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What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? Texas What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? 300 Remington Ultra Mag Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition? Sometimes If so, which brand and load do you use? Remington...

I just shot a load of 80.4 gr IMR 4350 with the 180 AB and got 3- 5 shot groups of 1.5 inches at 300 yards

I have a Merkel 470 NE. Do I win?

is the US 869 temp stable?

This is what I took off the Hogdon web site, If I am not seeing signs of preasure, do you think I should keep going? GG it looks like you went up to about 96 grains which is 7 grains over max. WOW, I thought I was pushing the limit with my 223 at 0.2 grains over(1%) as opposed to 7%. 220 GR...

GG, I'm going to print that out to read over later, it made my head hurt. The Label on the Retumbo said to stay between 84-89 grains for the 220. I had no signs of preasure all the way through 88.5 gr's. I did not load a 89 gr as I thought the chamber was a bit on the tight side as the...

Talk about reputation, I was going to discount GG's post but then I noticed who made it. When I get home today, I will measure the loaded rounds (84.0-88.5 grs in 0.5 gr steps) to see where they are. Last night they where all .004 under max length. If they havn't moved then I will head out to...

I am going to try the retumbo with a 220 partition. What should I start out at 84 gr's?? The Nosler book is no help.

I live and hunt in the Austin Texas area. Read Its freaking hot when I hunt. Factory loads are showing signs of preasure at 80 deg plus so there are days I can't hunt nor shoot. I need a powder that will be relativly stable up to 90 degrees or so. The gun is a Remington Sendero 300 RUM that...

I tried the benchmark but it didn't do as well, if you find yourself in central Texas anytime soon, you can have it. [ QUOTE ] Get you some Benchmark powder!!!I've shot plenty of one holers with it and some 52g Knight bullets!!! [/ QUOTE ]

Answered my own question. I went back out to the range and shot the 25.8 and a worse group so its out. While filming the goings on a friend noticed that i was shooting powder a good 10 feet that he could see. I had the chrono set up right at 10 feet so thats a wee bit close. I'll go back out...

60 rounds later I finally found a load. Nosler partitions 60 gr Winchester Brass Remington Primer 6.5 IMR 4895 25.7 gr (0.2gr over cook books listed max) 5 shot group =0.5" Now for the magic two questions: at 25.4 I was shooting about 3025 fps at 25.7 I was shooting about 2700 fps I think my...

Wow. WTG.

[ QUOTE ] REV If you have access to a NOSLER #5 reloading guide there is a complete bullet seating depth procedure on page 42 if not try this. Start the bullet to be used just enough to hold it in the case. Then very gently insert the case and the bullet into the chamber and close the action...

I am starting to load some 60 gr partitions and am trying to get the correct seating depth. CAOL is varieng between 2.333 and a whopping 2.367. These are all in excess of 2.26 which is the spec. I am giving up for the night so I don't mess up.