Recent content by Magsrgod

Posted this in the reloading thread for the round I was working on but figured this would be a good spot as well. My grandfather passed away a few years ago and I was given his early 80’s Remington 700 .270 this year. I spent some time dialing the rifle in with various 130gr .270 loads for...

Thank you all, still cant believe it. What a week and what a trip! Also, thank you all for the help working through the load over the last month!

Outside of this thread where I really wanted to develop a 160 load, my buddy used one of my other 270’s that I have a great 130gr Hornady Interlock SP 59gr 4831sc load developed for and this was the stag he got. It was an absolute monster.

The deed is done, the load performed flawlessly as expected. Got a Red Stag at ~100 yards, quartered shot, went in through the lungs and out on the shoulder. What an animal!

I think this is the one. I just went through all of my research and the 35 / 358 don't seem to be any current production calibers I could find. The 45-70 I think checks the box, its a classic round, there no overlap and I can get a beautiful lever gun chambered in it. Reloading the round looks...

I forgot to mention a 30-06, I feel like that would be a very ideal one to round out the classic North American calibers. I think I’m going to go with one of the bigger lever gun calibers. I like the look for the 35 Rem / .358 Winchester. Something I can utilize right away hunting the heavy...

You guys are masochists! Ive shot a 375 HH once when I was 18ish at a range in Colorado. I don't have a ton of desire to shoot them again. I think I would lean towards 338WM if I was looking at calibers that hot.

Great suggestions and along the thought train that I’ve had. A 300 Win Mag is guaranteed to be in the safe at some point as I will be adventuring west at some point in my life. When I do head that way, I will spend some $$$ on that rifle. The rifles I’ve been looking at are the Ruger G2...

Looking to get a new rifle shortly and was probably going to target a new caliber. For fun would love some feedback on what you folks would look at to further round out the quiver. I’ve got a classic caliber selection that I enjoy and has served me well with hunting and range shooting over...

OK I got it today. Winchester Brass trimmed to 2.380” 160 Partition 54.5gr H4831sc Winchester WLR Primers 3.330” COAL 2654 avg fps .85” (3) shot group, 4th shot was a windage adjustment to bring to center, 1.5” high @100yards Thanks for everyone’s help, I’ll send a picture post hunt!

Yeah I may have pull some, I had a lot of shooting to do yesterday and I was rushing a touch. I loaded (4) more the 160’s with a COAL 3.330, slightly longer than the original builds. I also picked up a box of AB 140’s, going to run a string of them with 59gr H4831sc today. Unfortunately they...

Well that didn’t work out as planned. Not unusable by any means but I think I can get better results. #3 H4831sc 54.5gr 160 Partition 2637 fps 3.325 COAL 3.5” Group I had some factory Remington Core Lokt 150’s lying around I tested out as well #8 Factory Core-Lokt 150gr 2768 fps .85”...

I’ll post the outcome of that range session. If I’m within a 2” group I’ll be happy enough to take it into the field.

So I went back and looked at my paper from the range session. It actually looks like I didn’t have an errant shot but I double tapped a hole. Group #2 was the 52.5gr / 160gr Partition load. Group #6 was the 54.5gr / 160 Partition load. Was telling a close friend about it tonight and realized...

Thank you all for the replies. I have a few weeks to work this load and see if I can make it work, if not I’ll be highly confident with one of the 130gr loads I’ve had great results with in this rifle! I have more of a technical question that I would like some opinions on. This R700 measures...