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Update, Got thru by phone and spoke with Shawn. Couldn't tell me if forming from 300 would work without custom hydro die. He did say they made a batch of 375 Ruger in November. It must have gone fast. Maybe gunbroker. So it is not an orphan cartridge when it comes to brass, just a challenge or...

I appreciate the link. This is a budget project on a supposedly standard modern caliber. Buying the brass for the price of the gun isn't in the cards. It's a cast bullet shooter made of plastic, not a 1000 yard hunter. If I were going to use it for brown bear I would just buy some Nosler ammo.

Well Cabela's has 300 PRC brass on sale, plus members pricing and free shipping so I ordered 50 for under $60. Will try sizing and fireforming. The thing that pissed my off was getting no response from Hornady. A good supplier will at least be honest and say, nope not making it, or if so when.

I posted about making it from 300 prc, got only maybes, (even asked Hornady, but again, no response). So has anyone done 300 prc to 375? Found this on the Midwayusa site. "Used to fire form 375 Ruger Submitted 3 months ago By MSK From Roseville, CA Verified Buyer For those who may need some...

Emailed. Left phone messages. Left messages on their web site. No response. No one has had this brass in stock for years. I see plenty of 9mm ammo. The local store has a limit of 5000 rounds per purchase at 18 cents a round. How come it's not worth it to make just rifle brass at close to $2...

I have some friends who live right on the beach of the salty Pacific. It is a must there to wipe down all ferrous surfaces for storage. And use a dehumidifier in the safe. They both use WD-40 and frequently run a patch thru and wipe down the outside with it when in storage . Individual packaged...

Friend checking out a bear den under a rock cliff. Don't poke the bear.

Hoping to take my father in law shooting. We used to go near Boca to the USFS range but it seems to be closed due to truck traffic from a nearby barrow pit. Are there any wild/public ranges for rifle near Reno?

Posted this before. High temperature causing shots to rise. Don't know tho how much of this is powder or just a mechanical result of hot barrel as it got hot in just 3 or 4 shots. Rounds all came from the same 20 loaded cartridges. 25-06. Velocity about 3100 fps. Bottom shots at 5 F, top at 95...

Best groups have been with a very clean barrel after one fouling shot except for cast loads where things tighten up at a dozen loads. I think lube in the barrel helps with those.

Last two mule deer I shot. 30 cal 150 grain Accubond at 30 yards, velocity about 2600 fps. hit shoulder, didn't exit, bloodshot meat for 1 foot in diameter around entry. 25 cal 100 grain BT at 320 yards, left barrel at 3200 fps, hit spine as i didn't take into account how much below me he was...

Easy to google and see nitro is in short supply worldwide as it is used in many things including powder. It's dangerous to produce, so we don't do it in this country anymore. It seems rockets and drones are the weapons of choice these days. Don't know how much smokeless powder is used by those?

Aren't alliant, ramshot and winchester powders double base? They seem readily and cheaply available.

You do you. 170 grain 35 cal cast has a higher sectional density than a 240 grain 44 cal. I found a lyman 50 that shows a plus p with universal that gives a velocity of 940 fps in a 4" barrel, so 900 in a 3 inch isnt' too far off. Probably drop the charge a bit to get to 95% of the 940...

Not a load I shoot regularly, but the gun is rated for P+. So what would be an acceptable velocity for P+ for 172 grain in a 3" barrel? Lyman 358429. I would like to be able to poke holes in a black bear.

Like those fake jackalope with deer horns.

There is a herd of Bison in Golden Gate park in San Francisco. Big Horn sheep, wolves, wolverine in the Sierra Nevada. And some of the biggest black bears at Tahoe. They eat good on tourist left overs. One went over 500 lbs. It's not all beach, parking lots and nut trees. Donner Pass got 10 ft...

Meats in the freezer, let's go skiing!

I am a small manufacturer and used to be able to get 95% of my parts USA made. Gradually over the last 40 years, the materials are no longer made here in the quality I need. Most of those suppliers could come back pretty fast to make the items I need if tariffs or some other trade barrier were...

North 40 store has a 15% off everything sale today, so I went to see if they had any powder I needed. Got some Varget. I have never heard the name of it pronounced. I asked for Var-Jet. The sales lady corrected me if front of my peers and said "Oh, you mean Var-Get". Staying humble.