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    subsonic 308

    Hi I'm just starting to load up a few 308 rounds with 9g of trailboss behind a 165 hp, I see on other pages that some recommend drilling out the primer flash hole with 3.5 mm drill,

    Any one doing this ?

    Ive loaded 303 and 44mag subs but never drilled out the hole. I can see the theory behind it.

    It would be great to hear what others have got good results from. Cheers
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    I shoot a 220grain lead boolit without drilling the primer

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    Sure they don't mean drilling out the hollow point of the bullet to get it to expand at such a low velocity. Drilling the primer hole is just looking for a whole lot of trouble and possible injury.

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    Never bothered since trailboss came out but I used to back when I was driving my mrs crazy pulling pillows apart to pack the powder against the primer.
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    Yeah I did - only after reading an article in NZHunter.

    I was using 150 SST's.

    Like you I never did with either the 44 or 357.

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    Yup, drilled the flash hole and use magnum primer. Done both 7.62x39 and 308 subs.

    I mark the rims of my subs cases so that they are easy to identify.
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