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Since my shoulder operation I've been taking a look at ways to lighten up on the recoil. One of the calibers under consideration was .30/30 in the new extended range Marlins with the 24" stainless barrels. I love my 1895, but it hurts me. Then I remembered, over on the old Marlin forum, talk...

I've been shooting one for 3-4 years now. The trigger is so smooth now, once you take up that bit of slack, it breaks very clean and light. I'm at work now, so don't take this load to the bank, but I think I load 51 gr/h4198 and get 2200fps from a 300 gr PT. 2200 gets you a +2/-3" point blank...

Rem man: Firing bullets into semi-dry newspaper is a brutal test. Having said that, there is not one bullet there that I would say performed adequately. I've recovered Partitions from the sand bank backstop at my rod and gun club that looked better than those. That 's why they're all I...

How's that for a grabby headline. Heck, we all need a new rifle. But I am developing a chronic right shoulder. Darn thing has been separated in a traffic accident and has a touch of osteoarthritis, now I have torn the rotator cuff and will have surgery next month. Recoil is becoming...

I think you are right on the money when you say that the cause is not high pressure. I've been reloading since 1980, read a fair bit about it, and what you say makes sense. But my goodness, if a max load of 4831 is underpressure!? It can't be, I'm getting 3140 fps or so. The barrel is 1-inch...

Thanks for the comments so far. No, I did not size the virgin cases. That would have caused the prblem had I done it wrong. I am almost certain it's not a pressure thing for the reasons I cited. This "recipe" is pretty modest. Back in the 80's I had a Ruger #1 in .270 that I fed the old...

I recently loaded a batch of .270 Win ammo, using the max load of H4831sc listed in the Nosler manual, using virgin cases (RP). I fired off 30 rounds last month in my new TC Encore barrel, then decided to reload the fired cases. As I began to resize the cases, I noticed that the primers had...

I load 51 grains of H4198 behind the N 300 PT, and get 2195 fps over my chrony. I started with 55 grains and worked down. 55 was clearly too hot, got about 2400 fps and a lot of case head expansion. I do not regard 51 grains as hot. I can't speak for the Barnes 300X, but I doubt if 52 grains...

Nosler: your FAQ posts show minimum reliable expansion velocities for Partitions as 1800 FPS. Gut instinct tells me this is not true for Partition HG bullets or the 45/70 300 and the .30 170 rn. What are these values??? By the way, how about a .35 caliber FP or RN, about 200 grains, for us...

When I first started reloading, premium ammo was just not available, and the factory stuff was not as accurate as what I could load if I took reasonable quality control measures. Neither of the above is true any longer. If one owns a common caliber like .270 Win, 7mm Rem. mag or 30/06, the...

Hey Jaycocreek, Remember Coyotehunter from the old Marlin Talk forum. He felt the 300 grain PT was adequate for elk, and I got impression that he had the experience to back it up. I'm not sure of the need for a 350, but if I was to get drawn for a moose in Maine, I would order up some of...

JD338, If I regularly hunted black bear in cedar swamps, I think I would get a Super Redhawk in 480 Ruger. But you are right that the 45/70 would be potent medicine. I dropped a nice 8-point at 120 paces. Shot him thru the shoulder from a front angle. The partition came out the other side...

You mean the .338 federal? Sako is making the guns, federal the ammo. But the only reason this round is being introduced is that Nosler won't make a 200 grain Partition/Accubond for the .358 win, and that is the only reason I dont own a Ruger 77 with the tang safety chambered in .358 win...

My pet deer rifle is a Marlin 1895 with a Leupold VX3 1.5-5. I have worked up a load of 51 grains of H4198 with the 458/300 Partition. I get 2200 fps and it is Northest deer woods accurate. +2/-3" point blank range is 170 yards, father than I will likely shoot in Maine or New Hamshire. This...