Recent content by RDub

Hello I wonder if you could help here.. A family member just inherited a Model 71 24" and wants to load for it. The bullet to begin with is the Barnes 'O' 220gr Starline brass Could you run the program with these parameters; Alliant, IMR, Hodgdon, Win, Western and Vihtavuori powders 220gr...

I tried some 2000MR, along with some others, in my daughters' Savage 111 at 100yards As far as velocity goes, it's right in there with most of the others.

Hello I had similar results with Rx22 in my testing the 130gr BT.. I also have a 22" barrel. Here is some other results; Until I tried H-4831 I was thinking Rx22 was the way to go also.. Every barrel is unique as we know, but I would give H-4831 a try just to see if velocity and accuracy...

1) NEVER have more than ONE canister of powder on the bench at one time. This way there is never any confusion with what powder you are working with.. If for some reason you have to leave the bench for a while, or forget to put away the powder that is in the measure. 2) When using a kinetic...

Yes, but in this rifle it did not produce the best groups. In another .270 I had a while back, I got superb groups with IMR4831. So you never know until you try it. In the rifle I have now, H-4831 gave me the best performance with 130gr Ballistic Tips. Rx-22 gave the best performance with 150gr...

.358 200gr Ballistic Tip. Seems like a good all-round bullet for a .358 Win

Well, I've worked with it in 7x57AI, .270 a little, .300 Win Mag, and 30/06. First, the only truly outstanding results I've experienced with it was in the 7x57AI with a 160gr bullet. WLR primer and warm weather. This powder seems to be quite temperature sensitive as in warm weather this load...

Hi I've had one for 11 years. The rifle you discrible should be a tack driver in that chambering. And the 26" barrel will extract all the velocitiy this round is capable of. It all depends on how much time you are wiling to spend at the range developing loads and fireforming cases when the ones...

Hi Great rifle! With that shortish barrel, if you are going to be shooting at extended ranges, I would think you are going to want some decent velocity, so I would go no heavier than 140gr bullets. If not, then it really doesn't matter. If I had to come up with a load in a hurry, I would give...

Hmm.. Interesting. I'll load up a few and see...

I agree, 130's can be destuctive up close. The 130gr load will be used primarily for antelope and where long shots are expected with deer. I do prefer a 150gr load for general purpose hunting. I was not able to find any 150gr factory loads near home, but I quickly did try some 150gr Sierras...

I've always heard that H4831 and the .270 go together like apple pie and vanilla ice cream, but now I'm a believer. I loaded up three ladders with the 130gr Nos Balistic-Tips using H-4831, IMR4831 and Rx-22. I only had time to shoot one ladder, as the days are getting shorter and good shooting...

Hello Workin with a new rifle.. Sometimes it takes some tinkerin to get one to shoot the way you want.. I've recently been working with a new .270 in a bolt action, just started actually. I started out by dissecting some 130gr factory ammo. Each one had a powder charge weighing around 55...

I've tested 4000MR in .300H&H, 7x57AI and 30/06. It pretty much follows IMR4831 for burning speed. I worked with 4000MR along side some other well known powders and where each load maxed out with IMR4831, 4000MR was real close. If I was to experiment with it in other cartridges I would use...

Hi I run into this also sometimes with the group I shoot with. Given we don't know what the ballistics would be at 500 yards for what you are shooting, we would have to assume the bullet is transitioning from supersonic to subsonic. This can cause some stabilization problems if conditions...