Recent content by ClaynTexas

Just a quick follow up on this dilemma that I had with the Remington R-25, mostly because I hate leaving open ended posts with no resolution. I did find powder/bullet combos that worked. Reloder 17 and Power Pro 2000 seem to be more forgiving than anything else I tried regarding pressure signs...

It is under the gas block in front of the handguard. There are 2 set screws on the bottom of the gas block. If you loosen them, it will slide off the barrel. The gas block and gas tube will be removed and installed as one piece. The gas port is a hole on the top of the barrel. Should you decide...

I'm not surprised to be honest. It seems maybe they are ported for slower powder. Opening up the gas port to .093" seemed to fix that. I ran 4064, 4895, H4895, 748, 8208, RL15, and PP2000 and it cycled perfectly with all of them and always locked the bolt back. It seemed to group pretty well...

It's been a while but....tried it all again and things worked out much better this time around. I used PPU 7mm-08 cases instead of necked down .308s. The only issue now is a bit of primer extrusion around the firing pin (cratering). It usually starts about mid-range in the loadings, but seems to...

Ok... It looks like the first round of the ladder loads was all for naught. I was having trouble finding 7mm-08 brass and had picked a box of Lapua .308 (it was a steal at $59!) and necked them down. After loading, they all had consistent neck diameters of .314"-.315". Some of you see the...

Well I learned some things at the range today. I had a quite a number of loads ready to try out (for about 3 months now actually) and I finally took a day off to do it. I had loads setup with Speer 130gr BTSP and IMR4064, IMR4166, RL17, and PowerPro 2000MR. I also had some setup with Hornady...

No worries on the broken record. I figured the top picks would be Varget, RL15, 4895, or 4064. There's little info out there relating to 7mm-08 AR loadings. I was interested to see velocity vs burn percentage in the 20" barrel. Certainly one or more of the top 5-10 powders will cycle well and...

Would anyone with quickload mind running 7mm-08 numbers? I'm not really looking for top velocity in particular, but I would like a good idea of which powders would better suit my use for 7mm-08 in an AR. I'm thinking some of the powders often listed aren't suitable, such as H414, 4350, and the...