Recent content by Ranger1994

Welcome from yet another Tarheel. Down East of Raleigh with lots of "sound of freedom eagles" flying around down here. If you're into reloading there's some great folks on here with a wealth of knowledge willing to help.

What Rooks said..... BadgerNJ what die set do you have? With RCBS standard dies you raise the ram, screw down the die until it touched the ram, lower the ram and screw the die in 1/8 1/4 more to get cam over. Otherwise are you even resizing the brass if you dont? I guess make sure you're...

Thanks for all these great post. So thankful for God & country and the freedoms we have. You all continue to have a great Thanksgiving day.

You're correct in the 1/2 gr shy of max, but it puts me less than 100% of case capacity for Nosler brass, which I'm using. And no, no pressure signs, all primers and brass are normal, no anomalies. Velocity is actually kind of disappointing 2670 is best average i can get with 22" barrel...

If you found some Nosler 150AB, yep, I'd go with those. NC whitetail as you know aren't that hard to put down if hit 'em right. See what Nosler manual says for powders and go huntin. I'm using Nosler 165 Partitions this year in my 30.06 over 56.5 gr. IMR4350, yum, venison sure taste good. Matter...

With Nosler and Norma brass in a box i just inspect, trim if needed, and load 'em up. With other brands of new brass, the case necks in plastic bags usually don't fair to well in shipping and handling. I'll then go through the whole woks of FL resizing etc. etc.

Great job!! Congrats to the wife. Great team work you two. Good gun caliber, good bullets, great hunters, end up with results like this. Enjoy the meals to come and the memories for a life time.

After reading most of the replies hope you can get an answer from your local wildlife folks soon. Congrats to your wife, first for her fighting cancer and still going hunting, shes a special women, my hats off to her, plus harvesting a nice bull, to bad about the meat. I wouldn't eat it, not...

When I first got into reloading, I did all the figuring in the world to see how much it would cots, and how much I'd save. Ha,ha,ha. Save,,,, I was so naive. I've spent way more on equipment, components, etc, I haven't saved a nickel, because I shoot far more now than I ever have. So I gave up...

Welcome to the forum from Eastern North Carolina. Good ethics and attitude will go a long way here. Congrats on a good harvest. There are a bunch of very knowledgeable people on here that are more than willing to help and share. I've learned a lot from these folks.

I agree with what others are saying. Putting a suppressor on will help with the "blast" and let you be more comfortable shooting, which you may find helpful in spotting your shots. As to hearing protection, after 23 yrs in military working F4, B52 aircraft, hearing is something you take for...

Definitely recommend a chronograph. Magneto Speed is what i have and feel its a great one, but as others have stated,, it may change your poi. I think JE and others have also nailed the reasons why you need it. To me it's a very useful tool to have in my toolbox.

What he said. Also being from Eastern NC i know our great dane sized white tails don't need anything magnum and a 2-300lb black bear would be a "bigun". 6.5 Creed seems to be all the talk, probably would be a good choice. 30.06 is what my son and I shoot. 150gr. pills will knock down anything...

19 Badger I've found that IMR 4350 & WLR is also a great 30.06 recipe for 165 gr Nosler Partitions.

I use my led sled in load development no problems, but no weight on it either. Bags work just as good, but I also use my sled at home to clean my guns on. That and its just a convenient general place to leave the gun when I'm working on it. Works for me.