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My bil is shooting Hornady 7mm Rem Mag 139 gr interlock American Whitetail ammo. He stated a small hole goes in and a small hole out. I think he's used to a 30.06 leaving a big hole out. He wants a bigger hole out. I'm thinking he should go up to about 160gr bullet. Deer are mostly shot around...

I'm looking at picking up one of these. Read a bunch of reviews and most like it but several can not seam to get the drops correct. Any thoughts and what powders is it dropping for you. Powders I currently use. H4350 Varget Imr 3031 Imr 4350 Imr 4831

I'm loading up some Hornady V-MAX .243 87 grain bullets. Using a Lee 243 WSSM seating die. The plastic tip is pulling off and remaining in the die. I've used this die with other ballistic tips but not these 87 grain V-MAX's. Any idea on how to resolve this? Loading on a Lee classic turret.

I've adjusted my dies for other rifles for minimal headspace. I just picked up a new Tikka T3 Hunter in .270. Only have 8 shots through it. When using the spent case the bolt feels so smooth I'm not sure if I'm feeling it close on the case. I had the firing pin removed when trying to feel...

I have a Simmons Whitetail scope on a Remington 700. The base is a Leupold 1 piece. I can't slide the scope back far enough for proper eye relief. Any suggestions on a new base?

I have a Lee classic turret and am just not happy with the auto disc powder measurer. What's a good replacement for it?

I've been thinking about picking up a Savage 10/110 Trophy Hunter. I want a wood stock on this rifle. Any others I should look at? It will be my primary hunting gun. The savage would run about $650. My limit would be about $800.

I'm loading up some 243 wssm. Per the hodgdon site specs. FC Case - brand new - resized Sierra 100 gr spitzer boatails Varget power 34.0-36.6 grains The spec says 2.300" C.O.L. My problem is that length is too long for my rifle. At 2.300" the bolt will not close and I can see marks on...

So I just picked up a new Windham WW-15 yesterday. Never fired one before but looking forward to having some fun shooting it. It's a 1-9 twist. So now I need to find ammo but I can wait for prices to come back down. What ammo brand do you recommend? Just an fyi, I will save the cases to...

Do you clean your shot shells before reloading? If so, what is your method?

I'm just starting reloading for my 30-06. Reloaded for .243 and .243 wssm previously. I'm using a Lee classic turret. From Hornady 8th edition it lists the C.O.L. at 3.210" for the 165 SST. I loaded a few with no powder to set my dies. When I loaded to the C.O.L. of 3.210" the end of the...

I'm trying to decide what my next shotgun will be. I'm looking for a semi-auto. Most of the time it would be used for shooting clays. I'd like to get something that would also do well for hunting dove and possibly turkey. Looking to keep the cost under $1800. What would you recommend and why...

I'm looking to find out how many fires the reloaders are getting out of their brass. Are you reloading the nickel plated or brass cases? What caliber are you shooting? What is the load like pressure wise? Wondering if I should pick up more unfired brass now or wait and see how my reloads do.

Have to say thanks to everyone that answered my questions. Shot my first reloads yesterday with my sons. Even got one of my boys to help with a few during the reloading process. 243 243 wssm

I'm loading a 243 win. with Sierra 85 gn hpbt. I was using the coal from the Lyman 49th at 2.615" Today I stopped in Cabelas and picked up a Sierra book. When I opened it up to the same 85 gn hpbt is gave a 2.650" length. I'm just trying to understand a few things. The 2.615 would be...

Two questions for you all. I'm using a Lee classic Turret with pacesetter dies including the factory crimp. .243 win, rem brass, full length resized, length checked and trimmed if needed. Chamfer and deburred. After seating the bullet i'm seeing small shavings of copper from the bullet...

I'm currently have H4350 powder and Sierra .243 85 grain HPBT bullets. The Hodgdon data shows an 85 grain Barnes TSX bullet with data using H4350 (col 2.620 starting load 37.3 grains, vel 2972, 49600 psi). Can you substitute bullets if the weight is the same?

These are .30-06 shells. They have been in a ziplock bag for 5-10 years. All are once fired. Shells were tumbled for an hour to clean them up. I set up the press to resize and decap today. Lubed with One Shot case lube. The 3rd shell got stuck in my die. Ended up tearing up the die with my...

Newbie ? I am just starting to reload. I full sized these last night. All .243 brass from Remington and Federal. I sized the Remington first and did not notice the marks left. When I sized the Federal brass is noticed it. Picked out one from each brand today that seemed to look the most obvious...