I'm new enough to reloading that I'm certainly in no position to give advice, and one thing I am having to learn myself is what are realistic vs over zealous velocities. My main guns I'm loading at the moment are my 6.5 PRC Bergara HMR with a 26" barrel and my old 243 win Remington 600 recently...
I'm asking for a little help to understand. I have loaded but not shot yet a short ladder using the 105gr Match Burner and H4350 in my 243Win. I want to see if it will stabilize. I made 10 rounds, 2ea at .3gr intervals. My intentions were to shoot 5 at 100yds and 5 and 200yds to see if I have...
I do have a set of the bushings made by Little Crow Gun works, but have not really messed with them much. I do keep my brass sorted by head stamp, and number of firings. Most of my tests are done with boxes of 20, although I have a few boxes that aren't full. If I'm doing a confirmation test, I...
I used to wear slip on of various brands but in recent years will my bad ankles and feet I have gone strictly to lace ups. Like many before me have stated, for me, Redwings are hard to beat despite the price. I'm fortunate my employer gives a boot allowance so it makes the Redwings my go to brand.
I just finished loading 60 pieces of R-P brass that I have had for many years and 12 pieces of Winchester. I found that the aluminum lock ring on my Lee die had cracked at the tensioning screw. That may have been the issue. All of the brass had been fired from my old barrel and the shoulders...
I'm at work and don't have my notes, but yeah they are a little different. I'd be lying if I quoted the averages, lol. Also, the 1x brass was fired from a previous barrel, so I expect some fire forming from those to the chamber of this barrel.
How much influence does headspace/shoulder bump have on velocity, sd/es and groups? I resized 26 pieces of brass yesterday for some confirmation loads. I was aiming for about a 1.6265" bump on my 243win. About half measured 1.6255 to 1.6265 but the rest varied all over as much as back to 1.622...
I appreciate all the feedback and there have been some interesting opinions. Since I only have factory rifles, including one recently re-barreled with a new factory takeoff, I think it is safe to say in my situation I am about where I should be. I just got a membership to a local gun club, so my...
Well, In a way, for the last 30-35 years, I have been setting myself up to reload. My dad told me a long time ago to keep my brass in case I ever want to or knew someone to reload for me. So I did, and over time I had a couple of shoe boxes of spent brass. Fast forward to when I bought my 6.8spc...
By Bergara 6.5prc is wearing a Tract Toric FFP 4-20x50 moa reticle, 270win is wearing a Leupold VX3 3.5-10x50, my newly barreled Rem 600 243 win has a Sightron Big Sky II 3-9x42. My 6.8spc had an Eotech holographic w/ a 3x magnifier, is now wearing a Pulsar Thermal XG50. And my dad's old Rem 700...
Minute of deer is a little more forgiving that 1 moa, that's why I want to know exactly where the bullet is supposed to be, that way if it's a bad shot, then there is only one person to blame.
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Yah, I hear you. In recent years, I've put the shotgun down and use my 22 for squirrel hunting. A person can get humbled pretty quick doing that. I hold my own in that regard. If I can see them, most of the time I can hit them. My son has gotten hooked on 22 hunting squirrels and he's...
Well, I don't have custom built rifles. All my rifles are hunting rifles and I'm able to shoot 1-1 1/2 moa 3 shot groups constantly with good factory ammo. Obviously, with the sporter barrels they wear, I have to watch my barrel temp. My most recent purchase was a Bergara HMR Pro in 6.5prc and I...
Please bear with my wordiness on this discussion but I'm really curious on just how good is good enough. I began following this site as well as others in my quest for knowledge as I am almost 1 year into the reloading rabbit hole. I probably spend more time accumulating "stuff" at this point and...