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Needed to get my press off the desk because it was always in the way, so I made a portable stand. Rock solid, no flex and easily fits under the bench! Could even bring it to the range if i really wanted to work on some load development on the fly. Next step is to add some threaded insert nuts into the top of the bench, and some threaded knobs to lock it down to the desk. Not too shabby for an hour of my time and free scrap wood.

Hey all, so its my first time trying Rem 7 1/2 BR Primers. Usually I use federal or cci SRP BUT these are for an AR.

Anyway, loading 77gr SMK over 8208 XBR and did a quick velocity test this afternoon. 3 loads of 23, 23.2, 23.4 in new Starline .223 brass with 7 1/2 primers and 77gr SMK seated to 2.260.

Absolutely zero primer flattening, gun shot them all really well, no ejector swipes or anything weird like that but every primer has a little crater on it. Same thing happened with varget loads, even at the lowest charge weight.

Am I ignoring/missing something inadvertently? Brass looks awesome otherwise albeit a little sooty from the suppressor.

Rounds are being shot from a 16" mid length barrel gas tuned wearing an OCM5 can.

Had leftover titegroup from my .38 reloading days and did some playing around on Hogdons' website. Found some data for 190gr Sub-X .308 subsonic loads and got to work. They shoot great! Somewhere around 8gr of Titegroup, 2x fired lapua brass and Federal primers. Great coyote tamer to protect the chickens and its dead silent with the can on. The video make it seem louder. Very consistent hits.