Recent content by TK50

I guess I should have been clear with what I was saying. I was not talking about groups at 100 yards but groups at 1000 yards. Things are not the same at 100 and as many different people have already commented it is a crap shoot. Impacts can be higher or lower for faster fps loads depending on...

Hand Skills, I am sure if you have done a number of ladder tests shooting the same bullet but with different powder charges you have also seen the bullets impact at the same point in a group even though you may have as much as 25-30 FPS difference in velocity. You know you are in the center of...

I will take a high BC bullet fairly heavy for caliber and shoot it at a velocity that gives me the maximum accuracy I can get from my best load. I will give up some velocity to attain the most accuracy. You can adjust for wind drift and add extra elevation to get you on target if necessary. You...

How about a picture of the bolt face.

To me it looks like the primer is a spent primer that was pushed out and reseated.

What brand primers? What primer seater?

For all of those unfamiliar with the definition of the term "clicker". it refers to the very last amount of bolt lift where the primary extraction of the case is initiated. When you have a harder than desired bolt force necessary to get the final opening of the bolt to extract the case. You will...

From the looks of the carbon ring in the neck portion of the chamber you are trimming your brass a little on the short side for the chamber you have. You will have much less carbon buildup in that area if you don't trim them as much as you are now. There is a fine line though because you don't...

Hard to tell. Some people would buy into it if they didn't know better. I didn't want anyone to be misled.

I think you better run the Ballistic numbers again. The numbers per Berger's ballistic program are as follows: 6.5 140grain VLD Hunting @ 2700 FPS Figures at 1000YDS 5MPH wind Drop 317.7" Wind 35.9" Energy 624 Foot Pounds 50BMG 750 Amax @ 2700 FPS Figures at 1000YDS 5MPH wind Drop 252.0" Wind...

By using a primer pocket uniformer on all cases and a Sinclair type primer seating tool you can achieve the results you are looking for. The Sinclair hand seating tool locks the case head up against the seating tool so that any variation in case rim thickness is not a problem. As Alex stated...

If you want to get everything you can from your long range setup you need to weigh primers. Get a lab scale that reads to at least two decimal places and will hold 2 hundredths of a grain accuracy. Do you need all of that or can you make use of it all would be a better question. I don't know for...

No I am not. There are a number of people on the FCSA members Forum and a lot of other long range sites that are a wealth of actual practical information from testing and match shooting with the 50cal. In my opinion computer programs have there place but simply cannot even begin to approach the...

Improved versions of the 50 can be shot in both Heavy and Unlimited classes at any FCSA sanctioned matches. My gunsmith is Mark King and he has the reamers for the 50TK Improved case that I previously spoke about. Quick load has it's place and does a good job with many things but it is not the...

I can give you some real world numbers on a 50BMG Improved version of my own design. With the 750 Amax and Reloader 50 powder I can achieve 3050 FPS easily with a 36" barrel and case life in the 6-10 firings range before the pockets start to loosen. You may be able to make 10-15 if you stay...