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    bought powder this week

    I don't have that one on my bucket list. Don't get upset, I put you on my list of don't go to parties with RiverRider, a gun range sure as long as it's not next to a donkey farm.
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    Starline started making .35 Whelen

    https://www.starlinebrass.com/35-Whelen-Brass/2640 Got the email today not for me I don't have a Whelen but for others if you need brass it's another brand to choose from.
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    165 Accubonds or 180 Ballistic Tips

    If you like the Accubond Raven Rocks has a good deal on them. Also if you are a first timer you can get another $10 off by signing up so that would knock the price to $200 for 500 pills at $.40 each not bad price by today's standard. You would be set for quite awhile...
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    Grafs free shipping with $150 order Prvi 7mm-08 brass sale $19.99/50

    https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/search?keywords=prvi+partizan+brass&page=1 This is a good price on new 7mm-08 brass even Starline has gone up in price I bought myself 8 packs to get free shipping should be set for life now for my Steyr rifle. I put the Prvi page with all the brass they...
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    Brownells waiving hazmat shipping fees

    I grabbed some Winchester Large Rifle Magnum primers I did not have any of these so now I have the main 4 primer manufacturers in both regular and magnum models. I will do some testing across the primers this spring/summer to see what the difference may be. I looked up the Winchester LRM...
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    American reloading email

    I just got this email from American Reloading make sure you read the part about gun powder backlog. A Note to Our Customers  The purpose of this email is to reach out to our loyal customers and give them an update on American Reloading. We greatly appreciate the support and patience over...
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    Talk to me about VihtaVuori

    VV and Norma were considered the two best for consistency but now you can only get 1 of the 2 but like you said VV seemed to not raise their prices as much. One of the cheapest powders used to be the shooters world powders but they decided to join the over priced party.
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    280 Remington

    Never used these bullets but if I shoot any soft bullets I tend to always go for a heavier weight in the caliber range to have that extra weight and energy to get a pass thru this is especially important if the bullet is losing half of its weight.
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    300 WSM in 180g Norma Bondstrike: Powder used

    Actually Norma has their own powder line Norma MRP is close to RE22 but like most commercial ammo manufacturers their ammo line likely is a special mixed powder. I have a Browning Abolt in 300WSM the only bullet that I have loaded for it is the 200 grain Norma Oryx and with Ramshot Hunter it has...
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    On the next episode of hoarders…….

    So I been working on my reloading room today I had bought some of these plastic shelves that stack away but they can be stacked up to create a shelf type storage area. If they go on sale I will be getting more they are pretty nice will get some for my hunting property. Costco has them for...
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    2023 Burn Rate Chart (Updated to current Hodgdon chart)

    https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:56d41e1c-ab85-452b-ba04-a6cf60e2b8e9 Here is the American reloading chart that includes the midwest pulldown powders
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    American reloading .458 SubX in stock

    So the results of water jug test. This is travelling around 1550 FPS out of my Henry all weather 45/70 using Accurate 2200. Original length is 1.178 it measured .587 after being shot into water jugs penetrating through 5 with bullet in 6th jug. Expansion at widest point is .635 Weight is 270...
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    American reloading .458 SubX in stock

    I did get a doe with this round but I needed to check my rifle again and the thing is shooting about 6 inches low which explains why my shot was at the bottom of deer. I will do more testing in the summer I am suspicious that my Leupold VX scope is not holding zero. I decided to test a round...
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    Wishing a merry Christmas to all the reloading buffs!

    Merry Xmas may Santa deliver all your reloading needs.
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    Reloader 17 Available

    I already have 14 lbs of the stuff bought it during the Gander Outdoors door closings first paid $23 a pound then the last days of store opening paid $18. If I knew back then what I know now I would of clean the whole shelf off of the reloder powders they had 15,17,22 in stock.
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