Recent content by LittleMike

Argh! Thanks folks, I just tested some old Rem's and Hornady rounds and they work fine. My loads are .030" off the lands. So I Took 4 of those jam bullets, remeasured them seemed OK, so I pulled the bullets, and full length resized the shoulder shortened from 2.0455" to 2.0395" and freaking...

This happen today, I hand loaded 30 nosler, 30-06 cases ( fired 4x ) with 180gr Nosler Accubonds, - Oal to ogive 2.7020", - all cases were previously neck sized, - measured to shoulder 2.0455", - trim length 2.4855" - all primers below edge of pocket When I chamber the round, before I...

My experience is it's pretty hard to kill primers. I sonic cleaned 30-06 cases a few years back with 40 that were primed, I dried them out for a few days, fired two or three cases worked fine, loaded them and all fired in my savage, I recall they were WLR's.

There's long range shooting and long range hunting. The video shows plainly some cannot do either one. Hunting, if you cannot make the shot don't take the shot,

I've a 280AI I purchased 8/18, reloading with 140 and 160, now have 449 rounds down the tube. have tried some LRAB 168gr excellent grouping with 54.2gr RL17 but not fast. Used 160's to kill elk and mule deer in Montana; double lung pass through on deer at 380yd, elk cow not so much at 280 but...

If your only loading 30 to 50 rounds in a session, then... Absolutely purchase a quality set of calibration weights. Buy any *** digital scale, ALL of them will drift +-0.3 grains over a period of 10 minutes and require recalibration, unless your Okay with errors in your weights. Purchase a...

The 338, 300WM & 308 Mrad systems exist, what is the mission this weapon system support? I'm sure marketing has a long bullet list of Pro's; on paper there is a clear set of advantages of the PRC over the this is the Army wanting a sexier round because they can and lethality isn't part of the...

The ELDm is an Ok bullet for short range; For my 6.5 long range precision beyond 800 use the MTAC 143gr from Cutting Edge bullets, you will never shoot anything else. The precision on weight,length to ogive and length/100 bullets compared makes Bergers look like lead cast and Bergers are...

Thanks everyone for the guidance & suggestions. Next time I've a problem with BLM/Federal land access I'll contact the BLM office and the local law enforcement. I know the access rules and follow them, and don't knowingly trespass. Being bullied off public land is not acceptable; My GPS is...

I'll stick with making precision hand loads, tools for barrels, bolts and actions are a bit too heavy to move around the cellar.

I'm using the Nosler 140 & 160gr Accubonds with IMR4831, I'd be interested in comments and load data folks have using H4350, I don't find any load data in my books.

Purchase a new barrel Hart, Bartlein, Shilen, Krieger, Shaw etc. Next, find a gunsmith who rebarrels rifles, not all gunsmiths do that work. rifle barrels, not all do that work. If you own a Cooper they will re-barrel your rifle and rechamber it for any caliber only charging for the barrel at...

Need advice. Hunted in Montana last year, had maps with BLM lands clearly marked, but fenced with cattle on it and adjacent to crop land. I got about 300 yards into a piece and was stopped by the rancher on an ATV an told he had a grazing rights lease and I could not hunt there. First time...

I like your attitude at a mile you got a bullet drop of about 110 feet more or less, but off a solid bench and forgiving wind, look again at the vortex FFP offerings, their glass beats the snot out of Leup's and Burris and get a mil reticle you'll never look back.

Group will almost always open up on a hot barrel, Best guess is the bullet, the VLD's and their close cousins like a faster twist and longer throat, regular Nosler AB's and BT's are usually consistent. I shoot a 280AI 160 NAB at 3,110 and show 1/2 MOA @ 200, the Nosler 168gr Long Range gives a...