How hot you can comfortably load is down to how strong the action is and how tough the brass and primers are. It's all part of a system containing a small explosion. If you use a thin primer that...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 04:42 PM
Not that it's diagnostic but those primers don't look as though pressure is excessive, they still appear to have rounded edges. I see the original primers were staked, as others have said maybe...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 04:42 PM
Depending on Brass and Chamber, id say 45 is too hot for a 175gr. in my 308s its generally been with Saami chamber 150-155 gr 47gr 2208 165-168gr 44-44.5gr 2208 Obermeyer chamber 155gr 45.8gr...
Liked On: 26-10-2021, 04:42 PM
Do you reload taupo_cowboy?
Liked On: 29-06-2021, 09:29 PM
Blair look along the top row, there is a feature called OBT which stands for Optimal Barrel Time. In THEORY this gives accuracy nodes based on the harmonics of the barrel length. Dont know how true...
Liked On: 03-10-2020, 08:12 PM
Hi all What’s is everyone using and best place to buy? 30mm for vx-5 Cheers
Liked On: 02-09-2020, 06:42 PM
Last weekend was one to remember! It all started with an awesome afternoon hunt on the Saturday where we saw plenty of animals including a nice 8 point stag who got the jump on us so we knocked over...
Liked On: 29-08-2020, 02:19 PM
check bullet length is actually as measured then adjust the "initial pressure"
Liked On: 27-08-2020, 10:06 PM
Ive been playing with the Gordons reloading tool today, its quite neat, and free. One question for the guru's...The calculated velocity is a bit different from measured. What variable/s should I...
Liked On: 27-08-2020, 10:06 PM
Bit of an update from me, ive since tried both the sierra 63gr SMP and the 65gr Gamekings, the 18" mod 7 shoots them both really well, the 65gr SGKs shot a 1 inch group at 200 yds without load...
Liked On: 16-08-2020, 04:07 PM
Far bit rough, start a thread, get an offer and someone with 500 beats you to it .... the quick or the dead! :D
Liked On: 31-07-2020, 11:18 AM
77.6 grains of 2217 and 208 ELD-M does 2980 fps in mine. OAL is 3.5, Nosler brass, 215 GMM, 26” barrel, .6 MOA. Found them very easy to tune.
Liked On: 18-06-2020, 01:11 PM
Good as mate i wouldnt stress to much over the chrony i pick accuracy over speed and in 300 wm itll be going fast enough. Yip they were gold in my 7mmrm for alot of the time with long range hunting...
Liked On: 12-06-2020, 07:51 AM
I personally dont like them but dont let that sway you lots of people are having great success. I found them very accurate and 9/10 killed well but that 10th was always their lurking in the back...
Liked On: 11-06-2020, 10:35 PM
Il add also that all poor results were sub 300 in my case over 400 worked well 300-400 was hit and miss
Liked On: 11-06-2020, 10:35 PM