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Outstanding! You've got a winner there, Rol.

I've been packing around an XD40 for about nine years, and I shoot it occasionally for the heck of it. It's a very easy pistol to shoot and I don't recall a single failure with it, ever. I used the same pistol for my CHL requalification shoot a few years back, and the guys who conducted that...

I had about a half-pound of 4320 a few years back. I acquired it in a swap for convenience from a friend who brought it over to reload some .264 Win mag ammo for his dad. I loaded his ammo with H4831 and kept the 4320, but not for any specific purpose other than for fouling shots and...

Guy, I think there's only so much good shooting to be had in the universe...there's a finite supply. And I think you must be using up my share of it. :lol:

I shoot cast in my 6-inch 57, and have had decent results with 2400. When I have enough empty brass to fool with I intend to try some Accurate 4100 with the same bullet. I found that powder to be outstanding in .44 Mag with cast 255s. If you ever decide to try cast, I'd use something other than...

I was taught the same theory, and I think it holds water...BUT, I was also told that a load that works at 100 yards may not work so well at 200 yards.

My reloading room was fairly well organized, until this happened just last night: The shelf body buckled. Looks like I'll be busy for a couple of days. :(

Just looked back at my data from the day I shot that combination. Check this out, it's odd: 3 shots IMR 4451 / 56.5 Fed 210 (2.711") 5/4/16 05/05/16 75 1.26" 2772 fps 3 shots IMR 4451 / 56.8 Fed 210 (2.711") 5/4/16 05/05/16 75 1.82" 2770 fps 3 shots IMR 4451 / 57.1 Fed 210 (2.711") 5/4/16...

Very nice! I'm wondering where I missed the boat on this bullet / powder combination. I think maybe my shooting just SUCKED that day.

LOL! I think that's true. Looks good, Guy. And like a nice place to just hang out.

Gerry, I would use a powder such as Accurate 4100 or Alliant 2400 in either .357, ,41, or .44 Mag. It is my understanding that Lil Gun is hard on the top strap just above the barrel/cylinder gap...flame cutting is the perceived issue. Supposedly Lil Gun produces higher temps. Besides, I have...

Well, there is no roll axis. The bullet's spin IS the roll axis, if you want to exercise liberty of imagination. The nose of the bullet can be in error in either pitch or yaw, or a combination of the two. In search of an illustration, I ran across a webpage I had never seen. I think it might...

Those bullets may or may not have been overstabilized. They were overspun, for sure.

The purpose of the post is to attempt to explain why a bullet will fly with its rotational axis tangent to the trajectory arc following a comment on the thread Fotis started. It IS pretty much just a theoretical discussion. Those who attempt shots at the ranges required for over stabilization...

Well. Three days up, 80 views, and not a single comment. I have to wonder if what I've said makes no sense to anyone but myself. Maybe I failed to explain some key point. Did I leave something important out of the explanation??

I hope you guys find this worth reading... I wanted to try and explain this with accompanying graphics, but I was unable to easily find suitable images and my skills with drawing software would probably lead to more confusion than clarification. So, I will try to simply use words. Starting at...

Okay, gents...I am posting a write-up in the forum in a new thread.

Congrats, Mr. Beretz, and a salute! I have a feeling this is going to lead to an increase in powder, primer, and bullet consumption on your part. Good for you!

I'm working with a new-to-me rifle in .280, and I have found that velocities are considerably lower using the loads I had worked up for the previous rifle. It takes 1.4 more grains of H4831 to get velocity back up to 2920 fps using the same powder lot. Fire-formed cases from the new rifle hold...

Whoa. Sorry for the mixup, somewhere along the line I got to thinking we were talking Leupold. I'm sure the Red field 4-12x would be great, though.