7mm Saum or 7 rem mag or 7prcQuote:
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7mm Saum or 7 rem mag or 7prcQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
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7 Saum - its on the box ��Quote:
Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP
Yea that’s plenty goes to show the difference in chambers huhQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
Bloody good combo Danny it’s nice to see the self proclaimed BC slut shoot a good honest 30 cal recipe that we no flat out works even if the BC isn’t that flashQuote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
Yeah and action length mine is based on a T3 set up with a long throat so COAL is 3.125” the Greg Dooley articles on the PRC in his magazine had the saami coal at 2.825”Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelton
I found a good article by Brian Litz on the benefits of this “In fact, the extra powder you can add to a cartridge with the bullet seated long will allow you to achieve greater velocity at the same pressure than a cartridge with a bullet seated short.” “After all, when you seat the bullet out longer and leave more internal case volume for powder, your effectively making the cartridge into a bigger cartridge by increasing the size of the combustion chamber.”
My 7 saum is not far off a 7 prc with a 20” barrel velocity wise.
Gone to harder ADG brass from norma 300 saum necked down.
I think barrels make a difference too some just seem faster.
Ok didn't look back far enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
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Both the ones I load for are 20” on short actions seated at 2.935 I have friends with xm actions with reloader 26 they pressure out the same the only effect on velocity is barrel length the long loaded rounds are better if using 2217 I don’t believe in faster barrels just tighter chambers pushing the pressure up you’ll find your 64.5 grains will be near the same pressure as my 62 grainsQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
And yes the xm loaded long requires more powder to achieve the same velocity’s than loaded short but no matter the action length the velocity’s are relevantto pressure theirs still room in the case with 26 loaded at 2.935
Yeah I could probably work around 65 gn if i wanted to push to the max.
Sometimes results generate a bit of head scratching- first loads with RL26 loaded to 2.990” coal 63 gn = 2622 rather underwhelming to say the least. Read the Litz article and increased coal to 3.125 just off the lands 63 gn produced 2820. It surprised me that the change in coal increased pressure/velocity that much. I did change from a magneto speed to the garmin in between times but don’t feel that influenced outcome.
Closer to the lands less pressure escaping in front of the projectile not uncommon your sitting at a primo speed for performance with that pill you’ll have nothing but good times with it I’d say your velocity is right where it wants to beQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
Small 7mm addiction when you can load a little bit of a lot rather than a lot of one to brake a barrel in 5 of 10 different projos to break in the new saum barrel
Big weekend, lots of annealing and 100x 30-06 rounds loaded 50 x ai and 50 x fire forming rounds
Along with prepping 95 x 308win cases.
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28x rounds of 30-40 US Govt for my 1885 which has been my primary rifle for the month.
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W760 powder and Hornady 180 grain bullets.
Shot 2 goats and 2 deer with them in the last 2 weeks out to 215m and getting pretty confident that they are doing enough damage for it to be a 300m capable deer rifle
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A couple for the young fellas 130 years old girl.
Just loaded another 8x 577-500 #2 Express rounds so I can go hunting properly
Left is a 222R
Right is a 30-40 US Govt
Well, someone on this forum's signature says it all - overkill is still dead!
I only have 11 rounds ( is that the right word for something that big ) with me, so I had better make them all countQuote:
Originally Posted by bjp
A miss might scare it to death? not too dissimilar...
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Took my new howa Superlite out today and used my last 4 handmade from my previous howa 1500 to see if it would shoot the same recipe.
Thankfully it does, so loaded up 50 more 165gn speer btsp's :cool:
Shot 4 rounds into under an inch....wish I'd noticed I was on 4x before the last 2 rounds, and it would have likely been even tighter group.
Will get some more group data when I krono the load later next week.
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That's alot bullet Danny, what are you hoping to shoot with your Super lite ?
reds and fallow mostly, maybe the odd goat and or pigQuote:
Originally Posted by Billo
Nothing like a bit of overkill, Ive run the 165gr Speers and 185gr Mega's in my HSL over the last 12 mths but the recoil was getting a bit silly so I have dropped back to a 150gr, a lot more pleasant on the shoulder
Suppressor definitely tames it down, plus I'm a big unit and can soak up a fair bit of recoil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billo
Looking forward to some kill reports.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
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27 308 cases filled with 165G Nosler Ballistic tips
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22 22-250 cases filled with 55G Sierra Blitzkings
However noob mistake, primed and filled with powder the 22-250 cases and then went to seat the first projectile and wondered why it slipped in in my hand. Turns out I had not resized the cases after running the decapping die. So empty, decap carefully and run through the die and then reload.
I feel a right fool but I'm guessing others have done things like that too.
Yup. Or forgetting to prime before powder, today's episode here but only did 5 or 6 before I woke up . . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
yup did that just th other day :yaeh am not durnk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
Something unusual 7x33 sako
78gr with 16.2gr Vv N110
https://i.ibb.co/5ZjrKhY/20250409-194111.jpg
Nothing wrong with the Nosler Ballistic Tips a good projectile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
Loaded 10 69g Targex in 223. today. Noticed 2 of them were loose, dam fired them & bugger me they clipped each other. Grouped better than the tight ones at about an inch.
Struggling with even neck tension at the moment, terrable Es. Tryed crimping which I never do & the experience as usual - not good. Fairly up their load so need some bullet tension. May be time to retire this brass so next step is to use once fired Lapua. On a change One thing at a time crusade. What a great hobby:)
6.5PRC test loads only.
Loaded 10 rnds 142smks with 52.8gr 2217 chronograph avg 2730fps SD was 6.7
10 rnds 140gr SST 52.8 gr 2218 not unloaded yet .
Yep, did similar last night. Primed cases, loaded powder, went to seat bullet. WTF, hadn’t sized cases. Luckily only eight cases so not a biggy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
Got some more 223 loads done
80gr eldm with 2208 got a ladder to check for pressure then a dozen at 24gr, if they shoot OK I'll load up the rest of the brass.Attachment 273730
I spent a damp afternoon with one of my Marlin Ballard 38-55s
Reminding myself why I ended up with three if them.
It felt like shooting a 22 RF compared to what I've been shooting lately
I sorted out all the used brass and made them uniform.
Loaded 3 each with as much powder as possible of 1.5 FG, 2 FG and 3 FG
Will test all the sets from a clean barrel tomorrow if it's not pouring
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I loaded some 7mm rem mag rounds. I’m finding Hornady brass to be quite good.
I loaded some 6.5prc,
H1000
140g Nosler bt
56 grains and getting 2700 consistently.
