Recent content by Bigaldepr

Yea every zone in Colorado is over 100% of the average and March typically has the most snow. Sad to see, I hope they find food and cover.

I have a 1:9" /w 26" barrel for my 7mmRM and happy with the results. I shoot 160 Partition ($$) hunting and 168 ABLR ($) target. The Berger stability calculator still shows good stability at 180. My woods hunting rifle is 1:9.5" and that shoots the 168 1 MOA out to 200 yards. After 26" I think...

My hunting 7mm RM shoots the Remington CoreLokt 150 grain 1 MOA or better but Winchester X is all over the place. But that's my rifle. I suggest you test and see which factory load works best in your rifle. Now I reload everything I shoot rifle wise.

Your post inspired me to do it right. After trying other methods to measure the CBTO without repeatable results I purchased a LnL bullet comparator and gauge. Like I said in my earlier post there will always be some variability. I used three bullets in one case, rotating between the three with...

I have a CA Mesa LR in 7mm RM. I am very satisfied, it shoots Nosler 168 grn. ABLR fast and straight. I did have one minor issue that was quickly and easily resolved with customer support.

If it doesn't fit stop. Forcing something never makes it better and often a whole lot worse.

I have installed two Timney triggers, one is a two stage on my Tikka varmint rifle and one single stage on my Weatherby Vanguard woods range hunting rifle. The old Vanguard had a two position safety, the new Timney is three position that lets me remove the bolt with the safety on. Very pleased...

When I started reloading I used H4831 in 7mm RM but didn't shoot as well as CoreLokt factory. Went to H1000 and it shot like a different gun. Last weekend I drove across town to buy the last two pounds I could find locally cause everybody else was out. Based on the comments I will try Retumbo in...

I bought some Lapua cases that were annealed just like that.

If the primer is above flush your problem is not the COAL, you need to find out why and fix it. The primer always needs to be slightly below flush.

Although you cannot eliminate variations completely, Nosler sells a seating plug for the RCBS made specifically to fit the Accubond LR ogive. They also have a video showing polishing the plug on a bullet to get the best seating.

You can't because it is impossible. All processes are subject to random errors or deviations as well as actual failures. What you can do is to use statistical process control to determine which of the member's recommendations actually improve your process and detect when you have a problem. It...

My local gun range received a bad review online for not selling a gun to a walk in customer after it was evident to the sales representative that he knew nothing about guns and had absolutely no interest in educating himself. His review stated he went to a big chain sporting goods store and...

I use the Tesso TJS-20 Precision jewelry scale from Amazon for $30. It is very accurate and repeatable. I load to +/- 0.02 grains which is essentially one stick of H1000. The cup is too small so I use the cup from a bottle of Nyquil. I put the 10 gram weight on the scale it reads 154.32 grains...

Energy is equal to 1/2 mass times the velocity squared. If the weight is in grains and velocity is in fps. Energy is 0.00000222 times the bullet weight times the velocity squared. E=0.00000222 X weight(grns.) X V^2(fps).