Recent content by Sooner44

Cuatro, Buy a reloading book from Hornady, speer, Nosler, Sierra. Start on page one and read the information. There is a lot of good information in these books (some better than others). Basic reloading is not rocket science, anyone that can read and comprehend can reload. When I compare...

Hello Cowboy, I have several 308 rifles in different brands and twist rates. I have found 165 gr over 44 gr of varget works quite well in all my rifles for hunting purposes. I load 44gr of varget for both 165 sierra SPBT gamekings and 150 gr Sierra SPBT gamekings. You may may want to load...

I don't crimp, as a general rule, either. I do mostly hunting and really I am not concerned with precision accuracy on 80% of what I reload. As long as I can shoot 1" at 100 yards, 2" at 200 yards I'm good with that performance for where I hunt, as most shots are well under 200 yards. I do...

Yeah, I've read that before, yet wondered why all (or most) of the manufactures crimp factory rounds. I guess it's knowing where and how much that matters.

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Earl, As Jim stated, you really don't need to crimp for a Bolt action, however if you are loading these for hunting purposes and the cartridges may see a little rough treatment (like I treat mine) and light crimp is not a bad idea. I'm sure you know what COAL you desire, so don't worry about...

Just registered and dropped in to say hello to everyone. I've been around other forums over the years and wanted to register here due to the amount of great information on rifles, shooting and associated topics . I've been involved with hunting, fishing and shooting for the better part of 50...