Recent content by matts318

I have one and now it is rebarreled but my go to load was a stout load of IMR 4064 behind a 168 matchking or custom competition with winchester, hornady or lapua brass with a federal 210m. this load produced 2"-2.5" groups at 300 yards and I could consistently hit steel targets at up to 730...

RL 15 seems to be better with a little heavier bullet generaly speaking i believe, I get 2700 fps with it and 180 AB's and accuracy is around 3/4", I stopped working with the load at that point as it was good enough for me, accuracy was good to over 300yrds and that is as far as i feel...

Because of the magazine in my ruger I have to load around .095 off the lands but get on average 1/4"-3/4" groups out of my gun. My 308 180 accubonds are loaded about .050 off the lands I believe and acuracy is great, these AB's seem to like a little jump, it hasnt hurt me at all.

I load for a 270 WSM in a ruger and found that H4831 short cut performs the best for me. 7828 grouped well but was only getting 2900 fps with the 130 AB, H4350 performed well also. I havent found RL 17, 19, or 22 to shoot good at all, best I could get was 3-4" groups with it, on the crony RL 19...

In my ruger im seating the AB to around .090 off the lands due to the magazine and am getting great accuracy, I tried loading longer and made it a single shot and groups got worse. Try H4831sc if groups dont get better, I had no luck at all with reloader 19 despite the crony telling me I had...

I mainly have hornady dies and I like them except for one thing, for each gun I have I have had to grind down a shell holder to get them to bump the shoulder back enough. Its not like that on all my hornady die sets but most of them I have to do this, if I rip one more shell holder pulling out a...

yeah I already told him no excuses, although he is a very good shot when it comes to shooting game, in 20 years I only remember him missing one deer and the bullet hit a heavy gauge fence and deflected. He is very happy with the rifle, it makes me want to trade in my ruger in 270 WSM to get a...

I finally talked my dad into getting rid of his a-bolt 270 feather weight as I was gonna start charging him to sight it in, bruised cheek and shoulder and scope bite every other shot, and its a super picky gun and never great except with one load but still not all that good. We got a deal on...

Hmmm, extended barrel life sounds good, so does 3000 fps with a 150 out of a 308, I already get great velocities out of my 308, wonder if I could get close to 3100 with the 155 match bullets and 26" barrel and have it shoot accurate, it would be super flat shooting! well at least for a 308...

Ok so its nothing special then, it looks a little better in the 308 but looks like its closer to rl 15 in burn rate, only problem is my 308 doesnt like rl 15. Oh well it might be worth a look see if i ever come across some of it.

Im looking at the back of a gun mag that has this new series of ball powders from alliant called power pro, they claim increased speed and performance, designed for specific cartridges and applications, and that in enables you to duplicate certain factory loaded ammunition. Anybody got their...

Im about ready to throw my dps 2 off a $@#^@& bridge! Whats different about the dps3? Our dps2 will pour a charge and then say cal/zero after no more than2-3 rounds these days and over pours most the time to where im dumping out powder everytime, after I rezero its not measuring the same so I...

Yeah it surprised me also, its a very hot load but no sticky cases and maybe some slight flattening of the primers but I havent had any problems with brass life, I get over 2700 with the 175 match kings also. I have a 1-12 twist in the barrel, maybe the slower twist lets me get more velocity...

Try RL 15 with the 180's, im getting 2730 fps with 180 AB's and 1/2" groups consistently, I have a 26" barrel on my savage though. H4895 has worked with the 168s and 175 matchkings but not with the 180s, with this powder and 168s go into .25" groups. I know this means you will need some new...

I have had no luck with RL 17 in my 270 wsm, 3" + groups were the norm, the gun shot 4350 pretty good so I tried it but no luck, was getting really good velocity though. Now in my dads 270 win. I was getting 1" groups with 140s today.