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And after trying numerous new handguns and researching the options, she picks this... I am uber impressed and green with envy. H&K VP9. I am going to have to teach her to reload soon. I prepped 500 fired cases this weekend and over 1000 this past month... Now I have a 9mm shooting fiend...

Put a few more rounds down range this afternoon. 86.5g put out 3115fps with no pressure signs. 87.0g ran 3141 but started to see a very faint ejector mark on all three cases, but not much primer flattening and no sticky bolt. Both shot .75 MOA. Due to having a very nice and tight model on...

Worked up to 86 grains and 3050fps. No pressure signs. Seems like the velocity gains are lessening with each increase in powder charge. Was seeing 20fps per half grain, now seeing 20 per full grain. Probably getting close to max. QL predictions topping out around 3100 at this point. Best...

I worked up from 80 to 83 grains this weekend. Speeds are running slightly faster than my QuickLoad prediction, so I tweeked it some. At 83 grains, I am right at 3000 fps. It looks like I will make 86 grains and it will probably bring 3125fps or so. Seeing 20fps increase per half grain...

Still waiting on the reamers. Should be here in the next week or two... In the meantime, my wife stretched the new 243 out this past weekend. She can shoot better than me, I swear. I loaded up a bunch of light fire-forming rounds for her to shoot while breaking the barrel in. 55 grain...

My wife picked out a Ruger SR22 to learn with. She has had it to the range twice now and loves it. Put 300 rounds through it... She has mastered the basics and is already thinking of something a little larger. She shot a round with my new Springfield and handled it well but thinks a little...

I could see 3200 with RL33 or Retumbo in some rifles, but I think most are seeing pressure signs before that. Conservative estimates are showing around 3100 to 3150 as reasonably attainable. From previous experience with this barrel, I expect to be on the slower side, but plan to work up to...

Started trailblazing with RL33 and 180g Berger VLD-H this weekend. Started with some bore sighting action and met a new friend. I call her "Hero" because heroes always run towards gunfire, right? Back to topic. I loaded up some test rounds with 80 grains RL33. Planned on chrono work and...

Went to the range this weekend to screw around with the new pistol. Saturday, I ran 100 230g FMJ and 14 230g JHP to get familiar with the gun. Sunday, I ran another 100 FMJ pretty much rapid fire. Felt great. I have some room for improvement, but I am very happy with the pistol. Still may...

Ouch. 475 for a new factory barrel? No thanks. You could swing a custom barrel for 300 to 350 with a couple hundred more for the gunsmith. My vote is for selling or trading it now, but you could end up with the same problem with a new rig. It is tempting to recommend that you go custom with...

I really like most of the tolerances on this pistol. The slide has no perceptible wobble and cycles nice and smooth. The barrel/barrel bushing fit also has no wiggle. The Range Officer has a one-piece, match grade stainless barrel. Barrel fit is nice and tight. The only thing that seemed...

Springfield Range Officer in stainless has a new home. Just in time for Snowmaggedon 6. May have to schedule some indoor range time to try it out.

Thanks for the thoughts, gentlemen. I am just looking for a range toy to practice with and for a little more variety for home defense. The neighborhood is getting rougher with lots of new rental units going up nearby. It is amazing how many immigrants fit in one apartment... then multiply...

The other night my wife asked me if I thought it would be a good idea for us to each pick up a handgun and go through a training course with them. So we talked about it for a while and she decided with the current climate in the country we should do it. She even said she realized my new pistol...

Nice move with the rings. That 257 will be there again someday. Get it then and play. And if you really want to expand your deer hunting experience, there are hundreds of other cartridges to play with too. I feel that the good karma built up with the rings will come back to allow you to...

And we have reamer prints! Getting much closer.

No new photos... just trying to remain calm. The reamers should be arriving any time. I think the Shot Show slowed things down a tad. My newest AR is getting nervous though, it is about to get a makeover if the reamers don't hurry up.

Kraky, thanks for the reply. I have compared the cartridges a bit. Alliant has a little data available for the STW. Not with the bullet of choice and the data seems slower than I expected. From some other sources it looks like it might squeeze a few more fps out of the cartridge and get...

Played a little with QuickLoad and was wondering if anyone has first hand experience with Reloader 33 in the STW? I have the opportunity to trade off some powder with a friend and he has some unopened 33 on hand from his foray into a 338 LM that about took his shoulder off (he says not from...

Thanks for the info. Checked out both links. Wyo, thanks for the walk through on creating a cartridge, it worked slick.