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Re-starting Reloading for my 300 Wby
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<blockquote data-quote="HappyGVM" data-source="post: 3019328" data-attributes="member: 114928"><p>Hi Everyone.</p><p></p><p>For various reasons, mainly an Army career and kids, I haven't reloaded rifle cartridges in about 15+ years. Now that I'm retired and we're almost empty-nesters, I'm ready to get back to it. I have all the kit and just got it set up again. I plan to load for a couple of 308/7.62 rifles, a 7mm RM and for my early 1990's Weatherby Mark V (Made in Japan) in 300 Wby Mag with 1 : 10" twist. My questions are about the 300 Wby because if I'm drawn, I've got a date with a bull elk in WY's area 117 come Oct. </p><p></p><p>I have about 60 each, once-fired, Remington and Norma cases, 400 hundred CCI 250 primers and various boxes of 165 gr (Edge TLR & Swift A-frames) & 180 gr (Barnes TTSX & Nosler Ballistic Tip) bullets. My old go-to load was 180 gr Sciroccos over 81.5 gr of Rel 22 at a COL of 3.788 (basically the length of the magazine). I have plenty of H1000 and Varget and about .5 lb of 15-year-old Rel-22. </p><p>My 1st question is given that the brass was fired out of the same rifle, should I full-length re-size or just re-size the neck? </p><p>2nd, and I'm pretty sure of the answer, can I substitute the Scirocco 2's in my old recipe? </p><p>And 3rd, can anyone suggest an accurate load with some components that may be easier to find? </p><p></p><p>BTW, during Covid I bought 3 boxes of Wby Factory Ammo loaded with 180 gr Hornady Interlocks on sale at Midway for $50/box. I bought them mainly for the brass, and they'll probably do the trick on a bull but what's the fun in hunting with factory loads?</p><p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Jerry </p><p>PS</p><p>I'm a little perplexed about this but the outfitter told me to avoid copper solids because he's lost 2 bulls and a cow to them in the last couple of seasons. I know that's not enough info for an honest evaluation but I always though copper solids were a "premium bullet." Probably bad shot placement?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HappyGVM, post: 3019328, member: 114928"] Hi Everyone. For various reasons, mainly an Army career and kids, I haven't reloaded rifle cartridges in about 15+ years. Now that I'm retired and we're almost empty-nesters, I'm ready to get back to it. I have all the kit and just got it set up again. I plan to load for a couple of 308/7.62 rifles, a 7mm RM and for my early 1990's Weatherby Mark V (Made in Japan) in 300 Wby Mag with 1 : 10" twist. My questions are about the 300 Wby because if I'm drawn, I've got a date with a bull elk in WY's area 117 come Oct. I have about 60 each, once-fired, Remington and Norma cases, 400 hundred CCI 250 primers and various boxes of 165 gr (Edge TLR & Swift A-frames) & 180 gr (Barnes TTSX & Nosler Ballistic Tip) bullets. My old go-to load was 180 gr Sciroccos over 81.5 gr of Rel 22 at a COL of 3.788 (basically the length of the magazine). I have plenty of H1000 and Varget and about .5 lb of 15-year-old Rel-22. My 1st question is given that the brass was fired out of the same rifle, should I full-length re-size or just re-size the neck? 2nd, and I'm pretty sure of the answer, can I substitute the Scirocco 2's in my old recipe? And 3rd, can anyone suggest an accurate load with some components that may be easier to find? BTW, during Covid I bought 3 boxes of Wby Factory Ammo loaded with 180 gr Hornady Interlocks on sale at Midway for $50/box. I bought them mainly for the brass, and they'll probably do the trick on a bull but what's the fun in hunting with factory loads? Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers, Jerry PS I'm a little perplexed about this but the outfitter told me to avoid copper solids because he's lost 2 bulls and a cow to them in the last couple of seasons. I know that's not enough info for an honest evaluation but I always though copper solids were a "premium bullet." Probably bad shot placement? [/QUOTE]
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