Greetings 6.5, At least you have the calibre sorted. The 6.5 .284 should tick all your boxes, good cases, plenty of load data etc but it may not be what you are looking for. I sense that you may be...
Liked On: 05-01-2020, 07:12 PM
Greetings dead is better, Thanks for your post. I admit that i was a little vague about the extent of drift so will need to read some more about it. Every day you learn something new is a good day....
Liked On: 04-01-2020, 04:46 AM
Greetings Tararua Phil, There are a couple of factors that make longer range verification of your zero advisable. The first is drift, called spin drift in the US. Drift is due to the rotation of the...
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 12:50 PM
Greetings Tararua Phil, There are a couple of factors that make longer range verification of your zero advisable. The first is drift, called spin drift in the US. Drift is due to the rotation of the...
Liked On: 01-01-2020, 10:41 AM
Greetings to you both Sakoswarosorted and RUMPY, My point, perhaps poorly made is that here are two new cartridges related to technology that has failed commercially in the past that appear to be...
Liked On: 30-12-2019, 08:35 AM
Greetings Bumblefoot, I think we must be cousins. I also started to handload for the .303 recently after swearing of it in the late seventies. Initially a .308 neck sizing die was used followed with...
Liked On: 29-12-2019, 11:56 AM
Greetings again, While i was writing my post yesterday I could remember an article that listed some comparative velocities for military carbines. I found it today. It was written by Mike Venturino...
Liked On: 28-12-2019, 08:23 PM
Greetings All. Getting back to the Greek ammo. A month or so back a young chap turned up at our club with a pretty decent P14, probably a BSA Model B and some of the Greek ammo. He wasn't troubling...
Liked On: 28-12-2019, 08:09 AM
Greetings Once More Mucko, I had the difference between the homogeneous and lead core projectiles recently when one of our club members had a near miss with his .260 rem with the same pill. He was...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 09:28 PM
Greetings Once More Mucko, I had the difference between the homogeneous and lead core projectiles recently when one of our club members had a near miss with his .260 rem with the same pill. He was...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 03:56 PM
Greetings Again, I checked the Barnes on line data for the 127 grain LRX BT. They don't list H4831SC or H1000 (AR2213SC and AR2217 respectively) for that matter. They do list RL22 and IMR7828SSC...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 02:01 PM
Greetings Mucko, Congratulations on your escape. Looking at your load of AR2213SC at 61 grains I wonder if you have been the victim of old data. Hodgdon has produced some modern data for the .264...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 01:58 PM
Greetings HandH, Thanks for your kind words. My hand loading adventure started in the mid seventies with a basic loading manual and some basic kit but without anyone else to give advice. Being...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 11:11 AM
Greetings Synthetic, The RCBS swage tool is designed for removing the primer crimp on military cases. I used a borrowed one years ago and it did a reasonable job but I don't think this is your...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 10:05 AM
Greetings Synthetic, The RCBS swage tool is designed for removing the primer crimp on military cases. I used a borrowed one years ago and it did a reasonable job but I don't think this is your...
Liked On: 26-12-2019, 09:13 AM