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As I understand it, the various cartridges are loaded to a Maximum Allowable Pressure (MAP) and most reloading data is set at that level as well. Some cartridges are deliberately underloaded for safety due to rifles made in earlier years that are considered too weak for modern pressures or have...

In my desert ratting days I usually carried a .44 mag. of some kind. On rare occasions, it might be a .357 Mag. Usually first sht up was a rat load for snake problems and the rest for bigger stuff with potential nasty dispositions. More than once I saw a Black Bear or Mountain Lion crossing over...

I like Skeeter Skelton's load of 7.5 gr. Unique in the .44 Spl. (CAUTION: we above published maximum loads.) I use it as an all round load for my .44 Spl. Handguns. I run around 10 gr. of Unique as a working load for the .44 mag. and Elmer's 22.0 gr. 2400 load for a full power load for the .44...

Cha. I have three rifls chambered to the 7x57. All are strong modern actions. I've been using 7-08 data in the 7x57 and can run a 150 gr. Nosler to 2847 FPS, no sweat. using RL17. I did early on get 2880 FPS with the early style 140 gr. ballisric Tips but dropped in back to an even 2800 FPS...

Only one kill with the 165 gr. Accubond from my 30-06.I was doing a cow elk meat hunt and the day before the hunt was at the NA's Whittington Center checking out the scope on my .35 Whelen and a custom Mauser 30-06. The 30-06 was brought as back up rifle. When I shot the .35 the reticle in the...

For more years than I care to count I've used the Weaer rings and bases. I still have a couple mounts using the old style rings that clamped only on one side of the scope and they've never failed. Even used them on the .375 H&H Mauser and a Winchester M70 .375 H&H. I still use the Weaver bases...

I'm not sure I want to subject my two F. "Bob" Chow custom .1911s to those +P+ loads. My other custom is based on a Colt Gold Cup Slide mounted on a Caspian frame and is set up for light target loads. I like my Colt Combat Commander and would have to change to a heavier spring for sure...

I never hunted with the .300 WSM but I have helped noobies get their.300 EWSMs sighted on various platforms and did the load work up for a .300 WSM Featherweight for my son in law. Nice cartridge but truth be told, unless I got an extremely good deal on one I'll most likely never own one. Why...

Before I got my RCBS Chargemaster 1500 and CM Lite I did double throws for the .375 H&H and larger. One has to be a bit careful with those automatic powder measure as they can be affected by things like flourescent and cell phones. I had to completely change the lighting in my reloading shed...

I realize that most load data for the 257 Robt. is usually on the mild side but I use a chronograph to work up my top velocity loads so most loads with those bullets were shot at higher than published velocities. Nothing worked from the starting load to well over publish maximums. Results with...

Steve said,"530 yds! I am not sure i can even see that far lol Honestly, I have a SFF scope and not sure I have the skill for such a shot." I knew the area I drew the tag for which was notorious for having to take way out yonder type shots so several months I went through some serious practice...

Not me. They replaced my carburator valve a while back. (Aortic heart valve) Paul B.

Steve, do you know what your velocity is from the 7-08 and the 150 gr. Partition? I've been working with that bullet in the 7x57 but using 7-08 data. I get 2880 FPS on average which is a hair too hot to use on hot days (110 to 115 at the range) so dropped back for general use to 2800 FPS. I...

With me it's not so much the age but the mileage. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Paul B.

Call me odd man out. The last time I loaded ammo for the .270 was in 2009. I loaded the 150 gr. Sierra Game King over a charge of the now very long gone WMR powder for an antelope hunt. Personally, I not a fan of the very popular 130 gr. bullets as they messed up too much eating meat and just...

"Oh to be a weatherman; you can be wrong everyday of your career and never get fired! :LOL:" That's true but you could also get a serious butt chewing from your boss. For 33 years I worked for the National Weather Service and I could pass n the serious tales and a few funny ones. Probably the...

Let's keep this simple. Step one, forget about the belt. It's not easy to get a measurment and if you do they're usually out of specs anyway. This is how I set up my sizing die for bottleneck cartridges. 1. Take a once fired factory round and blacken the neck and shoulders with a Magic...

Not much experience with a .300 WSM I'm afraid. About all I've done with one is I did the original load work ups for my son in law. He wanted to use the 165 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip. My favorite load with the .300 Win. Mag. run the 200 gr. Speer Hot Core. It worked just fine on an elk way out...

Bruce, I have that same model 70 XTR rifle in .270 and it's one of the most accurate .270s I own. Truth of the matter is I could just sell off every other rifle I own and just hunt with it but where's the fun in that? My rifle has a 24" barrel Does yours? I took a nice antelope with mine in 2009...

The weather most likely comes from the National Weather Service which is a branch of NOAA. Paul B,