Plenty of great suggestions here. The cci quiet in a bolt gun is likely the cheapest option if you have the rifle and can find the ammo. I'd recommend getting the segmented hp if possible, gives you...
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Forum: AirGuns
Plenty of great suggestions here. The cci quiet in a bolt gun is likely the cheapest option if you have the rifle and can find the ammo. I'd recommend getting the segmented hp if possible, gives you...
Forum: Helping Hands
Never used a grunt call but have been curious about trying. I'll take one if it's still available.
Forum: Our Town
Maybe Myxomatosis? Apparently American cottontails don't show visible symptoms as often as their European counterparts. I've seen some while hunting that look perfectly healthy but upon closer...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Thanks for the input guys. I guess I'll stick to DT for now. I was really just looking for an excuse to buy an air compressor but I guess I'll fatten the piggy bank for some other toy.
Forum: Helping Hands
Amazing, thank you! I didn't even know this was an option.
Forum: Helping Hands
Anybody have a field gauge or set of go/no go gauges they could let me use? I wan't to check out my new build but I can't afford $100 to buy a set especially since they will only be used once. I'm...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Thanks for the tips guys. I do have a single calibration weight, but not incremental weights, and I do check zero and reference weight often.
Is there a particular upgrade you would recommend for...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Also, I guess I could have been clearer, I wasn't talking about trickling a charge but dropping a charge into a powder pan and then putting that on the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
If I'm reloading varmint loads or something for long range I weight every charge and I've noticed my scale has a habit of bouncing between +/- 0.1gr for a given weight. For example I can drop a...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've tried searching for this and couldn't find anything, so sorry if it has been covered already.
I'm new to casting and have been PCing for 9mm and 300BO using shake and bake with good results....
Started casting just a few months ago after building a 300BO and realizing that 30 round mags and $0.30+ per bullet wasn't gonna work for me. Bought the Lee TL309-230-5R on midway and shortly after...
Let me know how that goes. I was wondering if smoking the mold might have a similar effect some I've heard smoked molds drop smaller boolits. Either would be an easy fix.
That's the key right there. Trying to avoid the extra step if I can.
Just curious, do you PC or use standard lube? How deep do you seat them?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
This question is mainly directed at rifle loads relative to pressure levels for cycling ARs, especially with short barrels, but also a consideration for accuracy relative to optimal barrel time.
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Nice shooting. The NOE 247 is a good boolit, it just doesn't seem to play nice with autoloaders. But now you've got me thinking. I've got the RAR in 556. For the cost of a couple new molds I could...
Good call. Might have to start filling up the piggy bank so I can give one a try.
I've thought about that but I'm hesitant to take the leap. Don't want to end up with a useless barrel and AND and bunch of boolits I can't shoot. The NOE boolits shoot ok despite getting dinged up on...
Also interested in what people are casting for heavy subsonic boolits. The NOE 311-230 and 311-247 both have such fat noses they scrape when chambering, especially if PCed. The lee mold is good if...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
How bout that. Fellow Newbie here and I was just about to post this same question. I've been reading around and have seen a number of different ways of alloying Sb. Some suggest premelting with a...
Forum: AirGuns
Slightly off topic but since JSBs were mentioned, they tend to shoot better (they do in my disco) because they are more uniform but also because they are made from a softer alloy so even if the skirt...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I measured the spring and it was within spec, don't remember exact measurment. I haven't measured the tube but I will next time I'm tinkering.
Forum: Factory Rifles
Thanks for the feedback guys. As far as I know pistol length gas is meant to be run with carbine buffer setup. Most guys actually run H2 buffers with a suppressor even with an adjustable gas block so...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've got an Axis in 30-06 and 6.5 creedmoor, and a Ruger Am Ranch in 556. Sadly I haven't had a chance to shoot the 6.5 yet, but the 06 is a MOA gun with factory deer loads and easily .5 MOA with...
Forum: Factory Rifles
I've not shot cast in my RAR but I've had no issues with 55gr vmax (sub moa if I do my part). Since its chambered in 556 it does shoot better with the bullets seated long. 1-8" does favor heavier...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |