Formed and annealed a handful of new Bertram 6,5X70R sticks of brass and shot a few this morning. Didn't have any cracks in the newly formed and annealed sticks of brass, so it appears I have mitigated the crack issue w/ novel annealing.

The Springer had an average velocity around 2250 ft/s w/ the 130 grain cast lead bullet w/ gas check ahead of 27 grains of VV N140

And the right side mount Bradler and Lachmann Borovlje Biks had a velocity of 2300 ft/s with the same load as above.
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Hochachtungsvoll,

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