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Happy Birthday Fotis, have a good one !!

Wow, 3300 plus fps with a 175 mono. That is some insane speed. Half an inch @ 100 is a good load. How far off the lands are you seating those monos? Any pressure signs on the head of the brass if I may ask?

I never tried hydro forming, I have read that hydroforming brass leaves a more rounder edge on the body / shoulder junction compared to a sharper edge when fired in a rifle chamber. After hydroforming, you would need to final fireform in a rifle chamber to sharpen the edges of the body /...

Mono bullets are recommended to be seated off the lands at .050". How was your results on your tests?

I have yet to buy those Redding competition shellholders, I always have bumped them precisely at .0015' - .002". Reloaders have been happy with these shellholders. Thanks for the reminder. These helps when you have multiple rifles of the same caliber.

Soft reduced loads at the 2800 fps range is perfect with the 120 Ballistic Tips. I was running 3,025 -3,050 fps with the 120's with H4350 in the Creed. Accuracy nodes according to Barrel Optimal Time chart shows nodes with 22 inch barrel is at 2700 ish fps at 1.201 milliseconds and 2800 ish fps...

True, I also look at a certain bullet weight, and if there are no data for that weight, example is 130 grain 6.5 mm, I go to the next bullet weight which is 140 grain 6.5 mm and I look at the mid charge for that weight, and its safe to use that weight for the 130 grain weight as a starting point...

Room and board provided,,,,no problem but with conditions,,,two elk hunts / harvests provided as well plus air fare round trip. 😁

That is a very nice piece. I regret selling my 6 inch .41 Magnum Classic Hunter SS. I would love a .357 Python with a 4 inch barrel. Maybe one day,,,,or maybe get a shorter barrel .41 Magnum. 🤔

Steve, not to hijack your thread but I remembered a time back in the 1990's when I hunted on my grandpa's ranch, ( sadly it was acquired by Fish and Wildlife, it was sell or eminent domain :mad:) , for hogs and some long range coyote potshots with my Sako M995 and topped with a Leupold. I was...

I would do one bullet for both jobs, its less worry and headaches. I won't mind using an elk bullet on a deer. The Partition will do the job nicely. The Accubond is a great bullet as well.

If you lived a lot closer, I would help you out buddy. You probably would get me hooked on your long range pistol grip rigs.

I start low and work up to max while watching pressure under a chronograph, once I start seeing pressure, I stop and I back off about a grain and seek an accurate load. If you do not understand how to read pressure, do not approach maximum loads or go over. Starting at maximum is asking for...

That gave me an idea, to open a Load Development Service. :ROFLMAO: Kidding aside,,,,, Ernie those calibers looks interesting. yes, the 140 Ballistic Tips are cheaper, got 10 boxes of these when I bought them 4 years ago, and never tried them yet. I have two boxes of 180 Barnes TTSX for the...

I do have RL 26, only a pound left. 😞 I also have 4 pounds of IMR 4831

Just bored, should I do a test with some 180 TTSX Barnes in my 300 Mag, if so, what powders should I try,,,,RL22, H1000 or some RL 25 or,,, try some 130 Accubonds or 140 Ballistic Tips in the 6.5 Creedmoor with some H4350,,,,

I have two berms at my ranch that i had set up, one berm is 8 feet high and 15 feet wide, and its used for shots out to 1400 yards across a crop field, but can use after crops are harvested in Fall season until mid Spring. The 2nd berm is smaller and accessible all year round and shots are out...

I'm pushing them to 3,125 fps to 3200 fps with RL 22 and H1000 with my 300 WM. I have approached 3300 fps with RL26 during a test a couple years back. I keep them .5 to 1 grain less from where I see pressure like ejector marks. I use the 180's as well. Normally I see loose primer pockets north...

That is a fast load. Did you feel the slide bottom out during ejection? I recall a weak spring or a P+ load I used in a Browning 9mm Hi Power back in the days where the slide bottomed out, I felt it slam back so I bought a new spring and never felt it again. I have bought two heavier springs for...

Most likely you just trim them once or twice in its lifetime. I have 15 X fired brass, its a non magnum, that has seen just one trim.