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Great post! I ended up trending towards lighter bullets in my 308 as well and had very good success. I always wondered about the original BT, but was concerned about toughness as i wanted an all around hunting load to use for elk as well. Ended up using 130 TTSX at 3250 fps. Great game load; I...

I'm not gonna lie, it kinda felt like hitting the jackpot! Gave me some great places to start and I think saved me alot more time than I spent looking. Guess I'll have to spend my time, bullets and powder experimenting in other areas :twisted:

RiverRider, Question: does a load that produces a peak pressure of say 65,000 psi and an avg pressure of say 40,000 psi (hypothetical numbers) produce the same velocity given all other things to be constant as a load with a peak of 60,000psi and the same avg of 40,000 psi? It would seem that by...

Just took a step outta the mainstream myself by having my 308 win rebarrelled in 284 win.

Thanks for the additional info guys :) I'm getting really excited about this rifle as it is the first one I'm having "built" and i'm getting closer and closer to being able to order my barrel. Have brass prepped and borrowed a few bullets from my bro to play around with seating depth in my...

You're right, I never mentioned that in my original post. Guess it was one of those things that didn't get out of my head and on to the page until the conversation got rolling. I appreciate your response, and certainly didn't mean to sound dismissive of your post. If that's how it came across, I...

30-338: Thanks for the info and suggestion. I've spent a fair bit of time on the 6mmbr website doing just that. Was interested in some numbers for a 24" tube, as i consider it a bit more practical for packin around with and aside from the "Tactical Hunter" gun most seem to be using 28" tubes or...

Thanks for the info tooter. I'm looking at a 24" bbl on my build and am anticipating about 2800-2900 fps range with 160's on this setup. I was thinking of using 160 Accubonds as I think they'll work great at these mild velocities but still be long and tough enough to punch through an elk...

Exactly! I'm thinking about all of the things I wanna play with while developing a load for my rifle I'm getting ready to build and let's just say I keep finding new things to "wonder" about. :grin:

If you can shoot 5 shot groups without a poi shift from heating, then I would say you could shoot your heavy "test" case in the middle of your 3-shot group. Ultimately I would think for a true experiment that you'd want all barrel/chamber conditions (temp) to be as consistent as possible for...

Chet, I'm glad that you mentioned that you do everything you can to make the outside of the case identical before you weight sort them. This is something i've always been confused about. I've read quite a few posts on various forums where people were weight sorting their brass before they'd...

So here's the scoop: I've shot a 308 win for a while and haven't had any complaints, but for the last year or so I've been itchin to try out something else, maybe with a little ballistic edge over the 308 (not hard I know :mrgreen: ) I wanted a 7mm designed around the 140-160 gr bullets that...

Thanks for all the help guys :mrgreen: Problem solved!

PM sent. Thanks Fotis!

"atmosphere" would be great! Thanks JusMo!

Hi, I just registered a few days ago, and when I went to login, I noticed I had spelled my name wrong; it looks like I spell with a lisp lol! Can I change that? Went to the edit account settings page and it looks like I can change everything but my username? If it can't be changed can you just...