Recent content by Asco6

What caliber?

Here’s something to consider: for the 5-8% improvement to be gained (5-8% muzzle energy, not linearly related to muzzle velocity) there is often more variability in rifles than that. Consider the .280ai that shoots 200 FPS faster than the parent IN A CERTAIN RIFLE/ BARREL. That’s a win. I had...

Magnetospeed and be done

I had the same problem, bought 3 different brand shell holders. None was small enough, so I got my machinist to take .012 off one of them. Voila. Bump the shoulder however far you like. Zediker does a good job of explaining how to set up dies in his book.

I am using the exact same brass, I have found that the weights came a lot closer together after trimming deburring and neck turning. Flash holes would probably help too. Out of a bag of 50 are usually put away 8-10 heavies and 2-3 light ones, leaving about 40 pieces. It really isn’t the best...

Oldno7 is correct, focus close to the top end of a node

Between my 7WSM and a couple of others I know of you’ll get your best performance out of 140-160 grain bullets. Heavy VLD types sit so far down into the powder that velocity and pressure signs are affected more than you would expect based on the case capacity. My experience. It seems to be less...

If they build the z8 like the z6... and I assume they do, they are unrivalled for clarity. The kicker for me is how tough/ resilient they are. I have fallen ON my guns on rocks repeatedly and they hold zero like nothing happened. I almost went to nightforce for their reputed toughness. Theis ad...

20” Mossberg youth .243 RL26 rem brass cci 200 95 bt- Very stout bullet, heavy copper base. Seated a little long. Kills everything Full case of powder gets 3220fps. Good for coyote through moose.

Buy once cry once Swarovski or Leica. Best glass. Buy second hand to keep the price reasonable. Swarovski service has been excellent to me. Send in Bono’s full of grit, eye pieces torn off and they came back like new. I prefer the slc for finding game, and they cost a bit less.

Thanks Cohunt, that’s a bit of info I didn’t know. I love it when actual science/ data get posted on this forum. I will keep that info and calculate it in to my rifle/ barrel selections. I was wondering if there was really any advantage to my 1:8 HCA 7mm barrel over the standard 1:9.5, but the...

+1 Magnetospeed +1 RL 26

Sweet . That magnetospeed is the ticket. As to the above post re: condensation, I can’t see water condensing out of the air on a HOT surface, no matter what the ambient humidity is.

+1 RL 26 Weatherby performance out of a win mag case. 180 ab’s at 3130 out of my factory tikka. Limbsaver suggested ;)

I started shooting late in life (35) so I got to make my own choices; I took my time and found lefty guns to hunt with. Here’s something nobody’s mentioned: carrying a rifle on the wrong side of your body tends to knock the bolt into your hip, even knock the bolt open. Something to think...