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I saw some reloading data for Varget in 6mmBR with 75 grain Nosler BTs that was published in 'Handloader' some time ago. It was in the 30 to 33 grain range being used in a Savage 12 LRPV. Has anyone any recipes for RL-15 with about the same weight bullet ? RL-15 and Varget seem to be very...

My friend/neighbor has been left a Savage 99 as part of his fathers estate. No ammunition with the gun. He wants to get it up and running again for deer hunting. Reading the Lyman 49 entry, it looks like we need some 87 grain bullets as the gun has a 1:14 twist (I measured it with a cleaning...

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Hi there. I am looking for some advice about the barrel life and twist rate of a 22-250. My friend has a Weatherby VarmintMaster in 22-250 that he wants to sell. The barrel is (in his words) shot out. It's a 26" medium weight barrel right now, as it came from the factory. I think it's a...

Has anyone a link to the dimensions of 6.5 06 round ? I have a M98 receiver kicking about that I am considering barreling and chambering into 6.5 06 AI. Don't know the LOA for the round and if it would fit in the 8m M98 receiver.. TIA.

I am casting this bullet in Lyman #1 alloy, sizing to .358 and lubing with Rooster Zambini. Loaded over 7 grains of Unique I am getting very smoky loads out of my 4" GP100. Shoots very well, but very, very smoky. Anyone with good loads for this bullet ...

223 Federal Brass - Loose primer pockets ? - maybe it's the primers.. I would say that I have reloaded my Federal 223 brass about twice after the initial firing and on the third reloading cycle the primers slip in waaay too easily. Time to fire and forget, I think. Anyone else have a similar...

Popped into Cabellas, saw that they had some Rem small rifle primers and bought them. Got home and it says on the side of the box 'not for high intensity cartridges like 222, 223' (and stuff). 223 is all that I need small primers for. Took them back. Cabellas won't exchange them because of some...

And what happens to 6.5 Grendel at that point ? But seriously, between 6.5 Grendel and 30 R-AR, which has the most case volume for a given bullet ? Can't find that listed anywhere as these are such new rounds. I was about to 'jump' into 6.5 Grendel, building a 24" target AR and changing out...

I have had real problems using the Redding body die in my Hornady LNL AP press. Using a RCBS case micrometer I can't adjust the body die down far enough to fully resize a case. Even with the die compressed against the shellplate the brass still emerges about 3 thou oversize. Anyone else come...

Is anyone else finding that Hornady's 'bright metal' seems to rust very quickly ? I have my set up in the garage, along with a cheap Chinese mini lathe and mini mill (and tooling). The Hornady 'micro just' die micrometer, LNL powder micrometers (rifle/pistol) and LNL powder measure drums are...

There are a number of neck/FL sizing dies out there using bushings.. Redding, Hornady, Wilson etc.. Are the bushings interchangeable between the dies ? I am interested to find out if the Redding bushings fit in the Hornady Match Grade dies and vice versa.. Why ? Cuz the Hornady...

Am I correct in believing that a chamber headspace 'GO' gauge represents the maximum headspace dimension that ammunition should be assembled with ? Remember, I am talking about 2 different things here. Chamber headspace and the length of the brass case on the headspace dimension. Whenever...

Is this the same cartridge ? I was wondering if anyone had chambered an AR platform in 30 BR (as an alternative to a 6.5 Grendel) and a web search threw up the 30 RAR. I had not heard of the 30 RAR before. Looks like it was first announced about a year ago. Any 'users' out there ? S.

I need to pick up a 2 die set for both 308 and 223 and thought the Hornady dies might be a good choice. Looking at the reviews on MidwayUSA's pages several people comment on how 'tight' the dies are. I.E. amount of effort to insert and extract brass from the die. I remember several threads...

A micrometer charge bar http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1231 Just trying to work out if this is a worthwhile addition to a 650. Looks like you would need 2 (piston and rifle). Any experience ?

I understand the concept of powder 'speed', but what is the often quoted 'burn rate' of a powder a measure of ? Why is no standard metric quoted (grains per nano-second) ? I guess I am looking for an answer that says something like : a) How quickly (fractions of a second) an amount...

Has anyone managed to get their BBK to work for more then 5 minuets consistently ? Mine sits in a draft shield on rubber feet but still won't last more than a few moments before reverting to the constantly flashing 'TRNE' message because it won't settle back to zero. I have found that using...

I am looking at buying a bushing based neck sizing die to resize the 308 cases from my bolt target gun. Right now, I am using a Lee Collet die which gets me about 3 to 4 thou of run out in a loaded round. I hope to get smaller run out numbers with a bushing die. I wondered if anyone had...

I just bought 1000 pieces of processed ex military 7.62 brass from 'Top Brass'. Very nice it is too.. Cleaned (even the primer pocket), trimmed and resized. However, I just put an internal mic on the neck, to measure the diameter to get an idea of neck tension. Average of 10 pieces gives me...