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  1. northernalpine

    300WM Ammo Ideas: What to Try Next

    Make friends with someone who reloads or start reloading. For the price of those 10 boxes of ammo you could pick up a press, dies, tumbler, trimmer, reloading manual, a micrometer, and an endless supply of four letter words.
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    Excessive pressure from primer switch

    Ejector marks visible on all of the shells in your photo and primers are looking pretty maxed out. I'd drop 1.5gr-2.5gr and do a 'mini-ladder' of sorts, you're already over pressure. The real question is: how did they shoot?
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    Do groups open up or get tighter with fired brass?

    Looks like you're right on the money anywhere in the 47.5-49gr range, the difference in those groups is just likely to be shooter-related as it is powder charge.
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    If you never shot over 600 yards?

    No judgement here, I shot 300WM for two decades and love that cartridge, always will. You want to know who’s shooting a 6.5PRC and 6.5CM this season? This guy 🤣 Nothing wrong with making purposeful changes 👍
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    If you never shot over 600 yards?

    I’m pretty sure .284 bullets provides the overall highest BC and offer the best wind deflection characteristics in heavy for caliber loadings when compared to nearly anything else. Not implying shooting 6CM is a poor decision, only recognizing you are compromising better wind deflection...
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    The best tent lantern!!

    Touché. It would allow you to dim/brighten the light, however, me thinks you are correct in that it wouldn’t reduce the power draw from the battery; that would require a lower rated LED. I have a few on order to mess around with, I’ll run a multimeter on it at different resistance settings and...
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    Do groups open up or get tighter with fired brass?

    If it needs to be trimmed, trim it, if it’s within spec and chambers in your rifle, load and shoot it. I measure mine after every firing, but usually end up trimming every other just to keep everything consistent. If your process is to trim every time, go with it, there’s no adverse effects.
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    300 win mag brass

    You’ll have issues outside of warm weather with LR primers, there’s a lot of powder to burn and you don’t want to induce potential failures. I think 60-62 grains of powder is the recommended transition from LR to LRM.
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    Do groups open up or get tighter with fired brass?

    Groupings won’t change, just keep an eye on the length of brass over firings. Soft brass will stretch enough after 1-3 firings you may need to trim, Hornady is one of the brands with softer materials from my experiences.
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    Soldier Choosing Next Duty Station

    If you move somewhere your wife is happy, everything else will fall in place. Would you rather come home from an awesome hunt and have your wife pissy because she’s bored or unhappy, or would you want to come home from that same hunt and she barely noticed you were gone because she had plenty...
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    6.5 PRC comes ALIVE with VV powder

    Finally got out to shoot some groups and test the last two pressure loads. Temp was right at 80 when I started, ended at 86 degrees with a heat index of 93. N565 10 round velocity average was lower than expected, I don’t think environment were a contributor despite being ~10 degrees cooler...
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    GPS trackers

    Sat device is really the only means once you’re off the beaten path and out of cell coverage
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    Belt?

    Arcade belt for shorts and the summertime subcompact anti-theft articulator. Full grain Texas leather for long pants, cool weather and daily transport of the full size reloadable tickle stick 😉
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    Wod

    Warm Up: 50x Push Ups 75x Air Squats 100x 10# Medicine ball Sit Ups Workout: 1.5 mile DB Farmer Carry @35lbs
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    The best tent lantern!!

    That is an incredibly cool setup. For S’s & G’s you could solder in a marine-grade potentiometer (adjustable resistor) for about 2 bucks and be able to dim the light and extend battery life…I might need to do some tinkering this weekend and make one. Thanks for sharing 👍
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    Painting gun stock - finished

    Good lookin’ boomstick man!
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    Which projectile

    Check out this thread: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/6-5-creedmoor-260-for-deer-elk-and-whatever-else.244973/unread
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    Which projectile

    For 6.5PRC, 140-156 bullets will work fine for either. Generally speaking there’s a lot of match bullets or delayed expansion bullets that are preferred vs bonded, but both will put animals down. Hornady ELD-M or ELD-X, Berger Hybrid Target, Extreme Hunter, or EOL, are probably the majority of...
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    2024 Cold Bore Challenge Q&A Thread

    Pretty cool to see this kids getting in on this, solid job dad(s)! Not gonna lie, getting a little giddy about the drawing. Good luck all 👍
  20. northernalpine

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    That’s a big ass hog 🤣

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