Well I just finished reloading about 120 rounds of 2x fired Federal brass.
No issues with any of the cases.
Most was load development during the second firing from once factory ammo. I didn't see any pressure signs with any of it.
Picked a 68.8 grain load to be most acurate (69.5 of H1000 was...
Wish you would have chimed in on my other thread on choosing a powder.
I was told RL-22 was temp sensitive and if I developed a round when it was cold out I may see pressure spikes in hot weather. If I develop it in average temps it would he fine.
Got any first hand examples of this...
Finally had a chance to experiment with an OAL that fits in my magazine.
Made up a dummy round and found that a 3.400" OAL fits in my magazine nicely with a little clearance and cycles through the gun just fine. (3.290" is book spec)
After that I wanted to know how far off the rifling the...
Finally have most pieces together to start reloading for my7MM Rem Mag.
Its a model 700 SPS with detachable magazine.
I'm loading 168 Berger hunting VLD's with RL-22 powder and Federal 215 primers. It's going into once fired Federal brass.
Here is the load data Berger sent me.
Load data...
Any specific manual you recomend?
I will be loading along side my dad with his 7mm Rem Mag.
He hasn't loaded recently but did some a few (20ish) years back.
My brother will also be reloading for his 300.
The idea is to split the cost of the equiptment.
Hello all.
I'm kind of new to the site. Been reading a lot but never posted.
I want to start collecting the equiptment required to load ammo for my 7mm Rem Mag.
I want to load the Berger 168 VLD's.
What is required and what is nice to have?
Any recomendations on primers and powder?