Recent content by Frenchie16

With the scarcity and cost of components and ammo the activity at our range has really dropped off. It's a great place to meet new people and visit so I miss that part of it.

The CCI 250 should be fine. I have used them in several different magnum calibers. As always just start low end on the powder and work up.

Do you still have the 7mm 08?

Thanks RT2506. Yes my concern was the bonded bullet. I know the old Speer Deep Curl bullets were very particular and subject to pressure. My understanding is that Gold Dots with the boattail are a little more forgiving. My old Model 70 has the 26 inch barrel and still shoots good tight groups. I...

I will sure watch that Subzero. Appreciate the advice

Thanks Subzero. Based on some comparative bullets and load data from several different sites I thought I might start with 51 grain of the IMR4350 and work up from there. I have a chrono and was going to stay around 2700 fps and not push it too hard

Was wanting to try Speer Gold Dot 140 gr bullets in my 264 win mag model 70 Westerner. I have some IMR 4350 and 7828 on hand. Has anyone come up with a good load using either of these powders? Speer doesn't have any data for this bullet in the 264 mag. Thanks for any help.