Recent content by DarrellA

I got the Standard Rifle one last week. Very pleased. It's one of those rare products that performs exactly as advertised. I was having no luck pulling Berger VLD's with the RCBS collet bullet puller. It's hard to imagine an easier way to go than the Grip-N-Pull.

I do things on a smaller scale, just 50 7mm-08 cases at a time. The Harbor Freight tumbler, SS pins, a few drops of dish soap and lemon juice does the trick. I pick the cases out of the drums, shake off the water and SS pins and drop on a baking sheet. In the oven at the lowest setting for 20...

Some, but probably not enough.

Improving my technique is definitely the hurdle now. There was an older gent at the range yesterday watching what I was doing. It took him all of about 30 seconds to walk over and tell me, "you're jerking your trigger finger." I paid more attention to that and, sure enough, I immediately saw...

Well, how 'bout that?! I followed Eric Stecker's procedure on "Getting the Best Precision and Accuracy from Berger VLD bullets in Your Rifle" And, sure enough, one group stood out. The group that's .090" off the lands. Now it's time for the fine tuning. Although, I'm not sure that it's going...

I may be making some progress, but I'm not sure. Ignore the small targets at the corners. I was playing with factory ammo and shooting some off a bipod instead of the Caldwell rest, some freehand shots, etc. I got my first ever hand loads together and ... they shoot and didn't blow my face...

I was hoping someone would say - "based on the targets, it's definitely the factory ammo." But I know that is wishful thinking. Most likely I'm the weak link in the chain: Shooter- rifle - scope - ammo. After reading through some of the great info on this site, especially about flinching, I'm...

Yes, lots off issues could be, and probably are, in play here. Great video on NSSF. I'm going to pull the scope off and go through the mounting process again with this new information. There's no doubt in my mind now that if my scope is mounted correctly it was purely by chance. And how likely...

Factory trigger & not a free floating barrel. Not sure about the action, I'll have to look into that. Thanks

I'll have my first reloads ready in a week or so. In the meantime I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to measure any improvements in accuracy. As you can see in the attached photo I can sometimes almost stack one shot on top of another. Other times they're all over the map. I'm pretty sure...