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What drawbacks are there for using a magnum primer, in a lighter round?

My nephew wants to know if I can load a varmint round for his 30-06. I plan on using a 125 gr bullet. Does anybody have any favorite combos? i do prefer to use 215 match primers, and he has winchester brass. I am not concerned about bullet, just about powder charge/accurracy/fps, etc.

Hi Forum, I am interested in shooting in an F-Class Match. Now, there may not be one around the area anywhere close, so I might have to host my own. I don't know what the NRA requirements are for a range, so the range I would be able to host at might not fit the guidelines. However, I would like...

Now, I don't have a lot of friends that handload, so things I read I have to analyze myself, and determine what's, what. I have been seeing all of these different postings for these mysterious "RUM" cartridges. I figured I was missing something, that this is some hot line of cartridges, that are...

Why are match rounds, typically hollow points? I was thinking that it had something to do with bullet stability from the air working into the hollow point. I looked at it like this, if air gets forced into that hole, it will only go so far and then no more can get in and it forms almost an air...

Hi Forum, I have a 7mm Rem Mag in a M77 chasis. I do have an issue with the bolt closing. Now, I have only seen this with the reloads, and what happens is the bolt close a little tougher than factory loads. I did partially resize the cases, and I was thinking that was the issue. With a fire...

I need 280 Remington load data. 160 Gr Barnes XLC/or TSX, OAL, CL, and make of rifle you are using. I am loading some rounds for a guy in Canada, and he used to use Fail Safes, but likes what I did with XLCs in a 257 Wby. All I need to do is be similar to factory MV (I have those). My brother...

Hi Forum, I need some load data for a 280 Remington. The situation is: My brother goes to Canada each year, and the guy they hunt with (that lives there), shoots 160 Winchester Fail Safes (I have the factory specs for those). I was asked to load up some rounds for him, that are similar in...