Recent content by Littlehud

Yes there are other reasons to reload. Years ago I worked with a guy who had an eye disease that required new corneas. He had just had one replaced and wanted to go elk hunting. The doctor OK'ed the trip but we were concerned with recoil. I found the minimum energy needed for elk, and calculated...

I am 65 yrs. old and hunted all my life for mule deer and elk. From my experience, and that of countless others, for muley's, I would not use anything less than a .25 cal. Yes, a .243 will kill deer, but we have lost more deer hit with a ,243 than any other caliber. A .257 Roberts does a good...

Did it occur to you that a new barrel may not like the same bullet?

I have an e lock and I wish I had a dial. I have replaced the keypad twice, and it goes through batteries way faster than I ever imagined I would. One every few months. You won't have those issues with a dial. Not as quick, but I have a gun handy outside my safe all the time anyway so no need to...

Years ago I bought a brand new Rem. 700 in 22-250. I took it out to shoot it with factory ammo and nearly blew it up. There was definite signs of over pressure with FLAT primers, and head stamp starting to flatten. I sent the gun back to Remington where they determined the chamber was cut too...

It is great spending time with your kids and teaching them to shoot. Did you also teach them to clean up the broken bottles?

Thanks to all who have responded. The answers seem very reasonable as explanations. If I understand correctly, it would seem 4064 must become erratic if more powder were used to increase pressure, whereas 4831 would overfill the case since it is a compressed load already. as far as burn rate...

I know there are some very knowledgeable people on this forum, so I will put this out here. I am a bit confused about some of the load data I am seeing for different powders. Using the same bullet and cartridge, but different powders, I see different velocities and pressures, but not exactly...

I will if I can find bullets and primers for it. The bullets are a lot more expensive than .224 bullets. I bought 3000 .224 55 gr bullets for .05 each. 6mm bullets seem to be around 30 - 40 cents each. I can't find large rifle primers but I have 1700 small rifle primers. That is why I wanted a...

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I appreciate your offer, and it could be nice to have. I am looking for a "long Range" solution...pun intended, so I thought it would be best to get her a .223, and still have the 6mm for her as well and save money on the ammo.

Wow! I am overwhelmed with all the responses! Thank you. You have given many things to think about and some good suggestions I hadn't thought of. I would be buying this for her to just go out shooting with me, and possibly for varmints, since she already has the 6mm to use on deer and elk. Yes...

My wife has a 6mm Remington model 600 already, but due to the fact it is difficult to find ammo for even when ammo is available and expensive when you do find it, I am considering a new rifle for her. I think it would be a .223 so we could get and reload ammo for and it would be affordable to...

For what it's worth, I purchased my .270 Rem 700 in 1974, and I first used 130 gr. bullets using whatever was cheap, usually Hornady. It always shot terrific. I later tried and settled on 140 gr. hornady spbt and they shoot great. Best bullet I have used. I have never had a problem with any...

I was once expecting a check from a bank that was to be over-nighted with signature required. Found it on my doorstep the next day in an envelope being blown around by the wind. The check was a payoff for over $47,000.00. They were a bit concerned when I called them to ask where it was. I...