Recent content by HoytemanPA

Good deal, Thanks!

I went to order some but read that Peterson is going from .580 to .583 above the extractor groove on future runs, which in my case will help some things. What is the measurement in this area of the 300 Norma Mag Lapua brass?

I clean after I'm done shooting (20-40 rounds). Boreguide, couple of Shooters Choice patches pushed through. Copper brush both ways several times, wetting it at the muzzle and the guide end until the brush has removed anything that doesn't feel right. A couple of more wet patches. Then a very...

ditto

I like my Weatherby. I think if you attempt long range hunting with a completely stock rifle, you are kidding yourself. It doesn't matter who's stock rifle it is.....Until off the shelf rifles come fully bedded. And I don't mean the "It will be accurate because it has a CNC machined skeleton...

I tried the vld tool but felt I wasn't as consistent with it as I am with the normal chamfer tool. Meaning I would cut some deeper than others. In my opinion the key to not shaving your bullet jackets is not to limit yourself in regards to bullet tension but rather eliminate the edge which...

GLM, I have a 270 mountain rifle takeoff barrel I would sell for $50 plus shipping. I bought it used but I don't believe there were many rounds through it. It does have a couple of small scuffs where it was removed and a small rub on the side of the muzzle. Pm me your email if you are...

re: Huskemaw? I shot one of these this winter. The owner was shocked to learn that at 15degF 1000yd it was off by several feet as he had been practicing quite a bit at shorter ranges on steel. The comparison to NF glass, to me could be a fair statement as after I had saved up for one of those...

I bought a Shilen/Savage prefit from Midway. 243 8 twist. While cleaning it the crown would rip the cleaning patch upon exiting due to burrs. So I recrowned it with their 11deg hand tool. Then I had to throat it .080 deeper to get a 105 Amax BT junction above the case neck junction. However I...

Is this a sporter? If the first two always touch with 94 grains. You have a very accurate 2 shot long range hunting rifle. If it takes more than two accurate shots at extended ranges, you are most likely shooting past your capabilities anyways. Start changing the game to printing two shots at...

Your chamber dimension looks a little big at the back. If you have good brass it will be like that the whole way around. If the brass is thin on one side it will bulge more on one side. I had a Savage 25-06 that was worse than that, I used to pitch the ones that bulged on one side and neck...

Or tight patch pushed near end of barrel then start to pull back, wrap tape around rod with the ends stuck together on top touching bore guide, pull back until on top again. Distance between bore guide and tape is twist. For hunting I like 162 Amax with H1000 in a 9.25 twist 7wsm. HPA

I think you will find somewhere between 90 and 95 grains of Retumbo with 200gr Accubonds or between 95 and 100 gr Retumbo with 180 gr Accubonds, 180 NoslerBtips, or 178 Hornady Amax you will find something you like. RL25 works too with smaller doses but cleaning is more of a chore...

+1 on the Casemaster. Once you can feel it with the paper clip it is probably very near the end. The fast way to tell if your cases are going to last is to pick out a single case and keep loading it with any other loadings you are doing at the time. For example since I buy in to the shoot...

I don't have a short answer of the length to neck size. Just some observations from 10 years of LR loading. Full length sizing just bumping the shoulder is what I do for everything I load where accuracy matters. I use neck sizing dies in addition to FL dies in cases where a standard full...