7gr titewad in 30-30 and plain based 165 gr boolit. Great for plinking out to 50 yards.
Type: Posts; User: highbrow
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
7gr titewad in 30-30 and plain based 165 gr boolit. Great for plinking out to 50 yards.
Forum: Cast Boolits
been sitting at home with a mild case of Rona. Biggest issue is the loss of smell. Have been reloading a bunch of reduced loads in a variety of cartridges. Started with 223 then moved on to 22-250,...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
A couple years ago I got on a 30-30 reloading kick. Had a bunch of 150 and 170 gr bullets from RMR. Using 35 gr 748, I loaded about a thousand. Very good load and the bullets were cheap enough that...
I am mostly a lurker here. Recently have become semi retired and have the time to experiment with light loads. Have been using 5 gr Titewad under 165 gr plain based boolit in 30-30 in my M94 carbine....
Forum: Military Rifles
I picked up an ATI poly lower about 6 month ago. 600rounds through it so far with no problems, but I did not throw it down the driveway.
Forum: Military Rifles
Winchester has a good reputation for consistency. In High Power matches, we reserve it for longer ranges (600-800 yards). Have used Remington and Federal when I couldn't get Win, and they were fine....
Forum: Military Rifles
Bassett is a great mount. Just make sure to degrease the mounting hole and the screw. Works very well on my Supermatch.
Forum: Military Rifles
Very common with Mosins. When you pull the trigger, watch the bolt, it moves up and down. Mosin bolts can be stiff, some times needs a good chamber cleaning, many times they just need to be "bitch...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
"The Load" is supposed to be 13gr Red Dot. Need to get me some.:drinks: I think this is for GC only.
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
It's not an accident if the results are predictable.[smilie=b: Ask me how I know this.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Do not go much below recommended starting loads with 4350 or 4831, as there have been reports in the past of a phenomenon called detonation with markedly reduced loads of slow burning powder. For...
Forum: Military Rifles
Get a Darrell's mount and be happy. Easy to install and stay tight.
Forum: Hunting with CB's
When my son started hunting at age 12, I started him with a .308 single shot with 125gr speer sps over 21gr 2400. Very mild, and he got his first deer, a doe, at 100yds, with it. Only ran about 75...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
Just joined the forum last week. Got into shooting cast lead a few years ago as a way to make reduced .308 loads for my 12 yo son. This last weekend I loaded a couple dozen 30-06 and .308 castlead...
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 |