Recent content by hydeslinger

I am shooting a #1 in a K-Hornet. I have read that Hornday makes really good brass. My #1 shoots really well when fire forming, so I have been purchasing the Hornady Varmint Express as my chosen load to fire form into the K-Hornet. I sat down last week because I have about 200 rounds of fresh...

I did look at a just fired brass and the case stretch was negligible to not existent. Maybe 1/2 thousand but my mic does not go that low accurately. The shinny ring is another issue. That is what started the post.. Oh well back to the drawing board. I still have a few weeks before my annual E...

Another interesting thought is this.. I used the Chronograph for the first time the day I clocked the 3550 from the Bee. I was also shooting 222 Remington, the book said 3000(ish)fps with the chosen load in the 222. I was clocking 3250. Could be that the Chronograph is giving false #s. But, I...

Thanks for the info.. Kind of troubling ?? But am I going to cause a problem shooting a Ruger #1 at that pressure? does 4k in overpressure = a big issue, I am not really familiar?

"game" you are right about being over.. But, on the Hodgdon side they list 14g as the max using that bullet/powder combo.. I don't know the percentage but I know that a full grain from 14 to 15 is a fair amount, but... ??

15 grains Hodg Lil Gun at 1.820 Very light Crimp with Lee Crimp die. Sierra 40 grains Blitz King. It is based on a load from the nest but I did not get great accuracy at 14 so I worked up slowly to 15 grains, my accuracy really starts at 14.5 so I could back down to that and be happy with...

Arch, it's my uncle’s gun.. His brother bought it new in the mid 70's. Remington 700 BDL Varminter. My uncle was given a Stilh 035 chainsaw for Fathers Day in the early 90's or late 80's. His brother really wanted the chain saw so a trade was made. BTW, wife of the current owner is still sore...

I will get that info.. I have everything except the actual bullet length. Let me see is Sierra post that somewhere. Its a Sierra BK. Thanks in advance.

I am loading for my 218 Bee, in a Ruger #1. I am using 40 grain SBK and Lil Gun powder with Rem 6 1/2 Primer new WW Brass. Here is the question: I am pushing the load using up to 15 grains of Lil Gun. My groups seemed to get tighter and tighter as I got higher in the pressure range. At 15...

GLOOB, good point. The issue was I was given a zip lock bag of brass. Some was new as we had just shot it. Some of the brass came out of the small cardboard box with a load using BLC-2 and dated 1978. IE: it was a reload in 78. My family member does not shoot all that much and with life...

rcmodel, I see the problem. I only have the FL dies screwed down to touch the shell plate when the ram is fully extended. Good to know!! I do not have the seater die to far down so I am not roll crimping upon seating. Question: once I have all the brass resized with the FL die, should I be...

I am in the process of reloading a Rem 222 for a family member. I am using their brass and some that I have found in various places including Ebay. (can't verify how many times they have been loaded). All the brass was ran through a new RCBS FL die, trimmed to "trim length" tumbled, sonic...

Here is the question.. I am looking at 2 different bullets one is a 25-grain Vmax and on is the same brand/weight, but a Hollow Point. The Hodgdon site only lists the 25 grain HP load data, but I want to use the 25g Vmax. Can I use the load data provided for the HP, for the Vmax?? The reason...

I will give the Ram Shot a try. I have used the X-Terminator and I really like the way it meters in the powder thrower, seems to be a pretty good propellant. Thanks for the correction on crimping. I will not!!

I purchased several bags of Win 218 Bee brass when it was available last year. I have resized 1 bag and have noticed of the 100 pcs 4-5 were not correct, IE: the neck/throat was not square, and the incorrect pcs were several .001s longer then the others. I had to trim for length square the...