Do you have a thread on this project? It has piqued my interest.Pretty good amount of Hornaday, RP, and PMC for my 6x45 project.
Not yet... I'm waiting on a barrel. I have the rest... I may create an observations thread when it all comes togther... I jumped on the winter sale for xcaliber customs... I'm hoping it comes sooner than later.Do you have a thread on this project? It has piqued my interest.
Now you've got me pondering. I'm off for a look-see regards a 6x45 barrel for a Savage m10....Not yet... I'm waiting on a barrel. I have the rest... I may create an observations thread when it all comes togther... I jumped on the winter sale for xcaliber cystoms... I'm hoping it comes sooner than later.
It would be kinda awesome to have a project buddy.Now you've got me pondering. I'm off for a look-see regards a 6x45 barrel for a Savage m10....
Technically, M2 Ball, Caliber .30 is not sporting ammunition spec .30-06Spg. The Garand was designed around the M2, not SAAMI specifications for sporting ammunition.
Love your priorities!Had to work yesterday morning and then had a church workday as well as
a business meeting to oversee/chair… and today is church activity all day(99% of Sundays are) but last night I had a few minutes to work on coming up with a good way to “stare and compare” between these two. Interesting, the Sierra manual I have has no info on this bullet(.308, 115gr varminter); the 110 is there, but not 115. I’ll reduce a bit from my 110 vmax load and see where we go. Now to find some more Benchmark…
Yes and no. Rather, correct; but with clarification.Of course, M1 and M2 ball predates SAAMI.
Have to confess I've never seen reloaded WCs. And if I weren't a reloader I wouldn't even know to ask what the seating stem looks like?I was asked by a friend to assemble some .38 Spl wadcutter loads for a very clean S&W Model 52-2 he bought. He hadn’t found any .38 WC loads, so he reached out.
I put together roughly 100 2.8 gr Bullseye and 148 gr lead DEWC loads, seated flush for the Model 52-2. View attachment 1195402
I then loaded just over 100 plated DEWC over the same 2.8 gr Bullseye for my use. (I seat my loads with about 1/10” of the bullet nose peeking out.)
View attachment 1195403
Stay safe.
Right now that bottle of Trail Boss will probably bring 3x what a bottle of Unique would cost.Anyhoo, while I was at it, discovered I had a bottle full of Trail Boss I'll probably never use, and 300+ Berry's non-cannelure 125 gr plated boolits...ditto. I'm going to see if I can trade straight across for an unopened can of Unique, or another equivalent powder.
SMART!You all are going to think I'm crazy but I haven't been shooting much because it been cold here but with spring coming I have been trying to get the pleasure boat going again. Last fall the fuse block when out because it was cheaply made & wouldn't hold the fuses tight, so they shook out of proper contact then the boat would die. So I have bought a new fuse block & I have to figure out how to wire it in my reloading shop because it's too cold outside.
How many others use their reloading shop for small jobs that pop up?
How do you find the plated DEWCs shoot? I'm thinking of using ~3 gr. HP 38 for a wadcutter load. The 2.7-2.8 gr. Bullseye load has been a standard for longer than I've been alive, but I've never been able to develop a fondness for Bullseye, and...it's like hens' teeth locally!I was asked by a friend to assemble some .38 Spl wadcutter loads for a very clean S&W Model 52-2 he bought. He hadn’t found any .38 WC loads, so he reached out.
I put together roughly 100 2.8 gr Bullseye and 148 gr lead DEWC loads, seated flush for the Model 52-2. View attachment 1195402
I then loaded just over 100 plated DEWC over the same 2.8 gr Bullseye for my use. (I seat my loads with about 1/10” of the bullet nose peeking out.)
View attachment 1195403
Stay safe.
I like them. I am not going to place at Camp Perry in this lifetime, so I can’t tell if they are more accurate (or not) than lead-lube WC’s in my mitts. The only suggestions I have to start are to put a slightly larger flare in the case mouth so you don’t catch the thin plating on the mouth when seating (it will scrape it off), and just a light roll (or taper crimp) should be used so the plating isn’t cut. (It will separate in flight if its cut, learned both the hard way myself).How do you find the plated DEWCs shoot? I'm thinking of using ~3 gr. HP 38 for a wadcutter load. The 2.7-2.8 gr. Bullseye load has been a standard for longer than I've been alive, but I've never been able to develop a fondness for Bullseye, and...it's like hens' teeth locally!