Meplat vs RN vs HP

[sawinredneck]

Forster pilot shanks are .184

Larry Gibson

Thank you very much sure, I can make that work!

[runfiverun]

you got that whole front drive band to use.
that mimics the area of your throat/leade in front of the case mouth.
you seat so that angle that slopes down to the nose stops short of hitting steel.

I don't remember my average oal right now but it feeds from the magazine and chambers in all of my 308 rifles without a hitch.

[williamwaco]

This is a great thread.
It perfectly illustrates my occasionally expressed belief that any answer to any question about loading home grown ammo should begin with.

"It depends."

You have several responses here from several of the most experienced and (by me) respected members of the board. Not surprisingly expressing diametrically opposite opinions. And both opinions are correct. "it depends" on their personal experiences.

So! What do you do? Try both and see which you prefer.

[tdoyka]

This is a great thread.
It perfectly illustrates my occasionally expressed belief that any answer to any question about loading home grown ammo should begin with.

"It depends."

You have several responses here from several of the most experienced and (by me) respected members of the board.

i enjoy it to!!!


i use a hp in my 44mag and its a 250gr mihek hp. i use 7.0gr of unique in 44sp and it is a 40:1 boolit. i'm attempting to use a 9.0gr of unique(44mag) in a 280gr wfn.

i like to use fn too. i use fn for deer/black bear. i use them for 30-30, 30-40 krag, 444 marlin, 45-70 and the 500 linebaugh.

for shooting a 308 i'd use a 165gr ranch dog
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product...roducts_id=307

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/images/...GC)_Sketch.Jpg

[sawinredneck]

you got that whole front drive band to use.
that mimics the area of your throat/leade in front of the case mouth.
you seat so that angle that slopes down to the nose stops short of hitting steel.

I don't remember my average oal right now but it feeds from the magazine and chambers in all of my 308 rifles without a hitch.

I ask because I'm considering this mold, https://www.midwayusa.com/product/57...nose-gas-check it's in my budget and close to what you showed above. The same mold in RN I'm having to seat rather deep because it won't chamber due to the profile. I'm considering the NOE nose sizer but really not sure I need it with the reduced loads I'm using.
And yes, this has been a great thread, thank you all very much for the help and insight, I've learned a lot and hope to learn more.