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Nice shot! I didn't put in for a tag this past season, but will definitely put in for one here in WA this year and probably a non-res in CO too. Freezer supply starting to dwindle....

LMAO!!!! Too funny....

Thanks for your help! I will start the process this weekend or next, depending on whether or not I get my brass this week or next. I'm trying to shorten the time between concept to finding the final load. A few tweaks here and there should lock it in.

Thanks! I ran the tables and it looks like it's about an inch difference at 500 yards and an inch in a 10 mph cross-wind. As for not telling....I can only "be vewy quiet" if I can find my Elmer Fudd hunting hat. :)

Another quick question - am I safe in assuming the difference in the BC between the SST and BT is so small I won't notice much difference (0.480 and 0.507, respectively)?

Thanks for your insight. I've shot two deer with the SST and have not recovered wither bullet. I was surprised at the lack of meat damage. The first shot was on a doe at 175 yards. I hit her between the spine and the shoulder, about 2" behind the shoulder. That was my first bang-flop - dropped...

Thanks! The primary driver in changing is availability. I lived in Florida and we got hit with three back-to-back-to-back hurricanes and I'm witnessing the same panic-buying mentality in anything firearms-related! I've checked online and in our two "local" Cabela's (one is 90 minutes south and...

I am thinking of changing from Hornady to Nosler for my .30-06. I currently shoot 180 grain SST and would like some help with QL to load 180 grain Ballistic Tip (deer-sized game out to 400 yards). This may or may not be others' idea of hunting, but long distance is one of the benefits of hunting...

That looks like the groups I got with my old rifle with Partitions. I wish this rifle did that with Nosler.

I'm trying to use Nosler, but for some reason my rifle doesn't shoot Noslers (PT or BT) as well as it shoots Hornady's SST and Interbond (165 & 180 grains). I've tried three different IMR powders, RL-17 and RL-19 with Nosler and the best group was just under an inch. The Hornady's, OTOH, grouped...

Thanks Justin - that helps a lot!

I have some old(er) 200 grain Partitions. I purchased these in the mid-1980's and used the only manual I had at the time, Nosler #2. I do not have the box - I pulled these projectiles to change the load for my current rifle. The old load for the old rifle was with IMR 4831. I'm changing to...

I tried to seat the bullet deeper, but the seal didn't break. Perhaps I didn't try to seat it deep enough. Either way, I'll just hang on to these. They shoot accurately enough to put meat on the table. I shot the bullets I destroyed - what a joke! I got a 4" group at 100 yards - hardly to my...

Thanks Dr. Mike! I don't have that many rounds so I'll keep them "as is" and deal with the insignificant velocity difference. I've got an issue with the bullet puller though but that's a different issue. It's not a slight marring of the bullet. I have to tighten the collet so tight it takes a...

I shoot a .30-06 with an actual barrel length of 21 29/32" (stamped 22"). I have some 200 grain Partitions that I loaded in 1991 for a rifle I no longer own (exceptional performance) and they don't group well in my current rifle. I have some custom load data configured (Quick Load) for my rifle...

I got a Season 4 either sex tag again in 85 which includes 140 and something else (Walsenburg to the NM line) and antlerless deer in 128 (Fowler). I had Season 1 rifle last year and it was still pretty warm so hopefully season 4 in mid-November will be better this year. I saw a few huge bulls...

My Dad used W-W, loaded hot and got great life on his brass. If I change to W-W, how much will that effect the loads I already have? I would imagine it wouldn't be more than 1/10th grain, plus or minus - right?

Will do! I'm disappointed I couldn't get the 200 AB's to do well. I couldn't quite tie it in and then found two boxes with deformed or missing tips. Nosler sent the 180 AB's and they did OK. I feel sure everything will tighten up with a real rest. I do have a question concerning brass. My go to...

The kind folks at Nosler replaced two defective boxes of 200 AB with a box of 180 AB. I shoot a Sig SHR 970, 22" bbl., Rem brass & Rem LR primers. Best performance is 57.7 grains of RE-19. Groups of .70" at 100 yards, 2.4" at 300 yards. Similar performance with Hornady 180 grain Interbond, but...

I have one hunting rifle: Sig SHR 970 topped with a 3x9x40 Nikon. My sidearm is a 1911 w/ 185 grain +P. I hope to get a .44 mag next year. 1911 is nice, but a .44 would be a better sidearm the the scratchers and biters.