Recent content by Jinzoningen80

223: I fired both 55gr FMJ and 77gr SMKs at 2900 and 2800 fps respectively. I took a lot of pix of these because I plan to post this at ARFCOM too. Anyway the 55gr made it 10” and weighed 46gr. I was surprised by the lack of fragmentation The 77gr made it 7” with major fragmentation...

Update Well I finally stacked up enough newspaper to conduct the test (turns out I needed a lot less than I thought I would.) The wet stack was about 15” thick and I fired from about 20 yards away. Counterclockwise from the upper left, the holes are from the factory Hornady 200gr flex tip...

I’m hoping this info will prove valuable because I sure could have used it in December. Nevertheless, I’ve spent a good deal of cash and time working up some loads and going back and forth to the range so I hope I can save some others from having to do the same. For xmas I bought myself a 460...

I am not having a leading problem with all my bullets in all my guns. I do not need to slug my bore and look at the gun as the problem. As i said, i've had great experience with mastercast and TNT and Mt Baldy. If my gun was over/undersized, i would have had problems with them. My issue is...

How exactly could you deal with this problem? are you going to completely change your formulas/lube/whatever you think will give me bullets without lead? No. It's not a matter of "try this load or a different gun" I've done all that. This is not a problem to be solved by you, the...

every gun is different. I've tried the sierras from 150 up to 175 and the 155s are the most accurate out of my stock savage barrel. I use RE-15 powder and get about 2650 fps from a 20" barrel. 1" at 200 yds

i absolutely use this.... probably more than any other item on my reloading bench. it's essential for high-volume brass prep.

guys i've come here to seek answers not bash missouri. I think they are a great company and i'm not discouraging anyone from TRYING their bullets. They have a good reputation and they are the only company i know that offers sample packs. bravo! I'm am merely using this open forum to relay...

I have no idea what hardness mastercast bullets are. That is one of the reasons I thought the whole "hard cast" ideal was a gimmick. As i said, i have no hardness tester and all my assumptions about hardness strickly come from testing specific bullets in my specific guns. for .357, I have a...

I thought the term “hard cast” was a gimmick and just used by makers who didn’t know or didn’t want to tell you any specifics like the BHN. My primary lead bullet source, mastercast.net, was one of those companies saying nothing more than “hard cast.” But I used them and had no problems for...

where i spend way too much time (according to the wife) - i have the dillon superswage because i handle a lot of mil 5.56 - i use the little lee-press for depriming only loaded ammo storage i use these bins from lowes to move the brass through the processes and keep everything in order...

agreed... even with my horrendous keyholing at only 5 feet, i was still able to keep it on paper at 25 meters. ;)

sorry for the delay on this thread. I've been.... busy to say the least. Today i was cleaning up the work bench and I found the note to myself to call hornady so call them I did. Let me begin by saying that they have one of the best automated answering machine messages i've ever heard...

Well I finally got back to the range. To update, I THOROUGHLY cleaned the bore using both regular hoppe's 9 and hoppe's 9 bench rest copper solvent. This is how it shot: I intend to let hornady know their ammo keyholes in my microgrooved barrel and stick with Remington ammo for this...

Nematocyst, you are correct. The Hornady is in fact 160gr. The Remington is 150 and i just picked up a box of Rem 170gr HP to test. Those results should follow within a week. Just to clarify, the rifle IS a 30-30, and it shoots the remington 150gr core-lokt just fine. I also picked up some...