Recent content by Heavy Barrel

Just looking for some input...anyone here have firsthand experience (good or bad) with either of the following? Browning X-Bolt 2 Hunter Composite Stainless CVA Cascade Long Range Hunter Tikka T3x Roughtech I've been on the prowl over the past five years for a 6.5 PRC, two things I'm standing...

Hopefully this doesn't manifest into the conditions that central and eastern Nebraska experienced in early 2019. We'd had close to two feet of snow on the ground from storms in February then in early March we had some more storms pass through that dumped substantial amounts of rain on the...

I had my hands on the dies and brass for the 6.5 Creedmoor for over a year before I finally found the rifle I wanted, my .270 WSM was over ten years.

Well, I just got myself one of them there fancy new croneyographs by Garmin for Christmas and the weather was reasonable that day so I just had to try it out!! 🙃 Now I don't have to worry about putting holes in it when ladder testing. Tested two other loads that same day and the velocities from...

I ran into something similar a couple weeks ago with my .270 WSM. Both Hodgdon and Lyman manuals list 68gr-71gr of Retumbo with a 140gr projectile, both publications show velocities ranging from the upper 2900's to the lower 3100's, whereas Sierra's most recent publication lists 61gr-67gr. for...

I appreciate your input...I agree with the possibility of a tighter chamber. I cleaned the barrel between the other two loads I tested that day, one with the same bullet/brass combination but using MagPro and Fed 215 primers per Nosler's published data. Because of the great Nosler bullet...

Could someone please run the following through QuickLoad? Is it common for book velocities to be as much as 300fps slower than real velocities? My intuition is telling me that something is off though I'm not quite sure what or where. Cartridge: .270 WSM Case: R-P Projectile: Nosler BT 140gr...

I'm fine with prices like $32 per box for 210gr .338 Partitions. 😁

This is at Graf & Sons...

The Vectan Tubal 7000 sits between Alliant Reloder 17 and A4350 per the burn rate chart.

Depending on the cartridge you’re working with and how much you’re willing to spend, Redding makes body dies for bottleneck cartridges I had to go this route after getting my hands on some Nosler Premium Brass for my .270 Winchester that wouldn’t chamber after I had hand loaded them.

MidwayUSA has Reloder 23 and a few other popular extruded powders from Alliant in stock recently but at $86-87 per pound, I'll pass!

I've been trying for several years now to get my hands on a couple pounds of this and Reloder 26, by the time I'd read the notification(s) it would already be sold out.

Brownell's currently has 1# canisters of Alliant Reloder 22 available. They also currently have a promo going where there's no HazMat fee. Alliant Reloder 22

A friend of a friend of mine suggested to go check out the factory seconds at Midway USA. I've reached my own opinion on these, though I'll let you decide. Especially the UPC number.