Recent content by jimbires

you could run your info in a calculator and see what it gives for corrections . I like JBM . https://jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi

velocity affects the bullets BC . as velocity drops so does the BC . I've never used strelok . in the strelok ; is there a way to true the BC ? are you using the G7 BC numbers ? did you get a good velocity from a chronograph ? how did you pick the G7 BC number ? if you're using the...

I've never tried it , but I've read that a " krazy Kloth " will just about wipe the brass case clean with zero effort .

I have a bunch of reloading info on this forum on the 260 . there is 3 threads and the info is scattered about on the three of them . I think I posted the links to #2 and 3 at the beginning of the first thread . there might be some info in these to help you . for hunting with this rifle...

nice pics guys .

RIP , Mr Nosler , your bullets sure made a mark on the industry . thanks for posting this JD .

pmelancon1984 I agree , if the sizing die is set to make firm contact , at the top of the stroke , without a fired brass case , it should be making firm contact , with a fired brass case , at the top of the stroke . if it's not it usually is a lube problem . I'm back to using a lube pad...

I'll try to explain what I think I understand on this problem . the fired brass expands at the .200 line . the die resizes it , but the brass springs back a little . the chamber is at min spec , so the spring back is what causes the problem . the brass can not be resized smaller because...

that's how I was planning .

I already determined I needed the extender . to clear the open tail gate on both the truck and my SxS

yes , it's been a while , and it's good to be back . sometimes life really comes at you fast .

I use a golden rod

I bought one of the tow hitch winches a couple years ago . I thought I could lift the deer and set it on the tail gate and push it in the truck bed . I have a cap also . I better try to test run this before I'm in the woods and it doesn't work the way I want .

if the ones with the cannelure are also the PPT , they should fly the same . I haven't seen the cannelure make any difference in the exact same bullet .

it just slides in and out .