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There seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there. I've done a lot of searching and reading on the subject, and based on what I've been exposed to, here are the "facts" pertaining to M192 and M855 ammo: - if you see NATO specs, pressure is given as 62000 psi - NATO pressure testing is...

I wish that load would shoot! It's just not consistently accurate though. Too good to be true!

I've been playing with Re17 and 180s in my own .30-06 the last couple of months. I found that 2900 fps is no problem out of my 24-inch barreled M70. I saw the possibility of good accuracy near 2900 and bypassed a node (or what looked like a node) at about 2830. Further testing has shown that the...

If you think about it, a lot of the 6.5s were born in a time when heavier bullets were the norm and faster rates of twist were in their DNA. The opposite is true of the .27s and .25s---look at why the .250-3000 was bequeathed the 87-grain bullet and the rate of twist it received. The popular...

Sometimes they won't be offering what you want when you want it, but a little forethought can go a long ways. I started laying in components back around 2002 or so, with the thought of acquiring a lifetime supply of what i like. Swapping rifles around tends to blow up the scheme, though. I have...

I read through the thread again, and if anyone mentioned this, I just didn't spot it: H110 and W296 are exactly the same powder...same manufacturer, same formulation, identical---just put into different containers with different labels. I always thought it was interesting that Winchester...

Gotta wonder if acid from fingerprints got involved there. I know some guys have to wipe all fingerprints off a gun after handing, otherwise corrosion sets in pretty quickly. I suppose that's a body chemistry thing. Fortunately for me it's not an issue but I have a friend who has to be very...

I think it's good to try to achieve uniformity, but I think measuring the inside of the neck to determine "tension" is not practical. The tension with which the neck holds a bullet would depend on the elasticity of the brass, which we know changes from firing to firing. A dimensional measurement...

Wyo, no, it's not a modified cartridge. The case volume used was the default value. The barrel length was set at 23.9 because that was the last value I entered for one of my own rifles. The "near maximum" and "do not use" flags are absent because I always copy the results to a .txt file and edit...

Cartridge : .260 Rem Bullet : .264, 130, Nosler AccuBond 56902 Useable Case Capaci: 46.056 grain H2O = 2.990 cm³ Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm Barrel Length : 23.9 inch = 607.1 mm Powder : Alliant Reloder-23 Predicted data by increasing and...

I've been mulling over a solar powered fan or air pump of some kind. Maybe sticking the end of the hose in the chamber. No real good ideas yet as far as materials, though.

Thanks DWH. I've already done all this, including chronograph I ng some 140s. I was reading another forum where one fellow says there is reason to believe that barrel time is more closely tied to peak pressure than muzzle velocity. I found that interesting but haven't really digested the...

I read about the OBT stuff several years ago and thought it was interesting, but had no idea how to make use of it and put it all on the mental back burner. These recent discussions pointed out another capability of QL I had never utilized, so I went back and read all the stuff over again with...

I think Barsness is probably the best in the business...at least he was when I basically quit subscribing to and reading gun rags seven or eight years ago. I like his methodical approach to evaluating things.

Thanks, TD. That's a bit to chew on for a while!

Thanks Bruce. This one is pretty new, I think they were offered in 2014 for the Midway promotion. I can see that it has an MOA trigger without disassembly, so it likely is bedded like all the newer 70s. I do have both a .25-06 and a .30-06 of more recent production (with MOA triggers), but I've...

Gerry, my current .280 is an econo-custom VZ-24 with a 24-inch ER Shaw barrel. The load I've used for several years is a 150-grain Partition over 58.5 grains Of H4831SC, loaded in R-P cases with Federal 210s, and the bullet about 0.025" off the lands. It has been a very accurate load and turns...

Scope mounted and ready for sight-in! I used medium rings, but I probably could have gotten by with lows. I'm not going to fuss and fiddle with it anymore, though. The less I'm waving a screwdriver or any other tool around this rifle, the better. Oh, but I almost forgot---I have an Ernie the...

Thanks Gerry. It still seems like it hasn't happened "all the way" yet, but soon I'll have what I need to mount the scope and I can hit the range. I agree on the rings. The Zee rings seem to be very dependable and not half bad looking either. I really think Leupold's Dual Dovetail is a little...

Here's an image for BruceMc... We have been discussing scope mounts. I seem to be unable to put an image in a PM.