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I’ve had too many bad experiences with Accubonds not expanding and not dumping energy. A lot of 100 yard track jobs with no blood trails with textbook heart and lung shots. I’d tell you to stick with partitions and find a more accurate load. Also try the 95 grainers. At least the front of...

That explains why it’s floating on top of my pin tumbling water when I get done tumbling. I think it eventually separates off the cases and just looks like an oil slick floating on top of the ocean.

Stainless steel Pin tumbling…. You must not be familiar with it. I have a couple of harbor freight rock tumblers that I use stainless steel pins in. It’s basically metal stainless pins that you add water to along with Dawn dishwashing liquid and lemi shine. I normally tumble for four hours and...

I noticed when tumbling my WD-40 sprayed cases I still would have oil in the water after pin tumbling. That stuff just doesn’t like to disintegrate even with Dawn dishwashing liquid pin tumbling and also adding Lemi shine. I literally would have to wipe the cases off with a rag after sizing and...

Barnes used to make a .243, 110 grain round nose, cup and core, original lead jacketed projectile. Looked just like a round nose Remington core loct. Think that was about the first year or two of production when Barnes bullet company opened their doors. They discontinued it right away. I...

…had a few typos and corrected them. Voice texting responses as usual and my liberal iPad decides to put in what words they think I said.lol

Are you competition shooting or are you just doing ladder testing with hunting ammo? I just normally feel my barrel by touch and if it’s too hot, I give it a few minutes and let it cool down when I’m ladder testing hunting rounds. I’ve had some barrels shoot one whole groups, blood hot. It just...

The rubber off your Danner boots was imported from another country. They were just made in the USA not all the parts were manufactured here so you can consider those foreign as well….lol. I personally know, bigwigs from the old lacrosse rubber mills that used to fly to other countries to strike...

Thank god I reload. I haven’t bought any centerfire ammunition in over 25 years. Only shotgun and rimfire. Imo rimfire quality that comes from the company any can’t get any worse than it already is. They were working on selling it to them years ago and never went through. As long as I can get...

I roll mine in the old rcbs squeeze lube stuff. If I start pushing up into my sizing die and I have any resistance, I back it right out and put more lube on. I’ve stuck two or three cases in the last few decades, and it sucks. I drilled out the last one a few months ago with my stuck case...

Maybe try the 90s then maybe the shorter projectile is a little bit more stouter? Doubt it guessing they’re probably the same. Here’s my experience after breaking a shoulder bone and there’s also another poster that talked about blowing through both shoulders of an elk, but that was after it...

Either that or maybe it tumbled, but when it poked a hole out the opposite shoulder meat and hide it went straight out. I shot through some really thin tree branches that were maybe 20 feet in front of me and the deer was 20 yards at the absolute most. I figured the exit would’ve been huge and...

Yeah, I was thinking that was really slow too. Even with my 16 1/2 inch barrel I’m probably close to 3250 with the 90s. Or even a little faster. You would think that slower speed would’ve helped it hold together even better. Guess I would’ve had to been there for the shot and also to see the...

Yeah, I don’t aim for shoulders and deer with any bullet. I always aim like I’m shooting bow and arrow. Basically center mass or the bottom third of the deer about 2 to 3 inches and back of the front shoulder. I dropped deer like Thor‘s hammer using 90 grain ballistic tips. Loaded a lot faster...

Yep, they’re wicked! Glad it’s only a minimum charge load! Think I have 400/600 of them myself. Used them on deer at 2300 fps out of my 35 Rems on deer with great results. The Seirras are about the only projectile I don’t have. I haven’t seen that much damage from a projectile since I shot a...

Had a chance to test it out the above load other day at on a deer about 20 yards. It poked a little bit bigger than bullet diameter hole through the hide going in and out. Broadside to quartering away shot. Hit it perfectly in the heart and exited low on the opposite side. The deer ran about 15+...

Yup I’m guilty as charged. I’ve shot an animal that far… just didn’t do it for me. Sorry just one man with one opinion. I’d rather shoot them within spitting distance. Just way more exciting to me. But the comment of it being more logical and common sense to shoot something at a mile when things...

I shot a pronghorn a 1000 yards the first year I bought my 300 RUM in 00’. Did it just to do it because I thought it was a challenge to shoot something that far away. To be honest, after it was on the ground dead, it made me feel like I wasn’t a hunter because it was so far away. I don’t think...

lol…I do I’m always juggling scopes on my rifles.

Never wrecked a scope on my 300 RUM. I had a KDF brake on it which made it recoil like a 243. I have since removed it and added a thread protector. My 06’ pump recoils more than my RUM. Zero issue with wrecking optics. My 375 RUM has juggled the same optics with no issues. Just make sure to bed...