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I'd take that 165 PT load all day long. And I never necked up 30-06 brass to whelen brass, but I did rebore a rifle in that manner!

Funny you mention the 300's....WSM and H&H...being near twins. I own and shoot both. I shoot 180gr Partitions in both. 3015fps in the H&H and 2975fps in the WSM. Just where those individual rifles shoot. Functional difference is zilch, although the WSM does it with a 24" barrel vs the 26" tube...

I wouldn't know anything about that. My daughters all do everything I tell them to. Ha!

It seems that way. :) I gotta order my bottlenecked stuff I need yet for my sizing protocol I want to adopt, but I don't see me doing serious load work again for a bit. This arctic blast would make range time miserable. I'm headed out with the flintlock for an evening sit in the deer woods...

Yeah, that's not mine. Mine has the blue arms and the wedge shaped mount stud for the primer bin. It just doesn't have the bin. No shocker there, given who knows the travels it had between it's last actual user and me.

I'll take a pic, Rodger. It's got the wedge on the linkage arm like you're describing for the 550 primer catch. I have a powder-through die I mount a Lyman 55 on for my turret press. I bet with one of the universal powder-through/expander dies, you could throw that in Station 2 and hand pour...

You could. Why would that bear on what's the right load for you, your uses, and your satisfaction with your 30-06?

I would think that same primer catch cup would work with either handle, though, wouldn't it? Not sure that the roller handle would change that? I have the same primer system as you, but my measure is an older one. It has no linkage to the platform/ram. I called Dillon thinking parts were...

As far as I can tell, the only difference is the lack of a removable toolhead on the 450 frame. Mine came with automatic primer and powder systems installed (550 systems). I YouTubed some ideas on making the spent primer chute work better. Loads of ideas out there.

Thanks for that link. I never saw that the linkage could be added. I think that’s a wise $27 to spend.

I have a pre64 standard rifle in 30-06 that is a super consistent, 1MOA shooter at 2700fps for a 165 Partition, and I hunt that load with no worries. That load is just rock solid consistent, always shoots right at MOA, from 100-300, all day long. I've only taken one animal with it...a very...

I have to look at that little catch bin under Station 1, Rodger. I was looking at how that operates, and I think it might be sticking open once in a while. But the gist of the thing is that the ram is lowered and the plate comes down, that "door" on the bottom of that primer catch is hinged so...

Yep, I have fully discovered what you just described....things can be too tight. And too loose. The linkage that actuates the charge bar on the older style measure is one great example. Too loose and it hops out of place and doesn't move the charge bar. Too tight and the bar doesn't return as it...

I'll try to take one when I get a chance. I just finished doing 200 rounds of 45ACP on it, actually, so I'm not going back down there just now, lol. I got it with an auto primer feed and what Dillon tells me (when I called) is an old style 550 auto (case activated) powder measure. Both...

I've been buying Lee crimp dies for my pistol calibers so that I don't have to do the dance trying to set seat depth and crimp on the seater die. So....my press setup is ponderous by the standards of some Dillon diehards, but I don't see it as a big deal. At least, not yet, lol. I have to...

I have a Lyman TMag that’s currently off my bench, but it could be put into service for this purpose. The nice thing with the turret is it used a standard shell holder. For the Dillon, I just realized I’ll need shell plates for each bottle necked round I want to size. Some are covered by the...

Hope everyone is having a great Christmas, and that you have a joyful day with family/friends. My wife gave me Sinclair mandrel expander die bodies for Christmas, both the "up to 338" body and the 35-50 cal body (since I have a 35 Whelen). I'm looking to bounce some ideas off you fine folks...

I've got several hundred 250 HotCor's and 250 PT's. I figure between the two I can kill a bunch of animals with authority.

Speed data: Resulting Target: I'd been shooting 63.0gr prior.

Three rifles of mine responded splendidly to this treatment. Making a 0.2gr adjustment took my 300WSM from shooting groups that ranged between 0.75 to 1.5 (not a typo) at 100 yards to consisten 0.5-0.75" groups at 100. This type of testing is what showed me that a small dip in the charge...