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I only run my home cast bullets in my handguns and for cartridges like the .357 and .44 Magnums run a fairly stiff roll crimp. Unless your bullet has a cannelure to crimp on, you'd just about have to go with a taper crimp. I'm not sure just how tight one can make that type crimp. In either case...

Congratulations to the young lady/ Paul B.

I'm afraid I can't help you much regarding 200 gr. Accubonds in the 30-06. I do agree with the comment that they would most likely work in a .300 magnum of some sort. I have run 200 gr. Speer Hot Core in the .300 Win. Mag. and they drop elk nicely ay out yonder. The only Accubond I've run...

" 54.5gr H4831sc WLR Primers Hornady Brass Need to regroup, 2 shots hit paper at 1.5" but 3rd shot was errant. 2700fps" Your comment leads to a little of confusion. Not sure if you had two close or two at 1.5" and shot three out in left field. Also, only one box of that bullet weight is IIRC...

Nice goat. I wouldn't mind doing another antelope hunt but that ain't gonna happen. Paul B.

I haven't tried the 165 gr. Partition on my 30-06 yet. I've been running the 165 gr. Accubond over 56.0 gr. W760, WLR primer and Winchester brass for a bit over 2800 FPS. The load has been sub MOA from the start. I've only taken one animal with the load, a cow elk. She went all of about 30 yards...

I tried the 150 gr. ABLRs in three 7x57 rifls and a .280 Remington. None of the rifles liked that bullet. Too bad. It's a really good looking bullet. Paul B.

Accubond. That is if the rifle likes it. Paul B.

Well said Guy. I believe justice should be swift. No long drawn out trial with a dozen of so appeals. Paul B.

"f you could choose just one cartridge or bullet to hunt with for the rest of your life, would you choose: a cartridge, or a bullet?" Very simple. I would choose my semi-custom FN Mauser 30-06. nd the 165 gr. Nosler Accubond. I do like the looks of the Nosler 150 gr. ABLR in 7MM but so far it...

RIP Mr. Kirk. Paul B.

When I got my first set of reloading dies for the 30-06, it came with two seating stems, on for spitzer and one for round nose bullet. There also was two seating pieces that were interchangeable for flat and round top primers. Currently all primers are flat top. That old loading die set with...

RIP Mr. Nosler. Paul B.

As I have menioned before, my favorite load for the .308 is the 165 gr. Speer Hot Core for two reasons. One, it is the only load I have found that would at least give me a consistent 1.50" at 100 yards from a Ruger M77 RSI that I got into cheap because the previous owner couldn't even come...

It all depends on a number of things. The twist rate of the rifling, seating depth of the bullet and frankly I don't know what else. I'm goinf to state what I think on twist rate in the barre. According to the Speer manual data, the common twist for the .257 Roberts is 1 in 10" This is what...

Try some of the gun part places and see if you can find a breech block, either rim fire or centerfire. Any decent gunsmith and close up the firing pin hole and convert to center fire. You can switch to shoot center fir .32short and langs yer have the breech block to restore the rifle to...

I guess I'm just an old fuddy duddy as about the only thing I run in my 30-30s is my home cast bullets. I've used the Lyman #311291, a nominlly 175 gr. round nose bullet snce 1954. Only difference is the mold is marked Ideal and the bullet as #308291. Bullet originally came out in IIRC, 1905...

I've found the .270 Win. to be one of the easiest cartridges to find an accurate load for. Paul B.

They don't have the snob appeal of some of the higher priced but really no better barrels. Paul B.

That's kind of difficult. Many people know little about firearms and are scaed to death. I had a neighbor across the street that when her husband died, asked me for a favor. She wanted me to come to the house to her bedroom and remove her late husband's handgun, a Star .40 caliber. There was the...