Recent content by morcey2

Close. :) 223 Rem (AR) 257 Roberts (or 6.5x55 or 7x57) 280 Remington AI 22 LR or 300 Win Mag. :D Matt

Or in my case, the front-end of a Chevy. The ballistic coefficient sucks, but it sure has knock-down (and across-the-road-into-the-bushes) power.

I've got a 257 Roberts that copper-fouls really quickly. It likes IMR-4064 and H-4350 both so I'm going to be trying 4166 and 4451 to see if they can get a handle on the fouling in that particular gun while keeping the accuracy. It's cheaper than a re-barrel. :D It can only maintain its...

IMR-4166 is slower than IMR-4895 and closer to IMR-4064. It's not a big difference, but it's the same speed range as RL-15, Varget, AA-4064 etc...

I'd say it's a paperweight unless it's some ultra-rare variant and you have all of the original parts. They could probably be hard-soldered back on or something like that, but alignment might be an issue. If you've got all the other parts, I'd probably just try to find a new receiver. The...

I've been hearing that off and on for at least 10 years. Alliant Powder is owned by Vista Outdoor which also owns Federal, Speer, CCI, RCBS, and a couple of other divisions I can't remember right now. (I think Savage is amongst them.) Vista was spun off from ATK early last year. I really...

Another thought. Neck tension? If the cases were formed from 30-06, you may need to anneal them. Not likely, but a possibility. Matt

Are these reloads or factory ammo? Protruding primers can be caused by too low of a charge. I get them all of the time if I fire domestic (Rem/Win/Fed) 8mm Mauser ammunition. The primer backs out of the case during the initial ignition and is usually re-seated flush with the case head when...

"I got your porch painted but I gotta tell ya, the car sure looks a lot more like a Lamborghini than a porch."

I think it's because any tumbling, whether wet or dry, is a bit of a headache. Someone just got confused on the instructions and threw it in with the cleaner instead of taking it by mouth like a normal person would. :D I usually just run a bore brush inside the neck a couple of times. Gets...

I was very nervous the first time I shot my own handloads. They were 8mm Mauser and I was very hesitant to actually pull the trigger. 5 years and over 1000 rounds later, I'm less nervous about pulling the trigger on my handloads than I am with factory ammunition. Not that I'm really nervous...

We very rarely burn anyone at the stake for travesties such as Easy-Off. Unless they're local and we can figure out their address. :D The 303 die will only size a little less than half of the 7.62x54R neck because the 303 is longer. I know several people who use 308 Win Lee neck dies with a...

There's definitely solid theory behind it. Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) in most oven cleaner breaks down the lignins (that's a weird word) in wood. Lignins are the "glue" that holds wood fibers together. The same goes for chlorine bleach. NaOH is also used in wood cleaning (usually decks), but...

Be careful with oven cleaner. It will start to break down the wood fibers on the surface and cause damage that won't show up for a little while. On refurbished russian/soviet mosins, the finish is almost always shellac and will come off almost instantly with denatured alcohol. The bleach in...

Most standard seating stems/plugs won't clear the tip of VLD bullets and will deform them and can result in them sticking in the die. I guess it happens more on some bullets than others. Redding makes VLD-specific stems. Lee suggests that you drill out the seating plug until it clears the tip...