Recent content by MZ5

Mine got better when I cleaned it up. There had been some kind of 'gunk' on it. I got the rifle used, so IDK whether that gunk was just years of who-knows-what, or if it was something the previous owner had tried to grease it with and it got contaminated, too, or just what. Neil has a good...

I used to do that stuff with QL, too. It worked really well! ...until I really dug into what all the various kludges in it can do, and realized that just like any other set of figures, I can get it to tell me whatever I wish it would tell me. I just need to mess with that kludge instead of...

Maybe you need better case lube? Dies with a smoother interior finish? A Lee collett die avoids the issue in the short term. A Redding bushing bump die or similar _may_ allow you to bump the shoulder back without squeezing down the whole body of the case. Not sure that's quite what you're...

As was said, the 101 LRX is not in QL's db. Given this: QL's defaults (for brass capacity, powder properties, and the like) for H1000 and the 100 TTSX show 75kpsi and 3,769 ft/sec from a 26" tube. It also shows >110% case fill. All that translates to a prediction that's significantly...

I have a BLR. It's a 'newer' one with the aluminum receiver. Newer is in demi-quotes because it's still 20 years old (or more?), but some people seem to believe all BLRs are the old steel receiver guns. I love the BLR from a handling point of view, and I really like lever actions. Mine is a...

Nice-looking gun! I _almost_ bought one of those 1S models in 30-06 a few years ago. I really like that Alexander Henry forend and the iron sights (though I'd still have used a scope for hunting). I've had 2 No.1 rifles (a Creedmoor and a 6.5-284 Norma). They're good guns. Like most Ruger...

Can't go wrong with Norma's manual for the Norma cartridges. The 'lawyered up' nonsense is exactly that; nonsense. Manuals nearly all conduct actual pressure testing now. Many to most of them did not in the past. When you get real pressure testing, you come to realize the fantastical...

Yes. Core hardness and weight also have a significant impact on pressure. There's a nice article on this topic in the book titled "Handloading," by William C. Davis, Jr., published by NRA in 1981.

The entire civilian powder market isn't enough to be a 'national security' problem. We're the waste market for tips and tails of production lots for the military. I'm not happy about this for a couple reasons: 1) Loss of competition in the market = too-high prices. 2) Hodgdon has had some...

Thanks for posting! I have liked Speer's flat-base Hot Core bullets for a very long time. For me they've been reliable bullets I could always afford to both practice and hunt with.

I have run QuickLOAD for several years on Macintosh computers, using Crossover Office from Codeweavers. It runs perfectly (along with QuickTARGET Unlimited and the rest of the suite). My current Mac is a nearly 7-year-old iMac.

Same thought here.

I've seen _many_ pics and reports of Lapua's Scenar bullets on deer and a bunch of other game, mostly from a person I trust. I have zero issue putting a Scenar (or ScenarL) on game.

Very nice! I agree with this entirely, and this is why it perplexes me when people feel so uncertain about a 6.5 Creedmoor (or 260 Rem) as 'enough' for xxx animal, when at least some of those same folks wouldn't bat an eye at a Swede.

Cheapest, simplest, easiest way to radically reduce (or generally eliminate) sizer-induced runout is to use a Lee Collet sizer die.