Recent content by gregw83

Thanks man, that’s great to know. I’ve seen that single vs double base debate dozens of times, but the guy who’s actually sat there and done it trumps all!! I was pretty much set on win760 replacing the 4064 for those bitzkings. It looked promising on the 87 vld’s I never finished testing lol...

.080-.120 off the lands???? I’ve heard the vld’s sometimes like a little jump to the lands, but wow lol. I’ve been wanting to play with seating depth more after the nothing special groups my gun shot with the 87 vmax tests. How many test groups did it take to figure that out as far as different...

I haven’t really spent much time on paper, so not certain. After shooting 2 boxes of blitz kings that were all seated the same, u decided to measure it again for the next batch I made up. It was more out of curiosity as to what is considered “normal”, based off the actual measurements, because...

Very slowly, when testing hand loads, I wait at least a full minute between shots, a little more for the last 2 of the 5.

Thanks for the info, that’s kinda what I was curious about, as far as powder choice and the amount of erosion being in the usual range or over. Since it has a 26” tube on it, figured it may benefit a little by running a slower powder for a little more velocity, and was thinking maybe the slower...

Hey all, haven’t been on the forum in a while, so I thought of a good question to get feedback on. I have a Savage M12 LRP in 243 win. It has about 270 rounds through the barrel, so I decided to get the oal gauge out and remeasure to see where it was at. Of those 270 rounds, 200 were 70gr blitz...

Its a Lee die...yeah, I know . The dimple, more of a hole really, isn't near where the problem is happening on the case. Its up higher on surface that pushes the shoulder back

There was a bit of brass flakes inside the die, and an odd dimple in there as well, the crease it leaves on the case has moved down the case a little, and is not as pronounced. My next question is, can I just steel wool the ridge down on the case, or should I pitch them? Thinking I just may want...

The die has only been used once to size 50 mew brass. I use hornady one shot case lube, in the spray can, so its usually pretty well dry by the time it goes into the die

I'm trying to FL resize my 243 brass with Lee dies. I used the die to FL size the brass when new, with no problems. I neck sized from then on out, for the next 4 firings, and now my bolt lift is getting heavier, so its time to FL size again. The problem is that the die is leaving a ridge at the...

Have any of you guys used these? I've heard they work well, but what I'm wondering is since they are similar to a bushing neck sizing die, do you need to turn your necks in order to use them properly?

So I've heard about the different seating depth "sweet spot" for these bullets, but my question is how does powder selection play into this? I have some powder (IMR4320) that I won't use for much of anything, but is suitable for my .243. If I take my best group with a given seating depth, will...

have you tried pushing down harder on the lever of the press? Lee says that a minimum of 25 lbs of pressure is required to properly neck size with their collet dies

I finally got to try out my handloads today with my new Savage mdl 12 LRP in 243. my handloads were 70gr sierra bk's with Winchester large rifle primers igniting varied charges of imr 4064. I must admit that I was thrown for a loop when last 3 el' cheapo Remington factory rounds that I used for...

I've been mulling over what optics to get for my new 243. posted on here with my mind geared towards a 500 or less optic, and it basically seemed to be a lot of people just playing favorites, but the thing that made the most sense to me was, what type of shooting to plan to do, and at what...