What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Orintini]

Loaded a few rounds and organized some brass for the next range trip.

 

[TeaGull]

New 22CM barrel installed.

Alpha LRP Brass
CCI200
Chamfered and Deburred 100 pieces.
Loaded 10 - 75eldm over 43.5 of StaBall 6.5 for sight in.

Loaded 3 ladders of 79gn DRT Terminal Shock. Also loaded a batch of 5 each 1/2 grain under max-ish loads I've sourced from the ever faithful internet.
H4831sc
StaBall 6.5
RL17

 

[amassi]

What is everybody's favorite .223 varmint recipe for gas guns? Mine are neglected back in a corner as they've always kinda been more of a SHTF part of my collection. However, based on my own misgivings and thoughts posted here, rather than spending components developing varmint loads in my 25-284 or 7-08, I'm thinking of reinvesting in the black rifles.

Would be tough to beat a 22ARC eld-vt for a dedicated gasser varmint banger


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[Frozenlead]

This was a nice surprise today. Grabbed the last two bricks of these guys. I had to double check the price. View attachment 962189
And then found CCI 200 & CCI 400 for $5.99 each! Couldn’t pass them up.
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Damn, I’d be happy with even double those prices. A Brick of those WLR primers is $150 Canuck bucks up here.

 

[Darren_8167]

This evenings loading:

Weatherby Vanguard .270 win
Hornady 130gr SST
Accurate Hunter
WLR

 

[Matt5266]

This was a nice surprise today. Grabbed the last two bricks of these guys. I had to double check the price. View attachment 962189
And then found CCI 200 & CCI 400 for $5.99 each! Couldn’t pass them up.
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Thats an awesome price! Where did you find them for that deal?

 

[Snowwolfe]

Purchased two S&W 500 revolvers last month so spent a few hours today prepping new Starline brass to be reloaded. Ran it thru the resizer, then expander the necks, cleaned up the primer pockets with a cutting tool, then primed. All ready to load when I decide what the load will be.

 

[Darren_8167]

Thats an awesome price! Where did you find them for that deal?

I live in Northern California. The Winchester’s are from a small mom and pop gun store in Paradise, Ca. The CCI’s were on sale at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Chico, Ca.

 

[UnckleBob]

Last night, I loaded up ten 6 mm ARC cartridges with 75g Tipped Hammer Hunter bullets for an upcoming hunt.

 

[Darren_8167]

Last night, I loaded up ten 6 mm ARC cartridges with 75g Tipped Hammer Hunter bullets for an upcoming hunt.

I am interested in your results. My next build will be a 6mm. The ARC is on the short list. I will more than likely be shooting Hammers out of it here in California.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Finally got out to shoot the 6.5 WSM tonight. I had 20 loaded up, and shot 3 (middle), adjusted zero, shot 9 (bottom), adjusted zero, and shot last 8 at the top target. I was shooting prone behind the house and didn't have a rear bag, so for the last 8 I tucked my green shell holder under the stock with my hand. I pulled one shot something awful, but the remaining 7 covered up the 1" dot pretty good. Damn can mirage was awful even in 50 degree weather. One of these days I'll get a cover. Anyway, no MV tonight as I was just shooting for groups, but I'll load up another 20 and report back with MV when I can. To try to keep the barrel cool, I fired 3 shot strings and gave it a few minutes between mags.

This is the 3rd Tikka I've loaded for that has worked out on the first load. Thanks to @Formidilosus for all the tips! The following threads have been invaluable.

- Painless load dev
- Bonding a picatinny rail
- Scope mounting to maintain zero

Got out for MV test this morning. I removed the can to prevent errors, and the bayonet required moving about 2" back towards the muzzle after every shot, re-tighten, etc..., so I'm not sure how confident I am in the numbers. Fired 10, and of course the Magneto errored on 2, but I got the following data on the 8 rounds captured. However, should be good enought to true at distance.

147 ELDM
66 grains of N565
Hornaday brass and primer
24.3" Tikka OEM barrel

8 shot results:
3,094 Avg MV
3,121 Hi
3,070 Lo
22 SD
51 ES

I took a backpack stuffed with a coat with me for a rear bag, and other than a couple shots I pulled, the 10 shot group was respectable. The POI without the can shifted higher, but the windage was still good. According to Berger calc, this load retains more than 1,800fps beyond 1,000 yards. There is probably a little MV left on the table, and the barrel may speed up some (round count <50). However, assuming it trues up at range, I don't see a lot of value in messing with the recipe and using up barrel life and components.

 

[minas stiris]

Too hot to be outside much this week; good time to work up some loads for deer hunting season. This morning it's Hornady's 225 gr FTX with
20 grs H-110 for the .44 Mag.

 

[Castle Rock]

Better investment than money in the bank

 

[TeaGull]

New 22CM barrel installed.

Alpha LRP Brass
CCI200
Chamfered and Deburred 100 pieces.
Loaded 10 - 75eldm over 43.5 of StaBall 6.5 for sight in.

Loaded 3 ladders of 79gn DRT Terminal Shock. Also loaded a batch of 5 each 1/2 grain under max-ish loads I've sourced from the ever faithful internet.
H4831sc
StaBall 6.5
RL17

Which to pursue?
SB6.5 @ 2975 or H4831 @ 2825?

Leaning towards the speed and the anomaly of “flyer”

 

[sportsmans challenge]

Getting little by little done between projects around here.

 

[Sinistram]

Loaded 55 x 300 Savage ammunition with H335 and a good old 150gr Remington Core Lokt. A very polite and accurate load chugging along at 2450fps out of my 20" barrel.

 

[Split toe]

Would be tough to beat a 22ARC eld-vt for a dedicated gasser varmint banger


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My 22 creed in my AR-10 says otherwise...

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

My 22 creed in my AR-10 says otherwise...

Thanks guys and both uppers are already .223/556. I'm not looking to buy new, rather use existing cartridge.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Which to pursue?
SB6.5 @ 2975 or H4831 @ 2825?

Leaning towards the speed and the anomaly of “flyer”

Unless you fell off your rest before breaking that shot, fliers aren't a thing, so expect the ES of the dispersion to be larger than that with a larger sample size. Shoot bigger samples to get a better picture.

 

[Darren_8167]

This afternoons load work up.

Weatherby Vanguard .270 Win
Hornady 130gr SST Blems from Midway USA
Accurate - Hunter
WLR
CBTO: 2.750
COAL: 3.364