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I've always thought my 257 with 115 Ballistic Tips could use a 300-yard zero; I'm betting that's completely true with these at ~4000fps.

I didn't like messing with mounting the Magestospeed, and found that it always seemed to loosen up no matter how much I tried to tighten it. That loosening changes harmonics, which changed groups. That's one of several reasons it was sold.

Ironically that is one of the few reasons I stay on FB. My range posts updates there far more than by email or other ways, and since it's 45 min away I like to know if there's a closure before I leave home.

I have a Chrony Beta Master, sold my MagnetoSpeed, and in the end only really use my LabRadar. With the LR, get a battery pack, remote trigger, and stand or tripod. I also have the LR case to pack it all. Consider an improved sight as well, or do the straw trick as a sight. Also, get an SD...

Would they mind ramping up powder production then to match it?

To add, I have an Eagtac G25C2 with the default XM-L2 LED module. It uses a rechargeable 18650 battery (buy a good one) or two CR123A batteries. The beam distance is incredible, and it's on every hunt that I go on. https://www.eagtac.com/index.php/product/g25c2-mkii/ I also have two Eagtac...

No RL-19?

Define "best." As with cartridges, it depends on your goals and objectives. What parameters are you looking for in a new flashlight, other than LED and batteries?

Still twice what it used to be, for a smaller container.

Enduron powders were announced last year as unavailable and no longer made. Norma powders have been unavailable since 2020 and are no longer imported to the US, therefore no longer commercially available to us. I have no idea if they are available in Europe.

They may as well remove the Norma powders as well as Enduron powders. Those are all gone.

I haven’t. So far I have gotten very good accuracy without it, and in these days of limited primers and powders I’ll take a sub-MOA group and go with it. To then tweak with a crimp and 1/4 or 1/2 turn @ 3 shots each… Nah. The one rifle I tried it with I noted zero difference, so that didn’t...

I figured that <$100 for the bullets, powder and primers vs >$1000 for a new barrel (with installation, Cerakoting, etc etc) it was worth the risk. It worked well enough that I've considered it for another rifle. The one I used it on will never be a high volume shooter, so if I get a couple of...

I used it earlier this year on a used Mark in 300 Weatherby. I got it to shoot "OK" but the barrel looked horrible on borescope (pits in the stainless), and the throat was even worse. I used all 10 of each grit as this was a last-ditch effort else a rebarrel. The rifle went from shooting a 3...

7mm Weatherby 146 Hammer Hunter 3300 fps and that's 1:10 twist

As Fotis notes, 7828SSC with a 180 grain bullet is magic in the 300 Weatherby if you can find some of that. Load up 81/81.5/82/82.5, 3-5 cartridges of each. Shoot them, and one will be your load. So far it works for every 300 Weatherby I've had come through.

Aaron Davidson has done a few podcasts recently on this. His take on Bergers is that the 195 is too heavy, and the 168 is about perfect for the 7mm cartridge. Here's one to listen to...

I have my credit cards set to text me whenever they have a charge on them. They also text if there is a purchase they consider questionable. It works well.

Both of these are very true. BH209 is much nicer to use than the traditional black powder, but they may price themselves out of the market. You'll have to find it at a local store to consider using it.

It's difficult to justify using a muzzleloader at $170/pound for the powder. Approximately $1.70 per shot just for the powder, plus the bullet, sabot, etc. I realize that's still cheap compared to the overall price of almost any hunt, but when MI now allows "any legal weapon" in most areas...