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“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
No problem! It’s cool testing things I’ve always thought, or read. And just seeing it first hand. I don’t think I’ve ever “tuned” a load honestly. Not that it can’t be done. It just takes and insane amount of effort and verification to prove it. As you see here. The same exact load has... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
The people that know seating depth matters, have far better equipment and shooting skill than I do in order prove it. If someone who consistently shoots the smallest groups in the world says it makes a difference, it does. But they are literally going from a .3 average to a .2 average. I would... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Starting with a completely clean barrel, it basically took 0 shots (first shot is BARELY out of the group, lowest right hit) for the group to come back in after cleaning. But it took around 25 shots for the barrel to fully speed back up to 3380fps range that it was at before I cleaned. Groups... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Smooth out the oxidized annealed surface inside the necks. I tested it early in this thread as well. Pretty big difference in seating pressures and ES by just brushing the necks on virgin brass as opposed to not brushing them. -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Primers are looking a LITTLE flat with 41gr. H4350 in the once fired cases. I am getting zero bolt click or sort of heavy lift whatsoever. Probably attributed to several things maybe? 1.250 barrel shank, stout action and hard brass? But my speeds are cooking also. So I’m probably a hair in... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/keeping-it-simple-with-reloading.291717/ This is a long thread, but has some serious gems in it about basically just keeping things simple, and less is more most of the time. When tested with high shot counts and at extended ranges with the most... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Annealing absolutely gives a consistent case bump with each time you prep. I don’t mind screwing the die in just a hair after checking the first case when I don’t anneal though. Basically I used to anneal everything. 1000’s of pieces of brass. Then I read a whole write up from Alex Wheeler on... -
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“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Yes Carl had excellent points!! I bump shoulders .002 and only size the neck with proper bushing that put it .001-.002 under bullet diameter. So I guess that’s best case scenario for potential brass life. -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
I honestly do not know if the life, without annealing, will outlive the primer pockets. But I’m just going test it. And I’m assuming it will. Hopefully someone else can chime in on that with their own personal data. -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Yes sir. I’ve been loading like that for a couple of years also. Literally just testing if anything makes any significant, or even minor, but consistent changes. Way cheaper and easier to test on this “piss ant” cartridge 🤣 -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
No problem man! Happy to share. And I’m already learning a great deal from others inputs as well! No sir. I’m done annealing for the foreseeable future. And I have a $1500 AMP annealer lol. It doesn’t provide much, if any benefit from what I saw. It does soften the neck and shoulder, but I... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
I used to wet tumble with stainless media to clean primer pockets as well. Got tired of making sure I got the pins out of the cases and getting them unstuck from the necks. I’ve gone away from any tumbling or vibratory for that reason. It really is just faster to lube the case by hand and wipe... -
“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
After seeing how well the Virgin brass shot after just brushing the necks, I decided to prep 100 of the once fired cases with basically what you said here. Except I lubed them manually and just wiped it off afterwards. Disclaimer. These are the first cases I’ve EVER de-primed and sized at the... -
Considering downsizing to 6 cm from 7 PRC
Well said Will. Suppressors also seem to pair really well with the smaller cartridges/calibers also. And they seem to be an exceptional benefit as well!- huntnful
- Post #201
- Forum: Long Range Hunting
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“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
I cleaned the barrel just now to show why they “speed” up. It had 120 rounds down it without clean I believe. And the last group to come out of it was a 10 shot .77 MOA group at 300 yards. Speeds have stabilized, and I’ll now see how long it take to come back up to 3380fps from a shiny clean... -
Considering downsizing to 6 cm from 7 PRC
Or 42gr. and just say all your guns have fast barrels…… 🤣🤣- huntnful
- Post #173
- Forum: Long Range Hunting
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Form struck someone’s nerve
I just watched the EXO caribou hunt. Steve freaking pinwheels that bull at 600 yards, it goes 5 yards and loses its ability to stand on all fours within 20 seconds??? Not sure WTF JVB watched lol. -
6 PRC recoil vs. 7-300 NMI recoil. Through the scope.
It’s a stainless Salmon River Solutions. It works excellent. 11.5lbs all up is really nice. Stable as can be and not absurd to carry for miles and miles. I like that weight range for sure!- huntnful
- Post #60
- Forum: Long Range Hunting
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“The 22 Creedmoor Project”
Another trip of testing. The barrel has definitely sped up. The “control” load has now gained almost 50FPS. All loads that were seated in the lands averaged about 3386fps. The two loads that were tested with a jump to the lands were 3368fps. Seating depth was tough to say if it makes...
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