About grandpamac

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

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  1. JohnQT
    JohnQT liked post by grandpamac On thread : Speer 55gr Spitzer
    Greetings, Worked well for me years back on goats bur everything else did too. I used AR2201 followed by AR2206. Benchmark2 and 8208 are just a little faster than AR2206 and slightly faster again...
    Liked On: 11-12-2022, 09:28 PM
  2. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by grandpamac On thread : 300 PRC thoughts for a new guy
    Greetings, I bought my first new rifle in the late 1970's. It was a Rem 700 .308. It is still here and it is not going anywhere. QED. Grandpamac. For these not familiar with QED, roughly...
    Liked On: 08-12-2022, 11:52 PM
  3. wnoteboom
    wnoteboom liked post by grandpamac On thread : 300 PRC thoughts for a new guy
    Greetings, I bought my first new rifle in the late 1970's. It was a Rem 700 .308. It is still here and it is not going anywhere. QED. Grandpamac. For these not familiar with QED, roughly...
    Liked On: 08-12-2022, 08:32 PM
  4. XR500
    XR500 liked post by grandpamac On thread : 300 PRC thoughts for a new guy
    Greetings, I bought my first new rifle in the late 1970's. It was a Rem 700 .308. It is still here and it is not going anywhere. QED. Grandpamac. For these not familiar with QED, roughly...
    Liked On: 08-12-2022, 07:03 PM
  5. stug
    stug liked post by grandpamac On thread : 300 PRC thoughts for a new guy
    Another one for the .308. Proven performance. Plenty of ammo and components. Easy to load for, no special powders needed. Get the long range flashy stuff later if you find you need it. With the...
    Liked On: 08-12-2022, 07:43 AM
  6. techno retard
    techno retard liked post by grandpamac On thread : 300 PRC thoughts for a new guy
    Another one for the .308. Proven performance. Plenty of ammo and components. Easy to load for, no special powders needed. Get the long range flashy stuff later if you find you need it. With the...
    Liked On: 08-12-2022, 07:35 AM
  7. techno retard
    techno retard 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: 06-12-2022, 09:40 PM
  8. Ruger7mm
    Ruger7mm liked post by grandpamac On thread : Round 2
    Greetings 300wsm for life, Hodgdons only recommends AR2206H (H4895) for loads reduced below starting loads. They don't even recommend IMR4895 having found the ADI powder worked better. 500 grams of...
    Liked On: 05-12-2022, 03:40 PM
  9. 300wsm for life
    300wsm for life liked post by grandpamac On thread : Round 2
    Greetings All, A couple of light .308W loads that you may want to consider for the young hunters. 38 grains of AR2206H behind a Hornady 150 grain Interlock chronographed at 2,380 fps from a 22"...
    Liked On: 05-12-2022, 12:40 PM
  10. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : 556/223 brass
    Greetings All, Relentless scrounging has resulted in a large supply of once fired .223 brass. Weighing the brass I found most of it fell into two groups one averaging 94 grains and the other 97...
    Liked On: 01-12-2022, 06:13 PM
  11. Mooseman
    Mooseman liked post by grandpamac On thread : 556/223 brass
    Greetings Proudkiwi, A very fair question. I think it is just that I like doing it. My experience is that the military brass is excellent quality, at least as good as most of the US commercial...
    Liked On: 01-12-2022, 03:45 PM
  12. techno retard
    techno retard liked post by grandpamac On thread : 556/223 brass
    Greetings Proudkiwi, A very fair question. I think it is just that I like doing it. My experience is that the military brass is excellent quality, at least as good as most of the US commercial...
    Liked On: 01-12-2022, 01:51 PM
  13. 7mm Rem Mag
    7mm Rem Mag liked post by grandpamac On thread : 556/223 brass
    Greetings All, Relentless scrounging has resulted in a large supply of once fired .223 brass. Weighing the brass I found most of it fell into two groups one averaging 94 grains and the other 97...
    Liked On: 01-12-2022, 10:36 AM
  14. 7mm Rem Mag
    7mm Rem Mag liked post by grandpamac On thread : 556/223 brass
    Greetings All, Weighing the cases or a sample of them will allow you to group the similar ones together. I have done quite a bit of this so will share my findings tomorrow. GPM.
    Liked On: 01-12-2022, 07:47 AM
  15. Borris
    Borris liked post by grandpamac On thread : Full length sizing issue
    Greetings again, Fired Factory cases come out of my chamber at 1.631" And handloads at 1.6315". Sized in a Redding body die hard down on the shell holder they measure 1.621" so I suspect your die is...
    Liked On: 29-11-2022, 09:38 AM

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