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I had been loading some Hornady 130 gr. ELD-M bullets in my 6.5 CM and was getting significant marks on the bullet from the seating stem. So, I sent some bullets and cases to Forster Products with a request for a custom honed seating stem. When they had finished the work (about one week)...

I have been working on a load for my BLR chambered in 358 Win. I started with the Hornady 200 gr. RN and transitioned to the Hornady 200 gr. SP bullet. I tried a few different powders including Reloder 7, H-4198, H-4895. Below are a couple of interesting targets with the 200 gr. SP, Reloder...

I know that bullets generally come with a slight oil film on them. I never really thought about it much and never took it into consideration. Recently however, I was getting more velocity spread on some 358 Win. reloads than I expected. The next time I went to reload that round I noticed that...

6.5_sWv's post in the "2025 Hunting Season" about taking his father turkey hunting got me thinking about my dad's last couple of hunts. About the next to last hunt was around 2010. We had snow on the ground for the first day of deer season. My brother convinced Dad to go out with us. We had...

I know that this question will have different answers for different rifles and different powders. However, IN GENERAL, which of these two bullets gave you better, or easier to obtain, accuracy?

Oh no! What do I use for my 6.5 Creedmoor? They don't have a 26-caliber decap die. :unsure:

I will turn 74 this month and have been retired for about 8 years. Every day I still wake up between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM without an alarm. Three or four times a year I might sleep until 7:00 AM but there generally are unusual circumstances involved. On days I plan to hunt I will set an alarm...

I have a LH Ruger M77 chambered in 6.5 CM. My main interest in this rifle is for training and short-range target shooting (200 yards). I have already found a hunting load with the 129 gr. ABLR, but that is not what I intend to use the rifle for. I am not familiar with what shooters use for...

Below is a list of 270 caliber bullets I would like to sell. I will accept personal checks. Buyer pays for actual shipping cost. Complete lots only, please. Will sell all 1110 bullets to one buyer for $350.

During my short ownership of the left-handed Ruger African chambered in 375 Ruger I found that although I didn't care for shooting the cartridge I did like the Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifles with the 3-position safety and claw type extractor. In some ways, they are similar to the Win. M70. I decided...

Some of you may remember that a couple of months ago I traded a Ruger Hawkeye chambered in 375 Ruger for a Browning BLR chambered in 358 Win. I had gotten the 375 Ruger at a gun auction. https://forum.nosler.com/threads/what-was-i-thinking.47308/page-2 Well, I am very happy with the trade...

Below is a message from Caleb T. about his family's opening day hunt here in NYS. This is posted with his permission. We did a similar post last year. This year is different in that his oldest son, Noah, 12 years old, could hunt this year. Caleb had acquired a Sauer 100 Classic in 7mm-08 for...

These 180 gr. Accubonds were recovered from the elk I shot in Montana. They were fired from a 300 WSM with a muzzle velocity approx. 2900 fps. The bullet on the left is the first bullet fired at 400 yards. It went in the right side of the elk, through the ball of the shoulder on the left...

My young friend and neighbor, Caleb T., and I both drew 2024 combination elk and deer tags for Montana. This was to be his first time west of the Mississippi, maybe even Ohio. We two years to prepare for the trip, making lists of things to take, acquiring hunting rifles, developing elk loads...

Here are a few of the things we saw on our trip to Montana that we don't see around here. It was fun watching Caleb see the west for the first time.

Has anyone here actually done a test to see if tape over the muzzle to keep snow out of the barrel affects accuracy? If so, what were your results. If not, has anyone seen other people's results that you trust? Seeing how little things (such as 0.2 gr. of powder, or 0.010" of seating depth...

Even when it hurts. I have 6-1/2 walnut trees in my yard. The 1/2 tree is right on the edge of the lawn and half of the walnuts fall into the pond. The number of walnuts the trees produce vary greatly from year to year. On good production years the walnuts are a nuisance when it comes to...

I shot the new BLR chambered in 358 Win. on Tuesday and got it sighted-in at 100 yds with factory ammo. With my old eyes, the iron sights were very fuzzy, but it appears to be a very accurate rifle. The recoil from the 200 gr. 358 Win. factory ammo was quite tolerable; I would say along the...

What are your favorite powders and bullets for the 358 Winchester? I will use it primarily for stalking deer in the woods - probably with iron sights. I was thinking the 200 gr. Hornady RN or the 200 gr. Sierra RN.

Today I realized a great deal of satisfaction from my reloading efforts and equipment selection over the past couple of years. As of right now I have four rifles, with four loads, and four scopes all set to take to Montana in a few weeks. My two rifles, a 300 WM and 300 WSM; and Caleb's two...