Recent content by TejasRider

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep my eye out for RL23. This really has been the easiest cartridge I've worked up. I haven't even played with seating depth. I did velocity/pressure testing with 3 rounds at each charge weight. 63.3 got me something like a 2fps ES so that's where I thought...

Thought I'd share some pics of my finished Iron Man 7SS rifle. It seems I still have some more speed available but I have settled on a 63.3 gr load of MagPro behind a 180 ELD-M for now. It's giving me 2830 fps but expect to gain a little speed as the barrel breaks in. First 50 shots were to...

Thanks for the quick reply! I had a .309 and .308 in my cart.

Trying to line up cerakote to finally get my 7SS assembled and out to the range in the next month or so. In the meantime, I'm starting to get my reloading parts together. Assuming ADG brass, any recommendations on bushing size? I understand most typically start with a loaded round for getting...

I think you could offer cleaning/annealing and just annealing if the brass has been properly cleaned. Would 20.00 / 100 pcs if cleaned be worth your while? (plus flat rate shipping)

I've got a G2 Recon that aside from cosmetic changes has a CMC trigger upgrade and a Rogers Super-Stoc. This is primarily a 200 yd or less hog gun but when doing load development I was really pleased with my results. Hornady 150 gr SP: https://imgur.com/a/gRGZ2iV Midsouth Match Monster 168 gr...

If I go this route, barrel in a vice, pipe wrench on the barrel nut and do I need something like this for the action? https://www.midwayusa.com/product/710783/wheeler-engineering-action-wrench-2-remington-700-savage-110 Also to confirm, I'd need the small shank?

Any recommendations for a good gunsmith in the Fort Worth area? I got home last night and found that I have smooth barrel nuts. A few DIY youtube's later watching guys use pipe wrenches now has me looking for a gunsmith with the right tools. Any suggestions?

I used the 400 bushing based on how I read the SAAMI diagram. I suppose the main thing is consistency in measurements. https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ANSI-SAAMI-Z299.4-CFR-Approved-2015-12-14-Posting-Copy.pdf (page 39)

I was thinking about visually marking them so that even during wet-tumbling I could tell them apart and could do larger co-mingled batches that way. But, it's really not a big deal to keep them separate. Using the Redding Shell Holders for now will work and then at some point getting to a...

Now if I could just find a way to easily visually differentiate the two sets of rifle brass.

Had no idea something like this existed. Thanks for the suggestion!

I did order a 2nd resizing die thinking I might have to go the route of two different sets of brass. Too bad there isn't an easy visual way to mark the brass like DIY nickel plating to easily differentiate the brass after firing/cleaning.

For now let's accept that somehow I was able to justify buying a 2nd Savage in 6.5 Creedmoor. One is the Hunter Tactical (Cabela's model) and the other is the Desert Tactical. The Hunter Tactical was my first purchase and I worked up some loads that seemed to work for my 100 and 200 yrd paper...

I have to agree completely. If a buddy called and said "grab a gun" with no further details it would likely be my .308 coming with me.