Recent content by Todd NE WY

@wvbuckbuster I would not throw out powder over an episode like this. Sample sets of 4 in the statistics world are meaningless. in order to really evaluate this you need a minimum of 10 shots to see what both the group size and velocity are doing. I would highly recommend listening to the...

With only 4 shots recorded you really do not have enough data to be valid. I would shoot a 10 shot string, letting the barrel cool appropriately, and see what the data shows. 10 is the minimum I will use for any significant analysis, more is better but I think I have a decent look at the big...

First deer was shot with a .264 win magnum. We jumped what turned out to be the world's smallest antlered spike. When it bounced away one front leg was broke, we thought it was a doe at that point. Dad said shoot it and put it out of its misery. He said shoot it in the back of the head as it...

I have a whole shelf of old manuals, it is amazing how often you find yourself looking in one because a cartridge did not make the cut for the newer editions.

I like having the manuals to refer to without going online. I like having the online available if a have few minutes downtime at work I can look for new loads. I will say having the manuals is really valuable if you are not shooting current mainstream calibers. I shoot a 6mmTCU handgun, there...

I have had excellent results with the Nosler 125 gr 6.5 partition in my 6.5-06 handgun on antelope and deer. Velocities should be similar to the 260 in a rifle.

If you are getting 2000 fps those should do well for deer. I used the 150 gr in factory .35 Remington in a TC Contender and they worked great on antelope and whitetail deer. I moved up to the 180 SSP from Hornady when I started loading for it.

Before I spent much time and components chasing seating depth I would change powder to some of the ones suggested above. I know he wants to use the powder he had but it may be a case of mediocre accuracy or a different powder. Todd

I use the 125 gr partitions in my 6.5-06 handgun at about 2450 fps and they are excellent on deer and antelope.

I think I would fire 10 of each of them before I ruled anything out. Starting with your barrel in the current condition, cleaning wise. Todd

Also make sure your homeowners insurance knows you have a range on the property. The time to find out you are not covered is not after there has been some type of incident. Todd

I had both eyes done in 2021. Dr. gave me the choice far or near vision or one of each. I went with far and wear readers. I talked to a guy whose son did the one of each and he said his son hated it, the eyes were constantly battling each other. I was able to get shooting glasses with the...

Welcome to the addiction. Be careful with GRT from what I read it is an excellent program but not without quirks, as a new reloader verifying any data it produces with current reloading manuals would make for an extra measure of safety. Todd

That is a great book, I have read it several times. He was able to explain in a way that I was able to understand much better than the reloading manuals of that era.

I follow a similar process to @PJGunner, I typically pick a medium load and work from there, often times it ends up being the load as accuracy trumps velocity for my purposes.