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I finally talked my dad into getting rid of his a-bolt 270 feather weight as I was gonna start charging him to sight it in, bruised cheek and shoulder and scope bite every other shot, and its a super picky gun and never great except with one load but still not all that good. We got a deal on...

Im looking at the back of a gun mag that has this new series of ball powders from alliant called power pro, they claim increased speed and performance, designed for specific cartridges and applications, and that in enables you to duplicate certain factory loaded ammunition. Anybody got their...

Well i finally got a new scope for my 270 wsm since my last one crapped out on my a year ago and its time to start load testing again. I have a load with 7828 and 130 ABs but im getting like 300 fps below book specs with it, but it consistently shoots under an inch at 100 yards so i just used...

I have a ruger m77 stainless and synthetic stock, earlier I figured I would clean one of my other rifles and check a few others, well I picked up my ruger and figured I would run a patch threw it and the barrel felt rough. The gun had been cleaned before I put it up last and I alway run a patch...

I went out this weekend with some 165 sierra's loaded up to try an find a hunting load fro my 308 since I left all my 270 WSM shells on my frinds lease 4 hours away. Well the sierras shot ok, 1-1.25" groups at 110 yards at about 2830 fps, but just for fun my dad let me load up 5 of his 180 AB's...

So after getting my crony and finding out that my 270 wsm and 7828 load of 63.5gr was only shooting 2990 fps I decided I needed to do something about it. So I loaded up to 65gr of 7828 and 130 AB and went to the range this morning and my first group was an amazing .176"! I was totally excited...

Well I made it out to the range yesterday to give it a try, before I start here is what I had loaded in the 2 rifles I was trying it in, and sorry I forgot my target but I know about what they shot and what grouped better. Temp. upper 90's with a wind left to right probably around 5-10 mph 300...

I am about to pick up some reloader 17 for my dads 300 wsm and my 270 wsm, from the information I have gathered it should be pretty good for them, but I also have a 22-250, 243, 308, and 2 270's, would it possibly be good for either of these other cartridges? Generally speaking I shoot bullets...

My father is giving me his old winchester m70 in 3006 because the person who borrowed it for the last 20 years didnt clean the barrel ever so its all pitted and stuff so now it shoots like a shotgun, I want to build a big game hunting rifle on the action though since its free. So my question is...

I have tryed IMR 4064, not great results, Varget with horrible results, and H4895 with some good results, Im getting some vertical stuff with the 155 sierra and H4895 and some good groups with the nosler 168 and H4895 but I think I can get it better. So far it likes the H4895 but I will put 5...

I got my savage 308 with shillen barrel out to the range on sunday to try out some new loads, it was 168 custom competitions with 41.5gr. of H4895, loaded to .005 and .010 off the rifling, had a farily good crosswind from left to right. First shot at 200yrds, had one group at .79" and the ones...

Im reloading for my 270 WSM and have had some problems, after I resize the brass the bolt is very hard to lock down. At first I just thought the die was not sizing it properly but never seen any marks on the shoulder or case body or anything and tonight I saw what was happening, I loaded a...

I have a savage model 10 that I put a 26" shilen #7 contour, 1-12" twist, select match barrel on, although I had put a few rounds threw the barrel it was with old 168 gr. loads I had left over and it shot ok. Finally I was able to find a box of the 155 gr. match bullets I wanted to shoot and wow...

ok so the last few times I have reloaded for my 270 WSM its been real hard to lock down the bolt. I use the same dies I always have and had no problems with loaded cases fitting before, I full length resize, trimmed the cases, if I load an empty case in it is easy to close the bolt with resized...

Well I went out to the range yesterday with my savage model 10 and some 168 nosler custom competition bullets loaded up and heres what they did at 300 yards, thats 4 shots at 300 yards loaded .010 off the lands thats 4 shots at 300 yards loaded .015 off the lands Thats the first time Ive...

How much of a difference will the 26" barrel make on a 300 win. mag? My dad is looking at getting a browning a bolt medallion with a 26" tube on it and hes real big on that barrel length. I like the idea of the 26" barrel also but how much difference will it really make? Thanks, Matt

Next week I will be reloading a lot of 223's for my hunting buddy, I have no experience with reloading for this caliber and was wondering what a good powder to use would be? I will be loading 55gr v-max and 52gr custom competition bullets for it. His gun really likes the black hills loaded with...

Well Im going to upgrade to a better 308 this december and have been looking around and the savage 12 F/TR caught my eye, anybody have any experience with them? I know its a big gun but Im buying it just to do long range shooting. It has the savage target action with the target acutrigger thats...

well I ordered some nosler brass for my 22-250 this summer and I loaded them up to take back to west texas with me, well the problem is some of them have cracked on the shoulder and neck after the first firing! Im using 39gr of H380 and a 50gr bullet, whats the deal? It shows in my book that...

I always read on here about observing the pressure signs, but what exactly are all the pressure signs and how do you know when your about at your max when working up a load? I have always stayed below what my reloading manual states as a maximum load but this last year I have really stepped up...