Greetings All, I did quite a bit on this a few years back which I wrote up in a couple of articles in NZ Guns. The Hodgdons data seemed to fit the powder I had well including my older AR2209 but the...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 10:15 AM
Greetings All, I did quite a bit on this a few years back which I wrote up in a couple of articles in NZ Guns. The Hodgdons data seemed to fit the powder I had well including my older AR2209 but the...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 10:01 AM
Greetings again BenTheBuilder, Although frustrating at the time the difficulties you are having will teach you much. So to summarise: 1, Factory ammo chambers. 2, Some of your once fired brass...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 09:48 AM
Greetings again BenTheBuilder, Although frustrating at the time the difficulties you are having will teach you much. So to summarise: 1, Factory ammo chambers. 2, Some of your once fired brass...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 09:31 AM
Greetings again BenTheBuilder, Although frustrating at the time the difficulties you are having will teach you much. So to summarise: 1, Factory ammo chambers. 2, Some of your once fired brass...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 08:45 AM
Greetings, Hodgdon listed a load for the .308 with the Hornady 190 grain Sub X projectile and 13.3 grains of H4895/ AR2206H for 1,044 fps. I would not try that with a lighter projectile. I used a...
Liked On: 13-08-2023, 06:56 PM
Greetings Again, Cold and windy today (old age pensioners are sensitive to this) so I dug out the article mentioned above which appeared in 1987. The cartridge was the .240 Gibbs. This is the .25-06...
Liked On: 13-08-2023, 06:55 PM
Greetings again, I am getting the impression the problem you are having is with loaded rounds and wonder if the problem is being created in the seating die. Here is a test for you. 1. Remove the...
Liked On: 13-08-2023, 03:34 PM
Depending on the projectile weight you are using IMR4350 and IMR4831 should work well if you can get any. I would not trust any old data as the pressures may be stratospheric. Data for the parent...
Liked On: 13-08-2023, 08:43 AM
For me, as a card carrying old fudd, my preference would be for a 2.5 or 3 fixed power scope. I was glad to see some others had plumped for these. If you are the sort of hunter that leaves your scope...
Liked On: 13-08-2023, 12:24 AM
Greetings again., Touching the shell holder is not the same as hard down on it. There is spring in all the linkages that will result in an undersized case as I found out over 40 years ago. The...
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 06:53 PM
Greetings BenTheBuilder, I too have been there. There are two measurements that you have not given us that will help. 1. The length of a case to datum that has been fired in your rifle, and if...
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 06:52 PM
For me, as a card carrying old fudd, my preference would be for a 2.5 or 3 fixed power scope. I was glad to see some others had plumped for these. If you are the sort of hunter that leaves your scope...
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 06:00 PM
For a moment there I thought you had gone Wildcat. Still plenty of time though. GPM.
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 05:27 PM
For a moment there I thought you had gone Wildcat. Still plenty of time though. GPM.
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 05:01 PM