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It's really not that big a deal. Just shoot them with muzzle in a plastic bottle. Or press the muzzle into some polystyrene and shoot them. Very uncomplicated thing to solve.

Or just press them...

I would try 2209 as well, you could get a bit more out of it

You can do two things - you can size the cases and press them out like normal - (absolutely no problem doing that, I do it all the time. Hundreds of them. (I have primers that have been pressed out...

With the long throat in the 7x57's, it means you have to ignore the book and just load them up till they have the correct velocity. ""Correct velocity"" in a Mauser 98 or a modern rifle, is 2900fps...

The OAL length thing is simply not an issue - with 44-40 you have to crimp them, and the bullets have crimp grooves in the right place obviously. You crimp into the crimp groove.

If you decide to...

I think I enjoyed the black powder more than anything. All of my red deer with .44-40 were black powder. (And they died just as quickly as if I'd shot them with a .270)

But I shot a lot of...

Black powder is very little problem in a Winchester 92 chambered in .44-40. Just pour some water down the bore after shooting and wipe it out with a couple of patches and then an oiled patch - and...

If my hunting life consisted of shots around at 300 metres I would get the 7mm Remington Magnum, and if I was usually hunting open tussock like in Otago and had designs on the wapiti blocks or tahr...

thanks gary I appreciate it, just figured out its not the mag spring now

Does anyone have a mag spring that will fit a Mauser 98? I have a very nice Husqvarna 1640 in .30/06, but the third and fifth round in the mag face plant into the front of the mag well when...

It's very expensive. Some of us are cheap. I have a bunch of old .270 around here. Im going to try it. .270 is basically a 7mm already.

I have made it from 8x57 (no problem, just size it and...

I never got any good accuracy with lead bullets until I started casting my own. (And then I could control the alloy and the lube, all of which is important.) That photograph reminds me of why.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the replies.


Flyblown - your answer is a fine recommendation for that bullet, and lays any doubts I had to rest.

What load do you use in the .308 with that Speer...

I dont have any dammit, I used all of them in my .30/06 and they only came back in stock after I got these BTSP Speers. They are damn accurate; its just the website says they are for long range...

I was thinking of taking my BSA Majestic in .308 for the roar again this year.

I have always used 150 grain bullets in the .308, but this year was thinking of loading 180 grain Speer BTSP's in...

I was thinking of taking my BSA Majestic in .308 for the roar again this year.

I have always used 150 grain bullets in the .308, but this year was thinking of loading 180 grain Speer BTSP's in...

He wouldnt have noticed anything. The case breaking like that reduced the pressures immediately. He might have noticed a little less recoil than normal....

I have had a couple of those over the...

I have been thinking about a Remington Rolling block in the same cartridge....

It's not your stubby fingers, Ive come across the one sided bulge in seating the bullets before, if you use a full...

I'm not even going to ask why you would own a 7mm RM with a 20 inch barrel. I get 2800 fps with 160 grainers in my 7x57.

It would go slower...

He used it on reds for while and then spent a long time trying to shoot a good chamois with it. Then he sold it to the vice President of the NZDA who wanted it badly, in whose hands it still abides....

The .30/06 is loaded to modern pressures as it is still one of the most popular of modern cartridges. It's also probably had more development done on its bullets and powers than any cartridge ever....

Found my brass that I made out of .30-06. I still can't see a bulge...
I made it out of military LC69 .30-06, I sized it, and then I fireformed the shoulder with Semolina and AP70.
Maybe I will...

Brilliant!

you met that fellow in whanganui?