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Sorry for the long post but I’m trying to give a little background. I have a Savage 10BA in 308. This rifle was my first ever precision rifle and has served me well for the past 12 years. Over its lifetime it has been re-barreled 2 times by me with the last being about 3 years ago. It was fed a...

I just received my new to me Magma 45-285-FP-FB I cast 200 bullets with wheel weight lead and powdercoated them. They passed the smash test with flying colors. I also have a Star Lube Sizer with a .452" sizing die. I am sizing the powder coated bullets I would like to shoot them out of my S&W...

There is another thread titled 6.5CM Reloading Startup Cost. The OP posted what it cost his grandson to get setup for reloading 6.5CM I won't argue the price of components because they are consumables. The point I am trying to make is that you can make accurate ammo without a huge budget. I...

Nearly 2 years ago I 3D printed a base and pin that will reduce the travel required to about 50% when sizing shorter brass. I used it today to size and load 100 pieces of 44 Magnum. I don't know why I never posted it before. It is not an original idea, someone makes a metal version and sells it...

I dropped the wrong die down on the middle case in this pic. It’s a 338 Lapua case. If it chambers do you think it can be fire formed back to a useful case? I don’t think there is any harm in trying. I know it’s only 1 piece of brass but my OCD hates uneven numbers. Your thoughts.

I found a deal that I couldn’t pass up a couple of years ago during the lockdowns. A Savage 110BA in .338 Lapua Magnum for $1200 CAD which is roughly $900 USD. It had 10 rounds through it. The seller gave me the box with 10 rounds of Hornady 285 ELDM remaining in it. Those 10 rounds were used...

I load on a Forster Co-Ax and am currently using Redding Bushing Competition Neck Dies on all my precision calibers. I currently measure the outside diameter of a loaded round and subtract 0.002” for the bushing dimension. Would there be any advantage to using expander mandrels 0.002” below...

I will be driving to the Nashville Tennessee area later this month. I have a shooting clinic/competition I will be attending on the first weekend of my vacation so my 6.5CM will be making the trip with me. I will be crossing the border in Buffalo Ny and making my way across to Cleveland Oh then...

I didn’t specifically start out trying to build a rifle with all Canadian parts but here we are. I happened upon this Gen 2 Ultimatum Deadline barreled action in the EE section of a Canadian Gun Forum. The machinework on this action is excellent with not a single sharp corner. It is a 3 lug 60...

Went to the range today to test out a couple of loads for my 308 and my 6.5 Creedmoor. The .308 is a Savage 10BA with an IBI 26” 1-10” twist 5R barrel. I was testing out Berger 185 Juggernauts with 43.5, 43.7, and 43.9 gr of Varget. These are way over book max so please don’t use my load data...

It looks like someone had a bad day. It’s puzzling because if the cartridge blew up it wouldn’t blow the fragment inwards. Secondly if it was the adjacent cartridge that blew up it wouldn’t have a firing pin strike. If someone just shot at the casing the rim wouldn’t look like it was being torn...

TLDR: one bullet went at least 24” higher than the rest at 500M. Trying to figure out why I was at a precision rifle clinic/competition this weekend. During the competition at the 500 m line I fired my two sighters which were about 12cm left from the V-bull. The scoring is 4,5, V-bull It is...

For the TLDR crowd HK SL8-5 won't shoot. I'm trying to remedy that. I've been reloading for around 13 years now. I jumped in with both feet from the beginning and haven't looked back. The first 2 guns I purchased were a Springfield Armory 1911 Stainless Loaded and a Norinco CQ-A Carbine (AR-15)...

I’ve come to a point where I want a bipod on every rifle that needs one. This year I began purchasing quite a few bipods. On all my rimfire rifles I decided to stick with the Harris S-BRM with the addition of a pod lock to lock the swivel. These are the notched leg 6”-9”. On my precision...

Anyone else here print 3D gun related items? I’ve also printed a bunch of reloading stuff including 2 bullet feeders. I printed 2 bolt holders, chamber flags and single load adapters for my 457’s There are lots of existing designs on Thingiverse. The chamber flags weee an adaptation of the...

I was loading some 308 this past weekend and was running low on projectiles. I started cleaning up the reloading room and just ran across a fresh case of 1600 Hornady 178 BTHP. Looking back through my records I bought them at the start of the current panic.

With the factory barrel on my Savage 10BA I was shooting 2625 fps loading 44.1gr of Varget over a 175SMK WITH BR-2 primers in Lapua brass. This is well above the Sierra manual 41.7gr 2500fps. It was good enough for 600M which is the longest distance we shoot. I will add that I got 4,700 rounds...

I finally found a 10/22 Target which has the hammer forged barrel. I’ve been searching for this rifle for a long time. I hope it lives up to my expectations. It is my first 10/22 and also my first semi auto 22 so I’m looking for some ammo recommendations. It will be used from the bench for...

Is anyone using this powder instead of Varget or RL-15? Any comments on it yet?

My friend purchased a Remington 700 XCR II from a hunting buddy of his a couple of years ago in 300RUM. It came with 50 completed handloads and 50 pieces of twice fired brass. Last year he fired 5 rounds from it and found that the bolt lift was extremely difficult (I didn't know this at the...