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Maybe, but they did not use the air pillows. Paper will work if packed tightly.I think I now know where the former Midway employees went.
Maybe, but they did not use the air pillows. Paper will work if packed tightly.I think I now know where the former Midway employees went.
I’m sitting at my bench trying to get up some ambition. This week has been a killer! I’m considering options for 270 win again… I’m thinking about adding one to the stable for nostalgia…
Buddy decided he liked 8.4 true blue with a Missouri 200 at 1.225 today... I abandoned true blue, but 8.8 with a cast 158 in 357 was good.Ran about 20 more 9mm. True Blue, fed primers, 115 XTP(free with AP press)
It meters REALLY wellBuddy decided he liked 8.4 true blue with a Missouri 200 at 1.225 today... I abandoned true blue, but 8.8 with a cast 158 in 357 was good.
It's like any ball powder. Swhp #9 and tac all flow... if hs-6, true blue, ans Silhouette were compared for metering I have no doubt I'd pick the looser every time.It meters REALLY well
Yea, it's a very fine ball powder and meters extremely well. Even finer than AA #2.It meters REALLY well
It's hard to make a bad choice in .270 bullets.... other than trying to turn the rifle into something it isn't, by using too hard/too long bullets. For the past 30 years I've used the same Hornady 150 grain Interlock Spirepoint with 59.0 grains of H-4831, to take a small menagerie of game from dik-dik to wild boar to red stag.I’m sitting at my bench trying to get up some ambition. This week has been a killer! I’m considering options for 270 win again… I’m thinking about adding one to the stable for nostalgia…
Have you tried and copper bullets? The 270 seems to have plenty of speed that they would be a good fit. I can't see how 257 Weatherby people use anything else...It's hard to make a bad choice in .270 bullets.... other than trying to turn the rifle into something it isn't, by using too hard/too long bullets. For the past 30 years I've used the same Hornady 150 grain Interlock Spirepoint with 59.0 grains of H-4831, to take a small menagerie of game from dik-dik to wild boar to red stag.
The .270 is favorite.
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Have you tried and copper bullets? The 270 seems to have plenty of speed that they would be a good fit. I can't see how 257 Weatherby people use anything else...
Beautiful bull.....
I keep pondering a 243 for the 80ttsx. I don't currently have a platform I consider ideal for copper. 223 has the speed but I'm not hunting with a 50 or 55.I’m eyeing the CX 100 gr…
I am very impressed with the alloy that Hornady is using in their CX. I personally think it rivals about anything else monolithic in its class. I haven’t taken a deer with it yet, just because the opportunity hasn’t presented itself. But I have several friends that have. Impressed for sure!I keep pondering a 243 for the 80ttsx. I don't currently have a platform I consider ideal for copper. 223 has the speed but I'm not hunting with a 50 or 55.
Mulch. One of my favorite subjects.It's Mulch Morning here. Perfect cool morning for that. I do not like spreading mulch, but it has to be done. I plan on having everything complete by 2 PM and then finally getting out to the bench to reload some 38 Special that has been eluding me this week.
I also have to re-arrange my bench to make room for a small 11" Chromebook for reference and forums. That's going to require some thinking. Space is starting to get tight on the bench.
Have a great Friday gents.
Mulch. One of my favorite subjects.
Around here, shredded hardwood mulch is the primary mulch used. Much, if not most, of it comes from local oaks and hickories. Many of our oaks in the mid-Atlantic are dying from various diseases.
So the cycle is like this...take down a diseased tree, truck it to some lot, shred its bark and small limbs, throw in some artificial stain, spread it under healthy trees, then in a couple years, cut that tree down cause it's now diseased.
Regardless, lots of bad spores & other bad things in mulch--wear a mask. I know you won't, but think about it.
Mulch...nature's FCD.
When I had a .270 Win[Sako Finnbear], my load mirrored yours. Always worked. Hard to beat 150gr Hornady Interlock and H-4831.It's hard to make a bad choice in .270 bullets.... other than trying to turn the rifle into something it isn't, by using too hard/too long bullets. For the past 30 years I've used the same Hornady 150 grain Interlock Spirepoint with 59.0 grains of H-4831, to take a small menagerie of game from dik-dik to wild boar to red stag.
The .270 is favorite.
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Thank you for the info.Coffee break here. Mulch dumped. Now the hard part. Spreading and weeding.
I understand your point. About 5 years ago I spread pine bark mulch and one of my Blue Spruce trees got the dreaded Rhizosphaera needle cast . A nasty disease, also known as "Needle Drop". Only a few antifungal sprays cure it and I was too late with this knowledge to save the tree. Now I spray my trees with Ortho Shrub and Garden disease that contains chlorothalonil. One of the few antifungal sprays that actually stops the fungus in its tracks.
OK, back to work. Thanks for the heads-up.
.357Magnum. The Lehigh 140gr XP will drop a deer, pig or coyote at 50yds. Use their reloading tables. Remarkable damage but very controlled.I keep pondering a 243 for the 80ttsx. I don't currently have a platform I consider ideal for copper. 223 has the speed but I'm not hunting with a 50 or 55.