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There are many choices, but suggestions of a .44 Mag etc. are not good ones - they won’t feed without major modifications. Here are some potential candidates including those already suggested: .219 Zipper .224 Donaldson Wasp .22/30/30 AI 6mm/30/30 .25-35 WCF .25-35 AI 7-30 Waters .30-30 AI .30...

It’s because we’re RIFLEMEN!

My Marlin Camp Carbine chambered in .45 ACP above my Winchester M1894 chambered in .45 LC. Both purchased new over 30 years ago and still runnin’ strong today.

You could weigh them on a reloading scale and sort them. Still tedious. .

You can’t use “the load” in your Czech rifle. Please send it to me for disposal. Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😉

If the OP is experiencing stuck cases with range pickups in .308 and .223, it is likely they were fired in an auto with a large chamber. His press (exactly what is it?) may not have the power to size those over-expanded cases. Even the best lube can’t overcome too much of an oversized...

This demonstrates a lack of understanding of how propellants are made. “Burn rate” has only an indirect relationship with how a powder performs in a rifle/pistol cartridge. The “burn rate” is determined in a “ laboratory bomb” device which does not replicate a firearm. Identical “burn rates”...

I bought my Colt 16” Sporter I in 1982. I installed a slip-on flash hider right away and have used it a lot since then. (It shoots better with that heavy flash hider than it does with an A1.) Shot a handful of deer on Kodiak Island with it, but mostly target shooting and plinking in the...

More published data.

A very good point, especially when dealing with small charge weights a very consistent operation of the handle each throw is essential for accurate results. But really, +/-0.1 grains is about all one can reasonably expect from a powder measure. After all, thats’s the accuracy limit of most...

The velocities on the Hornady boxes are not expansion velocities, they are the velocity range which Hornady loads them to in their various calibers. Many articles about the .32 H&R just parrot Hornady's velocity range, assuming that there is expansion - they are wrong at much under 1000 fps...

My .32-20 with .308” 1:10“ barrel will stabilize 220-grain RN jacketed bullets at 1075 fps, so shorter cast bullets of similar weight should stabilize. No experience with the .30-30 and heavy bullets, but powders like Unique and BlueDot should give low recoil and report while being easy to...

Nope, AFAIK there is but a single recorded instance of a grizzly/brownie actually eating a human after killing it. This out of many dozens of human kills by bears. While anything is possible, this just doesn’t fit these bears’ behavior. Black bears are another matter and are known to eat...

When I received my last M25-5 over 35 years ago it shot poorly. I found that a .458” bullet would drop freely through the cylinder throats without being pushed. I sent it back to S&W, and within a few weeks it was returned with a new cylinder sporting .452” throats. It shot great after that. .

I‘ve shot .260s for over 20 years. The cartridge is a good one and in practical terms is comparable to the Grendel - in spite of what the fanboys might say. Both were Remingtons, an M7 and M700VLS; I still shoot the 700. Recoil is determined by bullet weight, velocity and gun weight, not...