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3 to 5 slowly. Repeat as needed at approx. 10-15 minute intervals until you're happy... or they're gone.

Uh... no. Not sure what you're confusing Gibbs with, but no Weatherby radius on Rocky's line of cartridges.

The shoulder looks to be pretty far forward & not quite 40*. Is it maybe a 240 Gibbs? A drawing from the Wolfe book shows 2.145" from base to point of shoulder.

I got one of the "semi-rigid" ones a few months ago & it was pretty poor for my use. It worked kind of OK on larger bores but was damned near impossible to get focused at all in a 22. Very, VERY frustrating. Also, the dimmer rheostat needs to go further to the dim side. The light is very bright...

Nimrod, The Ruger is one of those cheap plastic PsOS that came complete with a lower end Vortex 4-12x. It's the 1st new piece I've bought in many years & was kind of an impulse buy at a gunshow last fall to check out what's new & exciting in rifles. Not terribly impressed, but it's a challenge...

Howdy Nimrod, Wind has diminished the last few weeks, so got more results with 120s & 130s. Wish I had a longer range. The place I shoot stops at 300 yds. The Ballistic Tips came from Natchez in record time. Thanks again. IMR 4451 was up 1st with WLRs. The 4 shot groups were still around an...

Preacher, Not a QL but Sierra VI lists RL 16 from 46.3 to 52.8, RL 17 from 45.8 to 51.6, H4350 from 46.8 to 53.1, & RL 22 rather than 23 from 51.5 to 56.0 behind their 200 gr. bullets. I believe these are held back to SAAMI max for 30-06. With the 150s, H4350 ranges from 53.4 to 60, RL 17 from...

While never being without a 358 Winchester for many years, I agree with PJ about 358 & a new shooter, especially if there's any drop to the stock & a hard buttplate. To avoid inducing flinch, push, & jerk the trigger in a new shooter a pipsqueak 243 with good bullets, or 257 Roberts, 260 or 7-08...

Yeah. Everything was a duplicate load. down to the same 20 pieces of brass, except for the bullet & the OAL. The PPUs might be usable as hunting bullets, but pressure peaks before max velocity for the weight. The scope isn't powerful enough to see which was the flyer with the Ballistic Tips...

Nimrod, Your 130 gr load sounds promising. I got to shoot the 123 gr. PPUs with Fed. 210Ms & H4895 last week with a few 4-shot groups under an inch on the way up to 2900+fps @40 gr. The bolt got a little sticky at 39, decent group at 38.5 & 2858 fps. so will call that max. These are .267"...

I saw the email late last night. Last time I snoozed & missed out. Got enough to make the shipping worthwhile & keep me shooting a bit longer. Got some 200 gr. 358 Accubonds to try in a long throated Norma Mag. Wish there were some 6.5 120 Ballistic Tips though. There's 1 left in the box.

Joel. I would hunt with your rifle without question, but from what I see it is not a MOA rifle, or if it is you were not a MOA shooter on that particular day. One 3 or 5 shot 1/2" group means nothing. What's the aggregate group size for your rifle over a period of time & a number of targets...

Wait... the challenge is about the shooter, the shooter's technique in field positions under maybe lousy weather conditions. What exactly does this have to do with the accuracy of the rifle? For an example, my varmint gun (a plain old regular 700 varmint, wood stocked) will likely pass your...

I've been wrasslin' with a Ruger 20" 6.5 off & on for a few months. The S&B 140s do right at 2600 fps from my barrel & shoot about 1 1/4" at 100 yds. Brass has been my biggest hurdle so far. The S&B brass may be more trouble than it's worth to reload. You'll see what I mean when you try to seat...

Does anybody know if the boxed Hornady brass is different from the bagged Hornady brass? I just got some 35 Whelen brass (in a box rather than a bag) & it looks pretty decent at 1st glance (some quick measurements for wall thickness & weight of a few at random). The boxed stuff seems to cost a...

At least you know what your dealing with rather than wondering. I know Redding makes single body dies that dont touch the shoulder for not too much $$, unsure about any other die maker. It's not like the sabre-toothed groundhog across the field will tear you up if you have a failure to feed.

Have you blued or Sharpied a case to see where the chamber is hitting? I'm guessing either the point where shoulder meets neck, the shoulder itself, or the pressure ring could all be culprits. Is it an older rifle? Maybe it was chambered before 22-250 was standardized? If you have a 250 Savage...

Shade Tree, A simple question. Do the fired cases chamber easily before sizing? If yes, then something in the sizing process is causing the problem. Maybe try sizing without the expander assy in the die? Polish the expander ball? If no, carry on with your diagnosis. A 7x64 die may be small...

"All those kind of cartridges are around .004 or greater in diameter so they wouldn't do anything to size the base down." I just looked at cartridge drawings & you're right... about .004 smaller for 250 & 22-250 above the extractor groove. Funny, I checked fired brass from a long gone Ruger in...