Either way I am not sure I fancy essentially wasting 100 rounds of barrel life to fire form undersize cases! I've never had trouble with factory loads or any of my hand loads with other brass. Ah-ha! I learned long ago that the best way to fireform new brass is to shoot it up on live targets! In my...

Thank you for your replies, appreciate it. To be honest, I haven't fired any of these a second time as I was concerned by the sooting and gas escape, i will however now load some of the once fired brass up and see what happens on second firing, i should really have done this already! I had thought t...

Hi guys, greetings from across the pond. I bought 100 brand new cases of Nosler Custom brass recently (for $150!!) and have found that I am getting serious sooting along the length of the cases and some gas escape rearwards. I am using the same accuracy load I have been using for the last year in Wi...

Another question for you guys, I am picking my conquest up next month when i am over in the states, my cooper is coming with Leupold bases but what do i need in the way of rings to mount that conquest with a 50mm objective, can i get away with medium mounts does anyone know? Iam not really keen on h...

Hey guys, I am going to put a conquest 6.5-20x50 on my Cooper when it eventually arrives. I live in the UK but am out in the states for work again in a month. Where do you reckon the best place to get one of these is and what should i be paying? I see someone mentions $675 for one, the cheapest i ca...

Guys thank you all for your answers. I shall certainly be letting you know the results on the long range rabbits i plan on shooting over here with it. As i said i am totally overexcited and i've no idea what i will do for the next 4 months. Keith thanks very much for your suggestions on loads, I ful...

Hi guys, I am from the UK and new to the forum, i've been reading stuff from the site for months and have learnt a huge amount about this calibre from you guys . I decided in March to take the plunge and have ordered a Cooper Varminter in .204. I see there are a number of you that use these rifles. ...