Greetings and Thanks Stag, I discovered the Hodgdon data a while back and printed it to go in my .308 Load ring binder. They also did a sheet on Trail Boss data and one on subsonic loads. The...
Liked On: 07-10-2021, 08:22 AM
Greetings Again All, I have extracted all of the loads from your collected wisdom into a page full of my notes to allow easier reference. Jhon I don't have any IMR3031 but do have BM8208 which is...
Liked On: 06-10-2021, 07:13 PM
Greetings Chris, Welcome, have a look around and ask questions. NZ is a hard place to hunt without local knowledge so if you come over a guided hunt would be worth considering. Others may have...
Liked On: 04-10-2021, 06:15 PM
Greetings Chris, Welcome, have a look around and ask questions. NZ is a hard place to hunt without local knowledge so if you come over a guided hunt would be worth considering. Others may have...
Liked On: 04-10-2021, 05:40 PM
Greetings Micky Duck and all, Tried to expand the necks with my .30-40 dies today. These have an elliptical expander button that is supposed to pass through the necks. This expanded the necks a bit...
Liked On: 03-10-2021, 05:10 PM
Greetings All, I expected to learn a thing or two playing with the shell holders and have not been disappointed. The learning path has just lurched down another rabbit hole as reported next. I had...
Liked On: 02-10-2021, 05:29 PM
Greetings Micky, Different makes of shell holders have different numbers for cartridges. A no2 RCBS shell holder will fit the 6.5 x 55 but not a no2 Lyman. Other makes are different or the same...
Liked On: 02-10-2021, 03:42 PM
Plus 1 to the above plus two items that some may regard as nice to have but I regard as essential. They are decent handloading records and a chronograph. You should be able to positively identify...
Liked On: 02-10-2021, 03:09 AM
Greetings All, A miserable day in HB today. Yes we do get them. Firewood collection and lawn mowing is on hold so I have been having a play with the Redding shell holder sets and comparator that my...
Liked On: 01-10-2021, 05:57 PM
Greetings Jhon, Somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered that two different shell holders were listed for the 7 x57 and .257 Roberts. An old Handloaders digest listed the RCBS no 3 and no 11...
Liked On: 01-10-2021, 01:32 PM
Greetings All, I have been using AR2206H in my .303 rifles for reduced loads with good results. I am changing to BM8208 for my .223 as it takes less space I would happily use either in the .223,...
Liked On: 30-09-2021, 08:51 PM
Greetings Magnetite, Definitely an option which I use for my 6.5 x 55. For multiple rifles like my .308's it becomes tiresome. Even 1/16th of a turn of the die is over 0.1mm or .004 inches. I guess...
Liked On: 30-09-2021, 08:27 PM
Greetings mimms2, I am sorry but I am going to have to correct one of your statements. A ship travelling 1 mile at a range of 1 mile traverses a great deal more than 1 minute of angle from the...
Liked On: 30-09-2021, 03:30 PM
Greetings Magnetite, Definitely an option which I use for my 6.5 x 55. For multiple rifles like my .308's it becomes tiresome. Even 1/16th of a turn of the die is over 0.1mm or .004 inches. I guess...
Liked On: 30-09-2021, 12:40 PM
Greetings Jhon, I think that the answer in my case is soft draughtsman's hands. You are right it does take feel to get the same pressure and hence reading but I can get repeatable readings down to...
Liked On: 30-09-2021, 11:29 AM