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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a good friend who is having problems with his triple deuce. I feel his neck tension is way too high. Is there a "standard" neck tension? I mean is a thou or two about right? The man recently purchased a very expensive set of dies and the rifles accuracy went to...

OP, Have you tried working on seating depth yet? Maybe you can find the perfect seating depth to close up an already accurate load.

I have seen two elk killed deader than a doornail with a 257 Roberts using 120 gr partitions. My son and I both use the 150 grn accubond out of our M-1 Garands and the Garands use a mediocre load in the first place, around 2650 fps. We have not shot an elk with it yet but the deer and bears...

Thank you everybody. It seems to me that there are a lot of good people on this site. It is a pleasant surprise for me.

I found 2 pounds of universal clays, loaded a handful of 230gn ball and shot them this morning. Max load with a good crimp shoots well and is pretty darn clean. Thank you all for the help, time to work the press.

I just don't understand why people overlook the 25s for good accurate hunting rifles. It seems nobody loves the quarters anymore. My 257 Roberts is my favorite rifle in the gun cabinet.

Thank you for the help. Tomorrow I will be going to all the powder dealers in the Bitterroot valley. JW

I have added all powder suggestion and I will go shopping this weekend to see if I can find any pistol type powder. While talking to a powder supplier last Saturday he told me it may be as long as two years before any of us will be able to find 231. Good luck on the hunt for powder. JW Semper Fi

Very good, thank you. I will start a list and then go around the valley to see what I can find.

I usually keep my reloading supplies stocked well enough that I have everything I need to keep my family in ammunition for a year. I am not a hoarder and I do not own an ammunition fort. My problem is I ran out of W231 for the 5 45ACPs we have in the family. Would the forum please suggest a...

I am not sure of your calling ability. Instead of trying to call the toms to your position, aggressively call the dominant hen. You should be able to hear the hens on flydown. Once they fly down they will congregate and enjoy the morning squabble. At this point, you need to use kee kee runs...

I shoot 63.3 grains of H4831 behind a mollied 160 grain Accubond, CCI large rifle mag primers. I don't have any pictures but the results are the same as the target shown above. I don't own a chrono so I can't say what the speeds are out of a 24" barrel. Good luck finding that perfect load, It is...

It is kind of silly, but my favorite rifle is my 257 rob. The rifle is just a pleasure to shoot and it covers everything from rats to elk in our case.

I have witnessed a 257 rob kill 2 elk with 120 grn nos partitions on top of a full load of H4831. The rifle is a ruger m77 lightweight with a 20" barrel. Both elk were shot at about 260 yards and both died within feet of the impact. You probably realize I am voting for the 257. Nobody loves the...

Ckeck brassmanbrass.com for the brass and montana gold bullets for 230 gr. fmjs good luck

Take a look at Theis holdsters, My son and I both carry with them, well made and a little less expensive than other names.

A sig P220 is a DA/SA. That is a big plus in some situations.

I use 26 grains of CFE223 for 62gr fmj loads. This load shoots well for the 5 ar platform rifles in my family. I don't think it is required, but I use small rifle magnum primer with this load.

I have a 257 rob that shot 110 accubonds as well as a production rifle should shoot. All of a sudden I could not group a set of 5 rounds within 3" at 100 yds. I started working with my rifle, free floating(stock had warped with not doubt about it) new stock, boyds laminate, glass bed, re-shoot...

A couple of things that have not been mentioned is if you are recieving once fired military brass, the primers may be crimped. I use my brass knurler to remove the crimp because I hate my RCBS primer pocket swage. Second, an M-1 Garand can slamfire although I have never seen it happen. A lot of...