Welcome.
Here are some threads that might help you out. The first two are on reloading.
I have had multiple people ask me to lay out how I do load development being that what I do is different. Since Shaen
@Shooter71 just rebarreled a Tikka 595 in 6XC I thought it would be easy to show how I do it. It’s a Master Sporter with a T3 lite profiled 20” barrel- keep in mind it is a T3 LITE barrel. So by conventional “wisdom” it should be more picky and less accurate than a heavy barrel. His work is shoddy (
), but I bet I can overcome it.
The rifle-
First was
@Unknown Munitions factory load with 105gr Berger Hybrids. 5 rounds to zero, 5 for a...
Hey all-
I’m thinking I want to get into reloading. I currently have a 6.5 PRC and a 30-06. Will probably get more guns as well. Wondering what I actually need to start reloading both. I’m not looking to save money on ammo, just shoot more and more accurately. I’m currently buying choice ammo and it’s about $4/round for the 6.5 PRC that I shoot more often. I’m wanting to know what I must have to get going and not spend an arm and a leg. Minimum items needed, but able to do both.
Thanks everyone
You already use a smaller caliber.
Scopes, some of use like durable ones that hold zero. In the long range sub form there are rifle scope field evaluations.
rokslide.com
In a good rifle, hot vs cold bore isn't a real issue.
Discussions around “cold bore shifts” and “cold bore zeroes” versus “warm or hot barrel zeroes” are constant. So is the belief that barrels “walk” when they heat up or that groups open when they heat up.
After having multiple discussions,
@Ryan Avery and Jake
@Unknown Munitions and I set up a day to shoot and measure what happens. Quite a bit of discussion happened with getting everyone on the same page, and explaining the limitations and resolution that would be able to be measured. Basically- the more data, the mare accurate the results will be. However, there is a...
Use 10 round groups at minimum to make decisions. For a hunting rifle a sub 1.5 MOA 10 round group is solid.
