Recent content by Funshooter45

Same thought I've always had on the bushings. I sorta timed it the other day and it took me about 5 seconds to spin a die out and another 5 or 6 seconds to spin a new one in. If you pay attention to what you're doing, the O-ring or set screw will keep the lock ring in the same place so it will...

I think it's a great little press to start with. I started with one and still have it. I eventually wound up with a Classic Turrret for my pistol needs and a Redding Big Boss2 for rifle, just because I got a steal of a deal on that one. I still have the Challenger sitting there waiting for...

Actually, I have to go along with the bullet choices listed there by Hodgdon. I assume this is still for your 270 right? I have used a lot of the new fangled hi tech bullets and some of them work well. But I have always gotten very reliable results from those spire point bullets from Hornady...

I just received my Lyman dies for 300 Savage and I'm eager to get going. I was recently gifted a beautiful Savage model 99 in 300 Savage. I bought one box of Remington ammo just to see how it shot while waiting for dies. It's a very fun rifle to shoot. It's interesting to look at the case...

W-231 has an extremely broad load range for 44 mag. I have loaded some real creampuff loads with it all the way up to nearly 1100 fps. But the one that I prefer now is Universal. It is excellent in that mid range around 1000 fps or so.

Well, that's true. But you would look pretty ridiculous toting all your stuff along the highway if you chose to walk to the range. :)

This is an entertaining thread. :) I have never tumbled loaded ammo just because I never felt the need to do so. But now... Well, what can I say? I'm just going to HAVE to go tumble some of my loaded ammo. Why? I guess I'm just addicted to danger ya know? Living on the edge...

You have done very well indeed. As Jeeping said so well, when you get to 1/2" groups with a stock rifle, there might not be a whole lot left to accomplish. If I were you, I would take the distance out to 200 yds and try shooting 5 shot groups and see what you see. Sometimes the results at 100...

Well, your friend didn't say to bring powder. Maybe he has some on hand that he's going to use. But for me, I got very good results with Varget. Then I switched to RL-15 and got even better results.

I use the Possum Hollow a lot for trimming. I also have a Wilson trimmer for calibers not available for the Possum Hollow. Obviously, if your shoulder is not consistent, then the OAL of your brass will not be consistent when using a trimmer that indexes off the shoulder. The solution is to...

I like to use 255 gr hard cast SWC Keith-type bullets for .45 Colt. You can push them up to about 925-940 fps in a pistol without getting into the higher pressures, so I believe you will get over your 1000 fps goal in a rifle and still be in the original safe zone for the original cartridge...

It's hard to know. I have seen a few squib results. One time I was shooting with a buddy who was shooting some reloads he got when he bought a S&W 629 44 mag. He noticed one round didn't sound right, like it was a primer only. We checked the barrel and it was clear. About 10 shots later...

This whole idea is one of those things that some benchrest shooters do for optimal accuracy, so regular shooters figured it must be the thing to do also. Benchrest shooters will often jam the bullet into the lands, or just barely touch the lands, or back off 0.010" the lands, or whatever they...

No. You seat the bullet to whatever OAL you are trying to get to. The cannelure on rifle bullets is immaterial for most of us unless it is one of those rare occasions when you are trying to crimp.

Yeah, Alliant does it different than Hodgdon for load data. Alliant gives only their MAX load. It is up to you to know that the usual starting load is 10% less than that. So, if they give a maz of 46.0 gr of RL-15, the normal starting load would be 41.4 gr.