About grandpamac

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About grandpamac
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Okawa Hawkes Bay
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Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
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Retired

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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 04:13 PM
  2. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mm08 vs 7mmSaum for max 500m Hunting
    Greetings Edelweiss, Being an old Fudd I would go for the 7mm-08 on the basis of long term availability of brass alone. You will need a longer mag and faster twist barrel than standard though if you...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 12:55 PM
  3. 30late
    30late liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings, We need to remember that as the body of the case is sized down in the FL die the shoulder is pushed forward. If the die is set to not quite touch the shoulder then it is likely that the...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 10:41 AM
  4. 30late
    30late liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 10:36 AM
  5. Jukes
    Jukes liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 10:35 AM
  6. chainsaw
    chainsaw liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 08-11-2024, 07:47 AM
  7. No.3
    No.3 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 07-11-2024, 08:44 PM
  8. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory loads exceeding reload speeds with less pressure signs
    Greetings @Stephanhope, Primer appearance is practically worthless for guessing pressure. gimp is onto it asking about your shoulder bump as too much headspace will show flat primers at low...
    Liked On: 07-11-2024, 08:25 PM
  9. Steelo
    Steelo liked post by grandpamac On thread : Factory ammo speed variations
    Greetings, I suspect that this is why almost all target and long range shooters handload. GPM.
    Liked On: 07-11-2024, 10:18 AM
  10. XR500
    XR500 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Seeking help with setting up a shooting range in West Auckland
    Greeting again, One thing to be considered early on is. Does the land in question have the capability of containing a range? A reduced danger area range requires a lot of land with specific...
    Liked On: 05-11-2024, 07:40 AM
  11. TimC
    TimC liked post by grandpamac On thread : Mils and mrads
    Greetings XR500, Talk about blast from the past. My first job, other than mowing lawns, was a two week stint as a chainman's assistant for the May school holidays about 1964. My father had wangled...
    Liked On: 04-11-2024, 09:10 PM
  12. TimC
    TimC liked post by grandpamac On thread : Mils and mrads
    Greetings Pushover Yes slightly. 1/4 MoA works out to a little over 7.3mm at 100 m and 0.1 mrad is 10 mm.. I think that there are some scopes are 0.05 mrad. I just checked the units used on the...
    Liked On: 04-11-2024, 09:08 PM
  13. Trout
    Trout liked post by grandpamac On thread : Seeking help with setting up a shooting range in West Auckland
    Better still download a copy of the NZ Police Shooting Range Manual from the internet. This has the range templates, cones of fire and the options for the various range types. Assuming we are talking...
    Liked On: 03-11-2024, 07:56 AM
  14. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Another Trip to the Range
    I have heard of 4 rifles being blow up with handloads. In two the wrong powder was used in spite of it being in a canister correctly marked. The third was where a much harder projectile was used in a...
    Liked On: 02-11-2024, 09:24 AM
  15. erniec
    erniec liked post by grandpamac On thread : A New Mistake...
    Greetings John Duxbury, I am pretty sure I have done the same thing with a .308. Won't make any difference. The shell holders are a little sloppy to let the case self centre in the die. I too have...
    Liked On: 01-11-2024, 09:09 PM

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