The "What Have You Reloaded Today" thread
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I have a Brno in that cartridge. Basically a 280 Rem, but with a much longer throat. I can't seat the bullets out far enough to get near the lands without making the cartridge so long it won't fit in the mag. - dan
Finally got out yesterday and here are the results (I dropped the 71.20 gr group in the top-right corner down one since the 70.80 gr group shifted into the intended target). A bit all over the place (fingers were getting a bit numb in the cold, so maybe not the best shooting!) but it looks like the 71.20 gr charges worked best for both bullets. Five-round samples for each, seated 0.002 off lands at 188 yds (actual distance of 200 yd range at Silverdale). For the Lapuas, Avg Vel was 2,882.4, ES 22.7 and SD 9.4. For the Bergers, Avg Vel was 2891.5, ES 15.1 and SD 6.4. Will probably try to refine around those nodes and then maybe try modifying the bullet seating. The next groups might be a bit better as well now that the brass has been fired. . . .
.308 is a great caliber and enjoy it in my Tikka TAC A1. Successfully used it on 30" steel at 1200 yds.
It is defiantly not as flat shooting as most of the cool kids calibers
and I do own 6mm and 6.5 pill slingers .as for drying Brass after wet tumbling i give the cases a through Clearwater rinse and shake off the excess then put brass on old bath towel and dry a bit more . Then into an oven on LOW as it will go (170 F ) on old baking sheet for an Hour - crack the door to let moisture out .
If left in oven for extended period with heat on the case do turn dark gold colour but after annealing they look great where the flame touched the necks .
Did up 99 rounds of 6mm Dasher last night . New rifle and it's great fun . From bore sighting on out to 1088 yds I used 28 rounds to hit larger steel out to 1088yds . 30" round plate at 1088 .
Not bragging to much but it felt great . Have bore sighted other rifles after a scope change and it has taken many more rounds down range to conquer 500 yds
Not bragging to much but it felt great . Have bore sighted other rifles after a scope change and it has taken many more rounds down range to conquer 500 yds
Another 100 308's for the Parker Hale 1200 TX. 168 gr Sierra HPBT's over 38.5 gr of Varget. 1/2 moa load in that rifle. - dan
I have a savage 110 tactical in 308 in a chassis it is a shooter, with 168smks and 4064 its a 1/2 moa rifle. Those savages just shoot.
For 308 plinking rounds I use blc2 and 748 as its much cheaper than varget around here. also what ever cheap bullets i find at gun shows. I like the HDY interlock 180s as a hunting bullet.
and to not derail the thread. I loaded 20 rounds of 223 with Speer 50grn TNTs to see if they will hold together out of my 1:8 twist barrel. ( been hearing they like slower twists).
well, tried to get some .270Win casings ready for loading, first time working on this cal, had a used die set, should have known to clean it before starting, been a while, had every few cases come out with a dent at the neck, started to pay attention to how much lubricant i leave on the cases, that helped, after 10 or so dented cases and once a while having some issues with pulling the case out i managed to get it stuck really good, ripped the rim off, got to hit the stores tomorrow and get a new set now 
That's not bad
Prepped a couple hundred 44 Special brass. Winter is coming fast. 240 gr lead semiwadcutters. Not sure what powder I'll use yet, see what's in the cupboard. Maybe 452, lots of that on hand. - dan
Oh, and I found a set of 9,3x74R dies at the gun show today. Yay. Beats using bits and bobs from other die sets like I've been using. Need to run that brass through first thing in the morning. - dan
Ran off 100 more 44 specials. 240 gr lead swc's over 6.3 gr of unique, in starline cases. - dan
Ugly weather outside so after shovelling snow and making some loaves of bread, I loaded 50 rounds of 44 Magnum today. CamPro 230gr over 11.0gr of CFE Pistol. Should have either loaded 48 or 60 instead of 50 since the little boxes I made hold 12 at a time; now I'm left with 2 loose rounds in the can
Not reloaded yet, but cleaned in FA steel pin tumbler, FL sized, belled out the mouth a bit, inside mouth chamfered 52 32 Winchester Special cases. Waiting for shipment of Primer Pocket swage kit from Higginsons. Hope it will work to make using Ginex LR primers easier to install. Also have a new LEE hand primer coming, plus a case to hold it and the shell holders.
Some Dominion, some Imperial, and a few DCCo brass. Maybe a few Winchester as well. I won't be taking my 32's to the Olympics, so a mix of brass will have to do for killing rock, along with a dose 0f Ammomart 44 and PC'd cast bullets.
Some Dominion, some Imperial, and a few DCCo brass. Maybe a few Winchester as well. I won't be taking my 32's to the Olympics, so a mix of brass will have to do for killing rock, along with a dose 0f Ammomart 44 and PC'd cast bullets.
