I remember in the 80 s having to go to the Marina in Heyburn to buy some CCI250 s that I located and the price was quite excessive …. $10 a K !!
That was unbelievable as in the late 60 s I could get them for 70-80 cents per hundred; inflation .. 😂
Been seeing them more regularly here but the $89.99 a brick still turns me off as it’s $95 out the door with tax.
Preferably a $69 price will entice me much more as that $75 out the door or roughly twice pre-Covid prices. Seems double old price is the new norm for most everything from food to...
Would someone mind running a QL for me on the following data points, bullet, powder, etc. I ve been working with some mild loads with these components in a new rifle but would like to get some projections to see where I might be able to work up towards.
7-08 Rem
22” barrel
9.5 twist
N550...
When we ve shot ladders typically 2 minutes between each shot; on overbore cartridges like 257 Weatherby and other magnums we d wait 3 minutes. Those were with med weight sporter barrels and 10 shot ladders.
+1 to Salmonchasers advice. Stay a little off lands for hunting ammo and don’t worry about oal if:
-Ammo fits mag
-You ve got a reasonable amount of bullet/pull in the case
Money for them ; plan on Federal ammo and components costing you more over the years ahead.
Those PE hogs gotta reward themselves AND ruin the work environment for existing employees; it s their (PE) standard “playbook” ….
I m old but the Solid Base was the Daddy to the original Ballistic Tip. ( SB + plastic tip = Ballistic Tip)
So that same thick base that BT is known for came from the Solid Base.
A well chosen bullet and a solid 270 reload gives up nothing to a factory loaded 7 RM. It does let you pack one more cartridge in your rifles magazine 😁
Start at 55 and work up …. At 57 grs you ll most likely be at or near max. Depending on brass used (capacity) I find 56-57 grs is 3100 +\- fps and typically very good accuracy. (Sons 24” barrel with WW brass and 57 grs does 3150 fps with 130 BT)
+1 to Scotty’s comment …. 25-06 and 120 s are slow powder territory. That said you s/b able to find something acceptable with IMR4831…. Maybe not quite the velocity of Retumbo, R26, etc but still a nice load.
IMR4831 has been very good to me in a number of 270 s with 130 gr bullets 👍
Got a like new, in perfect condition Oregon Gunsmithing (Wayne York) Howa Mini metal hinged bottom metal, magazine and follower for a 6ARC, 6.5 Grendel or 300 BO.
$150 TYD in continental US. Cross posted so first I ll take it wins!
Thx
Nathan, just curious, do you hand turn your necks or have you built a fixture of some type to turn on your lathe?
Guy I know here locally built a fixture and drives cases onto spud in lathe and them cuts them with a carbide bit and has dial indicators on lathe carriages, etc. Pretty slick deal...
All good choices.
72 grs of R22 with 200 AB was “plenty” of medicine for my moose. Recovered a perfectly mushroomed bullet bullet in the offside with the skin having hung onto it.
You should have a load worked up quickly with the Jose powder choices. ( In my rifle I got a load submoa fairly...