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Brought home a Ruger Ranch rifle this afternoon. Mounted a 3-9 Leupold scope in Weaver rings and headed to the back yard shooting bench to make some noise. First try with anything 6.5 Grendel so very much a novice. First try was with Hornady factory ammo to get on paper. First shot at 30 yards...

Got the Savage Axis ll to the bench this evening. Trying out a couple of Nosler loads I had made up for a different rifle. First group with the 130s I knew I pulled one low or it likely would have been better. The 129s all felt good when I touched them off but one of the three didn’t follow...

Still waiting the arrival of the 6.5 Grendel but I got everything needed to put a few rounds together for when it gets here. It has certainly been a fun venture reading and learning about this little round.

Sounds good

You are right about that. Certainly a bit optimistic on my part as it’s .01not .001. Back to the drawing board.

A while back I purchased a bunch of 7mm Solid Base bullets. The 150s are factory blems and the 162s are in an unopened box. 100 in each bag and 100 in the box. Only offering because I don’t think I’ll ever use them all. Just posting to see if anybody is interested in trading a like number...

I have always done that when reloading. Just a habit I picked up but had no idea if it was beneficial or not.

I recently started annealing brass but I haven’t done it enough to get any results. Sounds promising though.

I was loading some more 30-30 rounds this morning. New brass was just prepped running over the sizing ball on standard RCBS full length die. Just for giggles I checked bullet runout on a Hornady Concentricity tool and was surprised to find runout to be less than .0001 on most of the rounds...

Got a new to me 30-30 carbine barrel for the Thompson Contender and put together some rounds with the 150 grain Nosler Ballistic tip. I got to the shooting bench to sight it in. Starting close with factory ammo I got it hitting where I wanted at 25 yards which usually gets me close at 100 and...

I’ve pulled a few bullets over the years. Found out once it’s better to put primers in a case before adding powder and seating a bullet.

Thanks for the options. Got several of the powders mentioned so will give me a good starting point.

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Life on the homestead.

Was going through a footlocker full of reloading materials I had purchased a while back. Included was a sealed brick of CCI 400 small rifle primers. Sticker price was $16.99.

Was looking at the Ruger American Ranch rifle and the cartridge I want to try is the 6.5 Grendel. I think It will be a fun gun to have on the homestead. Undecided if I want to put a regular scope on it or set it up for night vision but I’m thinking I might start with a Leupold 3-9. Got a couple...

Was looking for some 6.5 Grendel brass and was able to buy loaded Nosler ammunition for cheaper than just brass. Ammo is $38 a box of 20 and brass is $125 for 50.

The 165 Sierra SPBT was one of the first bullets I used when I started hunting with a 30.06. Somewhere along the line I ended up with several boxes of them and worked up a load for my 308 Ruger Hawkeye. Recently loaded some up for a hunting buddy who has the identical rifle and while the...

I tilled and planted a food plot last fall but the rain came late and so not much of what I planted grew. The grass and brush did come up and the elk seemed to like it better than the deer did. The elk spent quite a bit of time in there this morning and continue to make frequent visits. i may...

When the loading is finished and it’s time to shoot, some homemade target ideas.