Greetings Poodle, Lots to learn eh. Problem 1. It is quite common for some cartridges to have the projectiles seated well clear of the lands so the cartridges will fit in my magazine. My 308...
Liked On: 01-11-2020, 01:25 AM
Yes definitely do that Mangle, Mine is on a Martini action so I keep the loads well down on an action that is coming up 140 years old next year. And yes it does go hunting from time to time. In...
Liked On: 31-10-2020, 05:32 PM
Greetings Poodle, Lots to learn eh. Problem 1. It is quite common for some cartridges to have the projectiles seated well clear of the lands so the cartridges will fit in my magazine. My 308...
Liked On: 31-10-2020, 05:22 PM
Greetings Again 7RMBoy, I much prefer to test and zero my rifles at 200 metres. Sometimes a load that looks good at 100 metres can loose the plot at longer range, often due to marginal twist for the...
Liked On: 30-10-2020, 11:48 AM
Greetings 7RMBoy, Load testing can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. For a start it is best to keep it simple. You have 20 rounds ready to go so start with them. Definitely...
Liked On: 30-10-2020, 10:57 AM
Greetings Poodle, Lots to learn eh. Problem 1. It is quite common for some cartridges to have the projectiles seated well clear of the lands so the cartridges will fit in my magazine. My 308...
Liked On: 29-10-2020, 08:58 PM
Greetings Poodle, Lots to learn eh. Problem 1. It is quite common for some cartridges to have the projectiles seated well clear of the lands so the cartridges will fit in my magazine. My 308...
Liked On: 29-10-2020, 07:19 PM
Greetings 243WSSM, I think Alan Carr, your respected friend and Gundoc have pretty well nailed the problem. A BSA Majestic is older than many of us and may have seen a great deal of use so a good...
Liked On: 28-10-2020, 05:33 PM
Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
Liked On: 22-10-2020, 08:00 AM
Greetings All, I was walking through Mitre 10 the other day. I had gone in to get a few odds and ends including some climbing sugar snap pea seeds, a favourite in this house. I walked past the table...
Liked On: 21-10-2020, 05:17 PM
Greetings 308mate, My impression is that some small rifle primers crater at lower pressures than others. Cratering is a step on the way to piercing. You could try magnum primers or other primer...
Liked On: 18-10-2020, 09:24 PM
Greetings All, Went out to the 1,000 yard shoot on that range with my son a couple of weeks back. Shooting is all prone and there are three classes. My son shoots FTR using a .308, bipod and rear...
Liked On: 14-10-2020, 06:30 PM
Greetings William, The idea that faster powders are needed in short barrels is largely a myth. It gets repeated ad nauseum in the firearm press but it is still a myth. Actual tests do not support...
Liked On: 12-10-2020, 05:30 PM
Greetings All, Post 8 Simple Ways of Setting Cartridge Overall Length and Annealing Cases. There are both high tech and low tech ways of carrying out our hand loading. These are usually matched...
Liked On: 10-10-2020, 09:24 PM
Greetings All, Probably a good time to remind everyone that a mil and a milliradian (mrad) are two different units. Our American cousins routinely get the two scrambled. A mrad works out to 10 cm at...
Liked On: 10-10-2020, 12:09 PM