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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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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : NZDA.
    Greetings All, I am a member of both Hastings (Superanuant) and Taupo (Associate) NZDA. I live just out of Hastings but joined Taupo as an Affilliate after the Roys Hill Range closed in the late...
    Liked On: 13-03-2022, 09:45 AM
  2. Tahr
    Tahr liked post by grandpamac On thread : NZDA.
    Greetings All, I am a member of both Hastings (Superanuant) and Taupo (Associate) NZDA. I live just out of Hastings but joined Taupo as an Affilliate after the Roys Hill Range closed in the late...
    Liked On: 13-03-2022, 09:18 AM
  3. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Smallest calibre riffle allowed on Doc land
    Greetings Micky Duck, I appear to have re created some .22 Savage Hi Power loads in my .223. Using the Speer 70 grain soft point and 23 grains of AR2206H (all that would fit in the S&B cases)...
    Liked On: 13-03-2022, 08:42 AM
  4. Norway
    Norway liked post by grandpamac On thread : A couple of hunts and a reloading debacle.
    Greetings tikka, I wouldant be too quick to say that was an over pressure load. A head separation has nothing to do with pressure, it is due to the case being sized a little too much repeatedly. You...
    Liked On: 12-03-2022, 11:47 PM
  5. Tim Dicko
    Tim Dicko liked post by grandpamac On thread : Case length 7mm saum vs 7mm08
    Greetings, You might need to look again at the Hodgdons load data as the 7mm Rem SAUM is there just as it was over a decade ago when I got mine. Same length as the Barnes data. GPM.
    Liked On: 12-03-2022, 08:23 PM
  6. CBH Australia
    CBH Australia liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mm rem mag ammo availability
    Greetings matthewhall2912, You may wish to think of your first rifle as a trainer rifle for other rifles later on. While it is great to think about a best rifle for whatever use you may want to use...
    Liked On: 12-03-2022, 03:03 PM
  7. SPEARONZ
    SPEARONZ liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings spearoZ, With one exception I have not noted any significant changes. The exception was AR2209 which was sped up about 2000 for some reason. I did some coparitive tests recently with three...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 07:11 PM
  8. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings All, I was fossiking through some old Handloader mags this morning and stumbled on a Propellent Profiles column by San Fadala on H1000. H1000 was developed by ICL Nobels Powder co at...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 05:59 PM
  9. Steelisreal
    Steelisreal liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings All, I was fossiking through some old Handloader mags this morning and stumbled on a Propellent Profiles column by San Fadala on H1000. H1000 was developed by ICL Nobels Powder co at...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 01:25 PM
  10. Ruger7mm
    Ruger7mm liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings All, I was fossiking through some old Handloader mags this morning and stumbled on a Propellent Profiles column by San Fadala on H1000. H1000 was developed by ICL Nobels Powder co at...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 11:58 AM
  11. wsm junkie
    wsm junkie liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings All, I was fossiking through some old Handloader mags this morning and stumbled on a Propellent Profiles column by San Fadala on H1000. H1000 was developed by ICL Nobels Powder co at...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 11:34 AM
  12. CBH Australia
    CBH Australia liked post by grandpamac On thread : H1000 and AR2217 History
    Greetings All, I was fossiking through some old Handloader mags this morning and stumbled on a Propellent Profiles column by San Fadala on H1000. H1000 was developed by ICL Nobels Powder co at...
    Liked On: 11-03-2022, 11:29 AM
  13. Dazzh
    Dazzh liked post by grandpamac On thread : New Tikka .308 zeroing issues
    Greetings JimmyJames and all, Reading through some of the responces and looking at what could only generously called groups it strikes me that something serious is out of whack. The fact you managed...
    Liked On: 09-03-2022, 04:29 PM
  14. Jukes
    Jukes liked post by grandpamac On thread : Starting load development and would love help
    Greetings All, Pommy I agree that it is dangerous to copy loads from the internet or even data form old load data manuals some of which was never pressure tested but Jukes request was for guidance...
    Liked On: 09-03-2022, 09:21 AM
  15. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by grandpamac On thread : AR2217 for 6.5x55 Swede - anyone using
    Greetings All, Up to 1989 there were not a lot of powders a little bit slower than H or IMR4831 so a lot of load data usually showed the best results with these. Non canister powders like IMR7828...
    Liked On: 08-03-2022, 11:19 PM

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