Recent content by dennymac

Good afternoon. If I may be so bold, I suggest that the barrel, action, stock, bedding, and sighting system would be the most important things in determining group size. Followed closely by your shooting position and physical abilities. If you are using an old Savage lever action .308 rifle, you...

Did you crimp the loaded rounds? Crimping rounds is the single most action that is responsible for bottle-necked reloads not fitting into the chamber. If you crimp too hard, or the case is too long you will bulge the neck and it won't fit. Stop crimping the rounds. Also, feel free to drop a...

Hard to close bolt Good evening. Your loaded round may be jamming the bullet into the lands, as in your bullet sticks out too far. Your chamber neck may be too tight for the loaded round. When the bullet is inserted into the case the neck will swell a bit. Color the bullet and the neck of a...

Cartridge length for .223 Good afternoon. The maximum cartridge length of the .223 round is 2.26 inches. I load to 2.25 to make certain that it works in most magazines. If your round COAL will not load at 2.20 inches, your chamber throat is too short. Professional help is advised. DennyMac

Grandpa story Contact Dillon and get the follow-up story that goes with it. Almost makes it worth while to read it. DennyMac

Cartridge OAL Greetings. Headspace has nothing to do with the overall length of a loaded round. The OAL is used to determine if the round will fit into the magazine or not. The throat on my Ruger M77 in .308 is so long that I cannot seat a 175 grain bullet out to touch the lands. So, I seat...

Hearing protection Good afternoon. I use ear covers with a NRR of 30dB. They work just fine, outdoors all of the time and indoors some of the time. Use ear plugs and ear covers for the best noise reduction. And, start off with at least 28dB NRR. Peltor makes 32dB NRR ear covers as well. You...

Use a Spacer Howdy. If you are considering cutting a taper in the rear of the rings to match the scope, I am assuming that you have access to machines and have some talent. However, an easier solution would be to measure the gap between the front ring and the turrets. Make a split spacer ring...

Spotting scopes Good afternoon. Optics is one place where you WILL get EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY FOR!! If you pay for crap, read that as CHEAP, you get crap. The Konus 20X-60X scopes are medium in price and quality. Buying a spotting scope is like buying a bench vise. Always get at least one size...

Money VS Time, for better groups Greetings and salutations. First, what caliber are you shooting that needs better groups? What size groups are you getting now? And, what position are you trying to use to get better groups? You can get better groups from the offhand position by using a...

Go to Camp Perry, shoot the CMP matches, shoot the NRA matches, shoot everything that you can get ammo for. Have a great time. Meet interesting people, and a few that you might want to forget. You are always among friends at Camp Perry. Which is unusual for a Yankee place. OK, OK, The War...

Sizer/Lubricator heater Good morning. If you use one of the Lyman style sizer/lubricators in any weather that is close to chilly, you will need a heater. Lyman sells one that runs on house current and bolts to the bench underneath the sizer/lubricator. You will also find that you will want...

It is funny, read as sad, that some folks think that they have to get the absolute highest velocity out of everything that they shoot. I wonder, do these folks drive their automobiles at absolute full throttle everywhere they go? Guys, some of us learned a long time ago, that if you go looking...

Automatic weapons in the US I don't know how many OTHER folks have. But, I have exactly ONE. So far. DennyMac

2700 pistol match Good afternoon. The 2700 is a single match. It is fired with up to 3 different handguns. 90 rounds from a .22 LR, 90 rounds from any center fire, and 90 rounds from the .45 ACP equals 270 rounds. 270 rounds equals a possible 2700 points. 2700 Bulls Eye Match. Best of...