Recent content by WoodTRD

What length barrel? Bolt is holding up, and any idea if the 6mmAR has any more case capacity? Guessing it's really close to arc. I'm tempted to build an upper and already have a spare grendel/arc brownells bcg, but would like to be able to run the same load as my howa. Right now I'm loading...

Starline 6.5G formed to 6mm arc 30.0gr cfe223 108 eld-m 2.270 COL/1.700 CBTO Cci450 That's my load for my howa 20". Runs somewhere around 2700 depending on temp, which is one of the things you have to keep in mind a bit with the ball powders. Not bad at all though, just take velocity readings...

I can live with $20, as long as it's at least somewhat available and decent quality for years to come. Didn't consider that nail gun blank demand may also be through the roof. I'm sure the agreement requires excess production capacity past what is eaten up for the original intended use. Really...

I thought one of the benefits of 17WSM was supposed to be that it used a nail gun blank as the starting point, and should be unaffected by demands of other centerfire and rimfire stuff. Hopefully it isn't just because the demand isn't there. Glad I bought a case at $10/box a few years ago now...

Been wanting to get into handloading since I was around 10, I remember reading reloading articles and looking at load data as a youngin' even though I didn't know anybody that did. 2018 for our first kid I was required to relinquish my hunting room to become a baby room, and moved in a shop...

Just stay away from their .458 socoms. They're cheap and tempting, but ~8 people bought uppers in a group I'm in, and 0 ran out of the box. The one that was finally tweaked to running right was sent to Tromix to go over. I was surprised Tony took it to massage. Very glad I went with tromix for...

Yea I was too afraid it would end up being an expensive headache, and had read a good bit about sheared lugs as well. I'm no stranger to opened up bolt faces in ARs, I do a large percentage of my brush stomping hunting with a 12" .458 socom...but really figured there was a good enough reason...

Other than KAK I'm not really sure, these days you may have to get someone to open up a standard bolt face. I know JP, toolcraft, and maybe a few more make "high pressure" ar10 bolts with smaller firing pins and tighter firing pin channel clearance, but AFAIK they don't offer them in a short...

My death grip has been awesome for the money. I bought an adapter and ballhead with arca clamp off a guy on snipershide and absolutely love it. Getting rid of the death grip clamp saves a ton of weight for hunting, I just use my 6ARC elf owl with integrated arca rail, or an AR with a section...

Boretech eliminator for all around carbon/copper/powder residue, and boretech Cu2 if I'm wanting to focus on copper for some reason. As has been said, make sure there is no brass at all in your cleaning rod/brush/jag setup or it will never stop coming out blue. Boretech is good stuff, and not...

I get very close to the same speeds with 29.5 LVR vs 30.0 CFE, but LVR seemed to ramp up pressure quickly above 29.5. Very possibly due to the 95 degree heat I was shooting in. I may revisit again when I'm loading with 450s instead of 400s. I'm pretty sure the 31.0 LVR load I tried that pierced...

I've only loaded the starline I have once so far, but I know somebody else running starline converted grendel @29 gr CFE under a 108 eldm. Said the necks were splitting right around 17x, and has a bunch of brass with 10x. He said it looks like 15x will be about where he scraps his with that...

Starline Just opened up 6.5 grendel backorders a few days ago, my case has already shipped. And of course they announced 6ARC headstamped brass coming this summer the day after I ordered. I'd have just kept running the 400 converted starline grendel brass I already have till I was able to get...

I know this has been dead for a minute, but I think I have mine lined out enough to just pump out ammo and run it. Howa mini 20" factory barrel JTAC Elf Owl chassis SiCo Hybrid Starline 6.5G brass just ran through mighty armory sizer and trimmed Cci 400s because I bought the 400 I currently...

Man my 243 will SCREAM with heavies and rl26, and shoots awesome. Only problem is finding it. Big reason I haven't been shooting my 243 or 6.5cm much lately. Only been able to buy rl26 twice in about 4 years, and not nearly enough!