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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. Baz036
    Baz036 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data and Load Variations. Traps for New Handloaders
    Greetings STC, It is not the projectile but is the powder speed increasing. I ran a test a few years back using the three lots of AR2209 in my 6.5x55. The projectile was the 129 rain SST in Lapua...
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 10:49 PM
  2. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mmRem Mag or 7mm08. Pros vs cons. Looking to shoot anywhere from 100m to 350
    Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 07:50 PM
  3. Dama dama
    Dama dama liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mmRem Mag or 7mm08. Pros vs cons. Looking to shoot anywhere from 100m to 350
    Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 06:57 PM
  4. Longrun
    Longrun liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mmRem Mag or 7mm08. Pros vs cons. Looking to shoot anywhere from 100m to 350
    Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 12:04 PM
  5. Tahr
    Tahr liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mmRem Mag or 7mm08. Pros vs cons. Looking to shoot anywhere from 100m to 350
    Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 10:18 AM
  6. STC
    STC liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mmRem Mag or 7mm08. Pros vs cons. Looking to shoot anywhere from 100m to 350
    Greetings, Get the 7mm-08. Much less drama to load for and more than adequate for 350 metres. Any of the other cartridges of that capacity from the 6.5's up to the .308 would be just as good. GPM.
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 09:40 AM
  7. Borris
    Borris liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data and Load Variations. Traps for New Handloaders
    Greetings All, In another thread I talked about my simple methods for validating load data. The cartridge was the .260 Rem with the 140 grain plus projectiles and AR2209 powder. I have started a new...
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 08:56 AM
  8. Borris
    Borris liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data and Load Variations. Traps for New Handloaders
    Greetings STC, It is not the projectile but is the powder speed increasing. I ran a test a few years back using the three lots of AR2209 in my 6.5x55. The projectile was the 129 rain SST in Lapua...
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 08:55 AM
  9. Muttonguts
    Muttonguts liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260 Remington
    Greetings Beetroot and gimp, Thanks for your reply. I am just as allergic to squandering components as you. The point I was trying to make, clearly not that well, is that starting with loads close...
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 07:40 AM
  10. Muttonguts
    Muttonguts liked post by grandpamac On thread : 260 Remington
    Greetings, I think I would start a bit lower than that. 42 grains of AR2209 is Hodgdon book max for the 140 grain and there have been some variations in speed with AR2209 I would start at 40 grains...
    Liked On: 20-03-2024, 07:35 AM
  11. 308
    308 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Old Data and Load Variations. Traps for New Handloaders
    Greetings All, In another thread I talked about my simple methods for validating load data. The cartridge was the .260 Rem with the 140 grain plus projectiles and AR2209 powder. I have started a new...
    Liked On: 19-03-2024, 08:45 PM
  12. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Uberti 38-55 1885 High Wall Sporter - first impressions, photo heavy
    Greetings Jhon, akaroa1 and all, Can some casting kit be far away. Always glad to see some hunters get excited over rifles and cartridges that were obsolescent (never obsolete) decades before we...
    Liked On: 19-03-2024, 12:04 PM
  13. shananah
    shananah liked post by grandpamac On thread : .308 and Speer 180 grain BTSP bullets
    Greetings, Fear not, it is a .308. 2,500 to 2,600 fps is right in the middle of the Goldilocks zone where standard projectiles neither fail to expand or fly to pieces at their first contact with...
    Liked On: 17-03-2024, 09:16 PM
  14. shananah
    shananah liked post by grandpamac On thread : 25 Cal these days
    That's harsh Tahr, That would make Brian 109 years old this year. I was leafing through a stack of Handloaders the other day and in 2018 Layne Simpson reported on a cartridge he had had since...
    Liked On: 17-03-2024, 08:42 PM
  15. shananah
    shananah liked post by grandpamac On thread : 25 Cal these days
    Greetings all, Mere mention of a wildcat .25 calibre rifle and my brain was off to the races. Next minute I am surrounded by books all open at different pages where something of interest resides. In...
    Liked On: 17-03-2024, 08:31 PM

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