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It's since been sold off at the SAR show and I'm now playing with the Garmin. What a huge leap forward in technology.

Happy to report a spike bull went down on the last day of the hunt with an hour to go of shooting light. RL22 and the 06 did it's job. Clean pass through, no bullet retrieved. Thank you all for the feedback.

Good to know I'm not way out of bounds. Thanks! 24" Bergara barrel and using a lab radar chrono.

I have an upcoming elk hunt and decided to go with a 30-06. I had some crazy chrono number and I'm curious if anyone else is seeing this with R22. COAL 3.330 Brass: New Starline The velocity at the min load is already over what R22 is showing as faster than max. 58.0 NR 58.4 2836 58.8...

6.5 CM 140g partition. He dropped like he was hit with Thor's hammer.

Was glad to see the 150g 7mm Accubond was announced. But combing the internetz, I've come up empty. Anyone know the release date or who might have them in stock?

Thanks!

I managed to lose my locking thumb screw on my Hdy OAL gauge. Calling HDY wasn't helpful, they didn't have either the replacement part or the the info on the thread pitch for the screw. Anyone know offhand what that thread pitch is? Should be simple enough to find a replacement.

It's funny you mention that. I've actually been starting to track data on bull size and my group accuracy. I always thought the smaller the bull, the more accurate the shooting. I'm not so sure anymore. I'm finding that I average smaller groups with a 1.5" or 2" bull than I do with a .5...

It's a data thing. Track your cold bore. You'll find consistency. Just plan for it. Either make sure you start with a fouled barred in the field know what your adjustment.

I had this conversation with a few folks about this very thought. The equation has changed substantially. Just about any quality factory rifle now will hunt anything and everything and you won't be limited by the firearm. It's the golden age of factory rifles. Any factory can turn out a...

My theory on the ELDX, especially at magnum velocities is shoot heavy for caliber bullets. I setup my 300WM using the 212g and I'm at 2900 or so at the muzzle. At 300 yards, it's already under 2500fps. Nothing that will tear up a big, heavy cup and core. I'm not sure I'd go lighter than...

I bought a single, high grade T handle torque driver at #60 pounds. I use it for all my actions and chassis. I value consistency more than the actual torque value.

This is one of those cases where there is no bad answer in those choices. I tend to use H1000 more, just because i think it's more temperature insensitive.

In my Nosler Sporter 48 I settled on a 41.5g of Varget under a 140g BTip and it's consistent around 2777fps. So accurate I actually pulled the trigger and bought the Leupold CDS dial to match.

Folks are spot on. I become a much better reloader when I had a lab radar or magnetospeed chrono. :) My ES/SD's fell consciderably with no change in reloading practices. Optical chronos will get you in the ballpark, but you need a LOT of data averaged to really trust the readings.

Pretty sure it would cut the brass, even if it would dull fairly quickly. The problem/issue I see is that it's not the cutting that's the issue. It's the consistently cutting each case to the exact same length. With just a bit, not sure how you'd setup/manage the depth cut. I doubt a drill...

I was a huge skeptic on sig optics, due to their initial foray into this space being just to rebrand Chinese junk red dots. (They admitted they goofed up and took another direction.) I have the tang 4 and have to say, in it's price range it's solid. Tracks out to 1000 and back...

According to him, he'd trimmed the case prior to this reloading. But I'm going to ask him to check the trim length and make sure it was correct. I'm guessing if it was on the long end, even after trimming, that the oversized case did flow forward enough to jam in the leade. Should be...

I was with a buddy of mine at the range on Friday and he had a massive over pressure round that stopped his testing for the day. What he was finding was that his loaded ammo was really tight in the chamber. He was having to mash down the bolt handle to get it to close. This wasn't as much...