TECH Tip: Fire-Form with Fouler Shots
Here’s a tip for guys who shoot the 6 PPC, 6 Dasher, or other wildcat cartridges that require fire-forming. Use your fouler shots to fire-form new cases. That way your fouler shots do “double-duty” and you get your brass fire-formed without putting extra rounds through your expensive barrel.
This procedure is recommended by Joel Kendrick, the 2004 IBS 600-yard Shooter of the Year. After he cleans his barrel, Joel knows it takes two or three shots to foul in the bore before accuracy returns. When shooting his PPC, Joel uses those fouler shots to fire-form his new brass. Joel explains: “I like to have relatively new brass always ready. By fire-forming a couple cases after each barrel-cleaning during a match, by the end of the weekend I’ve got a dozen or more freshly fire-formed cases to put into the rotation. If you do this with your fouler shots you get your fire-forming accomplished without using up any extra barrel life.”
We thank Joel for this smart suggestion. For those who do not have a dedicated barrel for fire-forming, this should help keep your round-count down. Joe currently works as the Supplier Quality Process Engineer for MMI-TruTec, a company that offers barrel surface coatings that can further extend your barrel life.
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Tags: Case Forming, PPC
Help, I need someone who is willing to fireform 5 brand new Lapua cases necked to .262 by Brunos. I need the cases to make a Precision Snap Cap in 6PPC. Dave Kiff said Tony Boyers print for a reamer is pretty popular. Please let me know if you can help me. I will send you the completed Precision Snap Caps in return !
ERIC
Eliot Z from MN fire-formed cases for my 6BR UBL in a 1000yd team match and fired a 200 score.