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Fed 215M for Weatherby and Winchester for everything else...

I just run mine thru the trimmer as a matter of habit. Very few actually get trimmed but I "know" they're all they're the same. Understand the case design minimizes case stretch during firing. Sizing can cause significant stretch by itself. Instead of measuring I just chuck them up... My ES & SD...

That's a beautiful big bear. What was the age estimate?

The only way you'll know is to try it. I saw an improvement with my 358Win and a few other calibers. I haven't had any that got worse. I didn't measure the crimp I just do a "medium" crimp by feel. I haven't annealed any of those cases and am on my 3rd reload. I tumble the cases clean before...

I don't know the exact size of the chest freezer we took. I would guess somewhere around 20 cu ft. It pretty much took up half of an 8' truck bed. It just held (no room for ice) 2 moose deboned, cut and packaged for freezing. That should give you some idea. You can pack gear in it on the way up.

On a Newfoundland moose hunt we took a freezer and generator with us. Worked out well. If you don't already have a freezer I would arrange it be ready for pickup when you get there. No need to leave to chance. Good Hunting.

A question like that with no bourbon and campfire? :P You already know the answer... I'd do all you propose with my 257 Roberts albeit with bullets it likes.

I'd go with whatever shot best and likely they'll both shoot well. I don't believe whitetails in general "need" a 180gr 30-06 load, at least until you get into some 400# plus animals. Having said that if you are a "one load" guy a 180gr bullet is a good choice. Some may argue for the 165s and I...

I was only half joking...After you have a good muzzle velocity # setting it up downrange makes a lot of sense. I have a CED w/ a large digital readout and can see the #s with the scope from the bench. You are actually probably less likely to hit it downrange than up close assuming you know where...

Be brave. Set it up right in front of your target.

My question to myself would be "Am I re-zeroing or refining a zero?" IOW is it really a change caused by something other than the tightness of the nut behind the trigger or not? One range session doesn't do it for me. If you adjust your zero based on one day's data and then the next time you...

Velocity IS a pressure sign.

Well it's a choice (the AB) that I don't have with the BLR. I don't have any issue at all with terminal performance with the 225gr Sierras or Partitions. My BLR loads shoot about the same out of my Hawkeye so I don't have anything to lose except the cost of a box of bullets and some reloading &...

It's all about the BC...

Not really reloading... but my first squib. I've had rimfire (22) duds before but never a squib. Good FP strike, no bang. Didn't sound like it fired at all but when I pulled the case out the bullet was gone... just not too far. Powder is clumped and won't pour out.

...if you have enough room. In my BLR the AB base will be in the case down to the bottom of the shoulder to keep it out of the lands. That and my experience is that ABs like a good jump to the rifling. That cuts pretty heavy into the powder room. I have a Ruger Hawkeye that I can seat the AB...

IMR 7828 is an excellent powder. I have used both versions and use it exclusively in my 270Wby.

I'd contact Hornady and see what they say.

Didn't directly affect my rifle/load choice but I felt what I had chosen was sufficient "in case". We were elk hunting high country east of Yellowstone. It did cause me to pack a Ruger Alaskan in a chesty puller rig. That's because when we were field dressing and carrying quarters out to the...

I'm not a long range competition shooter or ever been a SWAT shooter, just an old hunter. When I asked about the velocity change that only affected elevation and not groups I was alluding to what Guy is saying. He quantified it much better than I could, but for me it just didn't pass the smell...