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Happy Birthday! Paul B.

Probably the best load id is 48.5 gr. RL17, 150 gr. Nosler Partition. Winchester brass and WLR primer. That load is absolute max so start at least two gr. below and work up The load is almost a bit much in my Winchester M70 XTR Featherweight but the temp that day was about 110 in the shade...

After doing a bit of comparison between the 7x57 and 7-08, it seems the 7x57 cartridge case has a greater capacity for powder than the 7-08. It would seem feasible that with a modern action one could use 7-08 load data in the 7x57. I've been giving it a try and it works just fine. Main rifle for...

CL said, "PS- you can say "he should have used an accu-bond..."? I saw boxes of them in the store today. I cant afford them... BT's and core lokts will have to do.CL" They may be a bit on the pricey side but I can state without doubt that a 165 gr. 30 cal. Accubond at 2800 FPS MV will put a cow...

I do question this comment. "I don't try to outguess pressure tested and published data." Please, do not misunderstand me. Factory ammo is loaded to a Maximum Average Pressure. (MAP) You can bet your bottom dollar that factory ammo will most of the time not even come close. Just a CYA thing by...

Not only yes but, "Hell yes!" Paul B.

I like the 200 gr. Bullet in the .300 Win. Mag . I have some early reloads in Federal brass that have 72.5 gr. of IMR 4831 and the old Nosler 200 gr. bullet with the semi round nose. Extremely accurate un the Ruger #1B and a Winchester M79 push feeder. Veocity was about 2900 FPS as I recall...

Merry Christmas to all! Paul B.

"I am looking for a lighter weight rifle capable of shooting elk and mule deer out to a max of 400 yards. I would love to have a 300 Win Mag that weighs 8.5 pounds or less fully scoped that is capable of 1/2 MOA accuracy. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. I would consider carbon fiber...

Merry Christmas! Paul B.

Make sure you test it on jugs or a bundle of wet newspaper before you use it on game. I used the wet paper and the bullet didn't fare all that well. I shot it in two Ruger M77s and a Browning BLR and M99 Savage. The two lever guns were decidedly more accurate than the two Rugers which I found...

"Back in the late 80's I read an article (do not recall author) that stated that the 160/162/165 gr class of bullets was the optimum weight for the 7mm caliber. At the time I had just gotten a 280 Rem and was learning how to reload for it." A while back I found a barreled action using a 1909...

"I have two rifles that came with Limbsavers that have turned to a disgusting goo. I won't ever consider one, even as a temporary fix." I neglected to add that the two rifles with the goo recoil pads were both Winchester M70s .338 Win. mags, one a post 64, pre 68 push feed and the other a...

I'm not sure how I would respond to your post. My youngest daughter says, "Life's a bitch, then you die." Sometimes she substitute, Then you marry one." but either way you get the message. The point is nothing in life is guaranteed to be easy. In march 2019 my wife of 52 years passed. In January...

I think it's because of the difference in the metals. Most cup and core bullets use gilding metal which is predominantly copper with I believe zinc added as a hardener. I'm not even sure anyone is using strictly pure copper for a bullet jacket any more but there may be some. I think most...

I rarely watch his videos. In fact, I don't think I've ever agreed with anything he's said on the few I did see. I have a Winchester M70 Featherweight that I dearly love chambered to the 7x57 Mauser round. From a perfectly clean bore it shot beautifle groups. By the time I'd fired off 20 round...

Yeah. My two blind fingers just can't see where they're going.. Paul B.

I like the Lyman #429241, Elmer Keith's bullet. Works great on long shots at jackrabbits, coyotes and the one deer I shot with a Ruger Super Blackhawk. I also have the RCBS #44-300-FN which is a 300 gr. gas checked bullet in the general semiwadcutter shape. About the only guns I can use it in...

I do almost all my load workups during southern Arizona's very hot summers. Temps running as high as 110 degrees and higher. Many of my hunts during the last few years I hunted were well below freezing. One pet load with thr 30-06 uses W760 and the .280 Rem., .270 Win. and .300 Win, Mag use the...

Results for me with monometal bullets has ben excellent in one case, no pun intended, to dismal in five other rifles. he 100 and 120 gr. bullets in 25 caliber in my .257 Roberts and the 120 and 140 gr. 7MM bullets in three 7x57 rifles and a .280 Remington. I could decent velocity but I never got...