Recent content by Harv6

So I recently acquired a Savage 111 in 270 Winchester that is giving me a headache. Its used, made in the early 90's I believe. When I first got it I used a set of Go- No-Go gauges to make sure there were no issues with headspace. The first 4 rounds I ran through it were a starting load of a...

yes 24".... Ive still got some Reloder 19 left to try, but Ill see what moving that OAL around does too, thanks.

Ill take any info ya got. When I first bought the rifle I picked up a box each of Barnes ammo with the 100 TTSX, and Federal Premium with the 115 Partition. Figured Id see which shot best and try to duplicate it. Barnes ammo shot consistently into the smallest groups I've ever had. They...

Just curious to see what bullet you guys would recommend for pulling double duty. Where I hunt in western PA it's not unusual for bucks to field dress around 200 lbs. A couple of my spots are on the edge of the woods overlooking fields. Shots could be short or long. I'd like to find a bullet...

Well according to the crystal ball, Vihtavuori N133 is as good as it gets for this project. It should get me what I want and then some. 94% fill capacity redlines me at 2600 FPS and 10.5k PSI at the muzzle. So that'll give me a good window to play in. I just got off the phone with the local...

Thanks for the replies. I called the manufacturer last week and was told that he couldn't recommend a powder charge basically because he didn't have any info on it. That it was too slow. I took that to mean, its no where near optimal velocity, so we've never tested it. The only reason I felt...

Ive got an 18" bolt action 30-06 that is light, balances nicely, and seems like it'd make a great woods rifle. In reading through different forums to see what I could expect from a short barreled 30-06, I found a lot of people were turned off by the amount of muzzle blast. So i went on...

Just a plain Jane pre accutrigger savage 110. I bought it mainly to try swapping barrels for the first time. But since I've got about 200 pieces of 30-06 brass and no other 30-06 I figured Id play with it as is for a little while.

So Ive already got a couple good rifles ready to go for black bear season. I just picked up a 30-06 I found a good deal on, and figured Id try to get option number three ready to go for November in PA. Where I hunt they can get big, but shots are never further than 200 yards. Ive got Speer...

I've got the all weather model in 25-06. It shoots Barnes 100ttsx into the best groups I've ever seen in a factory rifle. Most factory ammo around inch and a half. I've got one 75vmax load that comes in under and inch. I'm currently fiddling with it trying to get shoot 115 partitions well, but...

With Retumbo, I've taken 115 grain partitions over 3200 fps without any pressure signs. So I wouldn't be happy doing 600 fps slower with the same cartirdge. Don't get me wrong... Im all for downloading cartridges. But the I think most 25 caliber bullets are designed for expansion at full...

The directions for the Lee FL sizing die say to screw it in to touch the shell holder, then 1/4 to 1/3 of a turn more. I do 1/4 turn.

I'm getting ready to reload some 7mm Remington Magnum brass from Winchester. I always full length resize and trim it down with a Lee case length gage and cutter. I've probably loaded each piece about 5 times now, with a load that's more like a maxed out 280 Remington. I did the paper clip...

Sure... *165gr Partition *Remington Brass (average 53.24 gr of water) *Trimmed w/ Lee case length gauge *CCI 200 (large rifle) *42.5gr of Reloader 17 (What I used as a starting load) *2.600" OAL As mentioned... that was my starting load, and when I saw what it did I stopped because i didnt...

I picked up a Savage 99 in 300 Savage last fall on my way to go black bear hunting. Some guy traded me his grandpa's deer gun from 1927 w/ 2 boxes of ammo and a scope mounted for a low end 1911 with nice grips. At camp my Uncle told me it was a takedown model which neither the previous owner or...