Recent content by Stetson05

I had a Howa exactly like that. Shot all types of bullets, factory and hand loads. I sent it to their smith in Nevada and he said the only that shot well was 150gr at 1.5 moa. They eventually replaced the rifle. He did offer to tension the barrel with shims. He said sometimes barrels shoot...

Trail boss is my go to powder for light loads.

For me a lot would depend on whether you reload or not. 300WSM is great if you reload but hard to find components and ammo. The same goes for the other chambers. I would like a 280AI but I reload. Honestly I would go with 300WM if you don't reload and 300PRC if you do reload. Bigger than...

I had a similar problem. I had a set of Hornady die that wouldn't resize very well. I had to cam over really hard and sometimes 2-3 times to bump the shoulder back far enough. The manufacturer date on the set was 2018. I read somewhere that it happened to someone else. Measuring the...

Great info! I love getting all these perspectives. I'm going to say 300PRC which I've loaded for but I'd actually prefer the idea of a 30 Sherman. There are several reasons for my opinion specifically due to reloading. 30-06 shoots great but is slow and inefficient to today's standards. I...

I used the vibration one for a while and it worked fine.

I use a large pan under my charge master as well. The ball powders bounce around a bit as they start to measure out. The pan helps contain the mess. I've used ramshot magnum in 300wm and didn't have any problems. I've got hunter for 30-06 and Big game for 7-08. Those ball powders have been...

I had great results in two 7mm08. Low end load had 2800fps and low recoil for my kids hunting rifles. I chrono'd 3100fps out of a 20 inch barrel no problem with hotter loads. My daughter took a mule deer at 425 with about 8 inches of penetration after smashing through shoulder bone. It's been a...

From my purchase 2 years ago I had a little more than 10% unusable cases even after trimming and full length resizing. It is the only brass that I’ve had any problem with out of Hornady, Remington, PPC, Nosler, Lapua, and Starline. Winchester was willing to do something for me if I send the...