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The 7X57mm is a true classic and I love my old Mauser in that caliber. IMHO I find that the 280 Remington, if you are set on a 7mm platform is a much better round. You have the same bullet options 120g to 175g. The 280 with a 140gBT safely get speeds of 3200fps vs 2900 with the 7 X 57mm not to...

Both are great calibers, I prefer the .243 especially if its something for the youngster to use. I find even the loaded down 25-06’s in the smaller lighter guns like the handy rifle of youth sized guns tends to give a little more kick and muzzle jump that the young ones want and they start to...

The Sportsman here in Austin has always had a steady supply of Winchester Rifle and Pistol both large and small. I don’t have too much heartburn using Winchester in place of Federal in my pistol loads, the difference in minimal, In some of my rifle load I can tell a big difference. Yea I sure...

Sorry, Fat fingers.....3350FPS with my 16 1/2 barrel. Checked through a Pact Crono and a lapped bore, which I am still happy with, when I worked the load up I figured if I got 32, or 3250 that would be good. I was almost to the point where I wasn’t gaining much over my 95g load, as I kept...

I think it comes down to what we in Texas call the “Bubba factor” If your pistol is not a 44mag and your deer rifle is not a 300 win mag, well its just too small. The sad fact is I know people who really believe “Hit’em with a Win Mag and they are going down” they just have no concept of...

I am glad to see that. The Austin store got some in as well. They had 10 cases ( 1000 primers), I got 8 and took the last 5 GM205M they had. I hear the Dallas store got a shipment in as well, I will be going up for T-day and see if I can pillage them as well. I was able to get 50 cases of...

For what is worth, I have a Ruger M77 .243 Compact. To get my 55g BT to shoot right I had to stay at the low end. 55g BT 39g VARGET Federal GM 210 Match primer Bullet seated .0010 off the lans 15, 3 shot groups and the averse is .845 I have several under .5 and the best was .324. I know I am...

Just save it, you can’t have too much ammo and you can always find a use for it With today’s ammo prices you can’t help but save money reloading. I have a friend who doesn’t shoot a ton, but stopped by top look at my set up, he shoots 308 Federal Gold Medal Match in his 2 308s. At 30.00 a box...

I agree with JD and Powerstroke as a rule that where most of my guns seem to run best. But when using the Berger VLDs I find I have to run them right on the lands. I have a .243 that I stared at .020 off and was getting 1.5 groups as I moved to .015 is closed in to about 1 MOA. .010 got sub MOA...

That about sums it up JD on the shots. I have yet to have a gun that I could not improve the accuracy over factory loads by reloading. 2 years ago, the savings for reloading was not that great. I shoot about 30K rounds a year pistol and rifle. With the cost of ammo today, you can pay for a...

I have both, but of all my gun’s for hunting the 270’s get shot the most loaded with 130g Ballistic Silver Tips I have taken many a whitetail over the years along with other game from Coyotes to Elk. I am sure it has something to do with it was my first center fire I purchase myself when I was...

It is 25 years, and it is “ No Fault” BUT it is a $ 25.00 charge plus shipping back to you. So a repair will cost about $50.00 when it is all said and done. I used to be a huge Nikon fan. I had 10 scopes and 3 pair of their bins. The last time I sent in a pair of bins it took them 6 weeks to...