Freedom Arms Pistols

I finally got out to do some shooting. I loaded up my 7mmBR Freedom Arms pistol with the following

1. I had some Lapua brass that I had neck turned for a 6BR project. 45 pieces to get started.
2. The decapper on the 7BR die is the wrong size for Lapua brass. So I had to steal it from my 30 BR die and decap the once fired cases
3. I lubed inside the neck and sized it up to 7mm using a Sinclair expander tool
4. I resized the cases with Redding 7 BR dies (minus the decap pin). I still used the expansion ring so that it expanded the case neck to have normal tension
5. I cut the cases down to 1.51 inches using a Wilson tool
6. I used a sinclair primer seating tool to seat Federal 205 (small rifle) primers into each case
7. I added 23.0 grains of H322 powder to each case using a
8. I seated 177 1/2 grain Bob Cauterucio bullets to an overall length of

I check the cases in the chamber and closing was a bit tight. I will need to set the shoulders back a bit more on the remaining cases.

Firing the gun was great. Recoil was very manageable.


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Pistol information
Freedom Arms Model 2008
7mmBR barrel (15 inches, 1 in 9 twist)
Muzzle brake by Jim Borden