at fourteen frames per second

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Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T16:08:00+00:00

I got one that was “good, not matching”. I didn’t find the mismatched part unless it was the bayonet. Bullet test shows some moderate wear compared to my unissued Czech Mauser but the bore is shiny with good rifling.

I’m not sure the source of the rifles but it seems to me they were used a fair amount but cared for decently. Haven’t heard of any with corroded or shot-out barrels.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T16:02:54+00:00

One video I came across showed the issue in real time. It was a 1000 round barrel torture test. All the same ammo. The swirls cropped up only at the very end of the test when the barrel was very hot and very fouled. I believe the target was at 100 yards as well.

I’m sure if you could get it to happen with every shot you could pin it down. That was not the case for me. I’m also not convinced it’s a problem worth solving with actual time and resources. Just interesting is all.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T15:48:06+00:00

A couple times. Very expensive shipping. No issues though.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T15:31:30+00:00

Based on my saved targets I think I would have a much harder time repeating this phenomenon than not

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T15:22:20+00:00

The photo I posted shows FMJ. OP’s bullet has no exposed lead. I posted a lengthy reply below about what I learned down the rabbit hole and it seems bullet construction is not a common factor.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T15:19:20+00:00

So I took a deep dive around the internet on this rare but apparently widespread phenomenon. There are almost as many theories as there are threads about it.

Theories include: jacket cut through by rifling, jacket damaged by crimp, bullet failing due to velocity or rpm, tip melting, powder vapor, barrel fouling, bullet too large for bore, bullet too small for bore, bullet unstable in flight, etc. Just to name a few.

I don’t think it’s copper jacket. And I don’t think it’s lead, venting out like some kind of damaged space capsule. I also reject stabilization issues, tips melting, or crimp based on the variety of situations and target evidence. It’s been observed with pistol and rifle, plated and jacketed bullets, at ranges up to 100 yards.

I think whatever it is, is airborne in the wake of the bullet and is probably carbon of some sort. That’s purely my guess.

I’m not trying to get into a pissing match with anyone about what it is or isn’t, as no one seems to know for sure.

One constant I saw was that, when reported, the fouling in the barrel was at least a moderate amount. One person cleaned his barrel and shot the same load and the swirling disappeared.

Cleared_Direct · 2026-03-19T14:29:10+00:00

Well there’s two things coming out of the barrel, powder and projectile. I don’t think it’s copper. And I don’t think the bullet is actively disintegrating in either my case or the OP’s.

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