Recent content by jimbires

If you have the bullets you want to use , and the powder you want to use , about all you can do for less recoil is go to the min starting loads of powder . the most common way to lower recoil is lighter bullets , and going to a reduced load of powder . faster powders will lower recoil too ...

use the Hodgdon H4895 reduced load formula . you can up the powder charge to where the recoil is acceptable . the 60% reduced minimum loads , are usually very very mild . https://hodgdonreloading.com/rldc/...

neat stuff Fellas , Thanks for sharing

save your breath Fellas . the OP made his post and went MIA .

Does Staball HD recommend a MAG primer ? maybe this is your problem ? I don't know , just a guess I have .

does anyone know if the new factory PRC's still have the resizing problem , caused by the tight chambers ?

a guy can do a lot of hunting with a rifle and load combo, that shoots at MOA .

I hunted N. Carolina with a guy that used the 350 Legend , and factory ammo . the cartridge worked well on whitetails . I don't ever recall him complaining about it .

If Scottys brown paper doesn't work out . my ole friend that did catering , would save me the short pieces of the white paper table cover that comes on a roll . I'd use this to cover the backboard , and put a colored paper , for a target on it . worked well for long range shooting ...

the Remington core lokt , 180 Round nose bullets , was my Dads favorite bullet for hunting . sometimes it really made a mess out of the deer . Dad had one centerfire rifle , a 30.06

I can't enlarge the pic , but what I can see , it does not look like they are leaking gas around the primers . I'd try to tighten them for these low PSI loads . put a little fingernail polish on the head stamp , so you can keep track of them .

sorry to hear about the Swaro's going missing , that really stinks . hopefully that's the end of the bad stuff .

that's great , you found the powder . it was hard to get for a while . I loaded Denise's X-Bolt 7mm-08 , 39.0 grains of H4895 , 120 grain Ballistic tip bullet , 2.800" COAL . this will duplicate the recoil a 243 has , shooting 100 grain bullets . post #4 has a target...

I love a happy ending . congrats on another good shooter . was this a new rifle ?

I would guess the small primer brass would take higher PSI better than the larger primer brass . maybe these are from +P ammo ?