Recent content by Lincoln Hawk

I'm new to reloading and would love to hear some of y'alls pet loads. Out of a Tikka 308, 20", suppressed, CCI 200 primers, and Lapua brass I've had reasonable success (1/2 MOA or so) with CFE223. Specifically, 47.4 grains with a 168 grain Gold Dot or 165 grain Accubond (interestingly, lousy...

I've got a Tikka with a fat 20" tube, so it's not a true short barrel. Though Varget has eluded me thus far, maybe half a dozen powders have been experimented with. 150 grain to 165 grain bullets. My favorites so far (most fav. on top): CFE223 IMR4166 IMR4895 H380 There are others I...

Accubonds are great from what I've read. Unfortunately, I can't handload any 165 gr. in 308 that my gun really likes to shoot. A bullet that I'd like to try but just haven't found available are 150 Fusion.

Within the last few months, I've had a couple of head-scratchers. 1) 6.5 Creed shooting a 140 grain Ballistic Tip. ~80 yard shot on a WT doe broadside. Central TX, so the doe wasn't exactly big. The near shoulder was turned into pudding, however the opposite shoulder was untouched. She...

I do the same with a Frankford, soap, Lemishine, and steel rods. Typically run about 2 hours. The brass is bloody clean as can be, but the primer pockets are still a bit dirty. Again, I am noob.

When the primer isn't seated properly (seated too far out) with a hand primer with the hand primer maxed out, what is the next step? The primer pockets were a bit grubby, despite a manual cleaning. I'm new to handloading and honestly curious.

Whoever promoted the K&M primer pocket correction tool.... kudos to you fellas. I'm new to reloading, and have been using a Lyman case prep multi-tool to clean out primer pockets. It did OK, but after 3x of Lapua 308 win. about 1/4 of the primers wouldn't seat properly (not deep enough). With...