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kr54: No tricks required. You need to size the case until it JUST allows the action to close with a healthy snap. This keeps the case from moving forward with the firing pin and extends case life....

I've done a lot of large caliber reloading, 400 Nitro Express, .416 Rigby and .458 WM. I have shot all 3 with full power loads, and don't particularly enjoy the recoil. All 3 of those calibers are...

All: The answer is yes, it can be done. Squeezing the case to the correct taper was easy, done in steps, with repeated lubing. Expanding the case mouth took a little more work. I ground and...

I just checked my 336 in 30-30, I paid $195 to a guy who needed the cash. It's a JM, although I just bought it because it was well priced. Didn't even haggle, it looks like it just came out of the...

I must be an anomaly. Just 2. An OLD Bonanza with the red hopper, and an OLDER RCBS Uniflow with the micrometer on the rotor. The Bonanza gets 99% of the use, it's crazy accurate but fussy to set.

Bryan Scott: Right now, Gamo Magnum.

Thanks to both of you for the responses. I figured I'd have to tune windage from short range and then fine tune the elevation as the range increased. I have a coupe of mid $ range scopes, likely...

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All: I took the plunge in a small way, picked up a Gamo Whisper Fusion spring rifle. It came with a scope which I'll use until it proves to be useless. The real question is how do you adjust the...

When Ruger launched the No. 1, it was love at first sight. In my eyes, the most perfect blend of style and utility since the 912 Porsche. I have about a dozen from .22-250 up to .458 Win. I also...

I've loaded Trail Boss in everything from .44 Mag up to and including .416 Rigby. Lots of fun to be able to shoot the big bores with cast lead and not get pounded. Just follow the Hodgdon...

Thanks all for the replies. I have a bunch of .300 WBY brass I picked up when I acquired the rifle years ago. The Weatherby headstamped brass is reserved for my use, The RP and Hornady brass will be...

I'll chime in here as an interested but non-participant. If you waited until the post-Obama years to stock up on powder and primers, it's all on you. The handwriting was there in bold type if you...

pergoman, you have a PM. :-)

The WBY cases are larger at the shoulder, and a bit longer than required. I was planning on trying to form enough of the case (without the decapping stem) to fireform and then trim to length. Has...

Find a .375 JDJ barrel. They're not hard to find, as a lot of people don't really like the Newtonian First Law thingy. :-)

Lots of fun with TrailBoss powder, up to full, fire-breathing,...

I've got the .450NE in a No. 1 and shoot Trailboss loads. I have a Lee mold but since I haven't had time to cast my own, I ordered a bunch of Big Lube cast bullets from Mark Whyte at
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My suspicion on felt recoil is that the BP event duration creates the impression of a larger thump than with SP, even though the G-forces applied to your shoulder are roughly equvalent. The math...

For Hogpost:

The mass of ejecta, burned or unburned is equal. Mass of gas or mass of unburned BP is the same regardless of state. The only way to increase the mass of the ejecta is to add mass...

+2 on Trailboss. Why mess with anything else? :bigsmyl2:

Hi AkMike: How's that brass workin' out? You're going to fall in love with the NE, it's a real sweet caliber. Brass prices aren't too friendly but they should last forever.

One of the reasons...

Thanks John!

I have one and it is a ton of fun to shoot. With Trailboss and 400 grain gas-checked bullets, at 25 yards groups are a single ragged hole. With open sights. With full power loads, well, recoil is...

This would just be for gas-checked cast loads. Thanks for the assist.

The title says it all. I have a .450 Nitro Express (3-1/4) and .458 WM, both in Ruger No. 1 rifles. I was wondering if anyone here had any experience loading these cartidges with black powder, and...