Recent content by MO Whitetails

Appreciate the input, but the Nosler Trophy Grade 280AI 140ABs ammo shoots 100fps faster@3100fps. Nosler Trophy Grade 280 Remington 140 ABs have an advertised MV of 3000fps. Nosler rates with a 26 inch barrel. The 19 inch 280 barrel I am reloading for would not come close to 2900 fps...

I appreciate all of the input. I picked up a pound of RL 16 and a bag of 7mm 150 grain seconds from Midway thinking the bullets were NABs but they were ABLRs which are too long to stabilize in a 10 inch twist barrel. NABS and NPTs in 140/150 grain stabilize between 160 and 200 using Berger's...

In my 7mm RM, a 1984 Rem 700BDL, 24 inch w.9,25 twist, floated, bedded action, original Walker trigger reset to 4lbs. I use 66 grains H4831sc behind 160 Nabs and 160 Sierra SPBTs. Under .5 MOA with NABs/ABs, under .4 MOA with Sierras. 40-year-old WW cases that need annealed, 9.5M primers. SAAMI...

IMR powders are mostly non-existent other than 3031 which is way too fast. VV560 is my fastest option but is bulkier. RE16,17,23,Hunter all get decent speed, case fill and burn their powder in a 19 inch barrel according to QL. H4350 is available. IMR 4350 one of my favorites but not available...

Typo: RE 23 is available. RE26 impossible!

I can now get Reloder 17. Ramshot Grand peaks my interest. Made in USA, temp stable, spherical, next to Magnum on the burn rate chart. HRL shows 62.8(C)@2914@56800psi

I shot the wrong buck just after sunset on a cloudy day. Thought he was another buck 20+ inches larger I had been seeing. Still a good buck. I ran ballistics for 140s vs 150s using partitions. At 400 yds the 150 has 50 more ft lbs assuming the 140 runs 100fps faster. 1883fps@500yds enough for...

Thanks. It's a bolt action, will take the pressure, still below the .270 ratings. I like Reloder 16 for a 150 grain bullet. Available, temp insensitive, it fills the case, and burns all of it while producing 2849 fps, which is fast enough to do the job. Curious if these pressures are...

I have reloaded for 40 years, .243,35 Rem, 7 RM. A friend wants me to reload some brass he was given for his 280 Remington. Rifle is a 1995 Browning X Bolt II LH Stalker, 22 inch OEM barrel has been shortened to 19 inches. 10 inch twist. He shoots Whitetail deer mostly, but an elk now and then...