Recent content by badaxeriverman

I ended up with around 1250 Seirra game king .308, 180 grain round noses. I loaded up with a starting load in my 300 RUM which is equivalent to 300 win mag loads. Blows right through close range deer with silver dollar sized holes.

I remember when my 13 year-old RCBS digital master scale went on the blink. Actually, I think it was a lot older than that. Bought it new around 2000 when I started reloading and it went out probably five or six years ago. I didn’t know it went out and was on the blink. I loaded up some ammo...

Yeah I saw it. You can find them online to used pretty easy.

I want to get a number one manual one of these days

...any accuracy updates????

The problem is is 99.9% of the people don’t have tools to measure map and pressure and psi. All you can do is go by suggested book loads and watch for pressure along the way. Then go out on a nice hot summer day and go try your loads and see if they spiked in pressure from the heat. I have...

I still have about a box and a half of the 180 golds and .308 diameter. I’m always on the lookout for more.

I was "young and dumb" when I first started reloading. I have since learned that if I am wanting to load above max book loads I picked the wrong caliber. I should have bought a "magnum" something or other. Its no different than going out and beating the snot out of your truck. Its not IF it will...

Yeah I own a chronograph but I've never ran my first loads through that do get sticky every once in awhile with one of my 243s when it's super hot out and I'm hunting for predators in Arizona. I figure I probably have too long of an overall length and some of them crunch as well. Someday I'll...

Also I would tell you just to try a different powder if you're not getting the velocities that you think you should be. Seating your bullet deeper will also gain in velocity but it will also build in pressure and it might also hurt your accuracy and open up your groups. Another one that comes...

I normally will do ladder tests and check for pressure along the way. Normally I'm loading my OAL than whatever book load it is so I'm sure that's probably why I rarely hit Max pressures. With my varmint loads I used to load up to maybe one grain above book load in .2 grain increments. Most...

Last winter when I had a box of .358 Oryx that were all .3565". The company offered to give me credit towards another box. The only thing they had in stock was a .224 projectile. After waiting a few months they sent a refund check for suggested retail.

I tried RCBS small base dies in both my 243 AR 10s. My pet load groupa opened up in the guns that I loaded with a standard RCBS 243 die set so I dont use the SB dies. I have ZERO issues with cycling issues using the normal dies in all my ARs. Just figured Id try them. imo those dies are HARD on...

Kind of reminds me of when I bought my second Bear Creek arsenal upper for around $289 chambered in 243 Win. The first one I bought was a 22 inch stainless heavy barrel, which weighs as much as a pick up truck…lol. I had it shooting .3 inch groups at 100 yards with Nosler 55 grain ballistic...

First of all, I would put a 2 x 10 optic on it or at least a 2 1/2 x 10 . Four power is not a target scope and neither is that gun by any means. Sounds like those guns are at best of one and a half inch shooter and that’s pushing the envelope. The 2 MOA is more realistic grouping with than gun...