Recent content by dale1386

I love my old savage 99 I borrowed my uncles for my first deer hunt in 1969 and a couple more old timers I knew hunted with Savage 99 and they always brought home the meat so I figured that was the gun to have so in 1975 I went to a gun show and bought my own 300 Savage model 99 takedown and...

I've got about 3 weeks till rifle deer season opens I may hold off on loading any cases till I search if there's going to be any gun shows close enough to drive to.

I don't have a chronograph or no way to check pressure I'll just have to inspect my fired cases. My load recipe that I've used for years using regular Winchester large rifle primers is 37gr of IMR 4895 pushing a 170gr Core-lok bullet. I've taken lots of bear hog and deer with that load and...

I'm needing to load up some 300 savage ammo for my old trusty Savage 99 takedown and I have but a very few large rifle primers and I've called around local and can't find any but I have several boxes of magnum primers that I have for my 270 wsm and my question is would it be ok to use those in...

I've got some very old CCI large rifle primers that i've been using through the years to load for my old savage 99 300 savage and i'm getting one every once in a while that just won't fire and it's not the firing pin spring its got a good strike on the primer and i've got several boxes of magnum...

Wish I could find some 8208xbr.

I live in WNC and have one local source for reloading stuff and today the shelves were pretty much bare. No powder of any kind no primers no .224 bullets no cases. Sad

Thanks Ross1147....like i said i dont care about speed this is a hog hunting load in my AR.. i looked at IMR load data and it gives recipes for all three but i wanted to go with actual shooters recommendations.

Midway got in some .224 Speer 70gr bullets last week so I ordered couple hundred pieces and today I went and tried to buy some Alliant power pro varmint powder (yeah right) finding 223 reloading components right now is dang near impossible so I have some IMR powder on hand so some of you guys...

Very interesting stuff there. Thank I reload a few hunting calibers that i shoot but the 223 reloading seems a little more complicated with the primer pocket issues with different brass mtg. I dont range shoot at all and actully just need to reload 223 for coyote and feral hogs and probably wont...

Lol...I just completed an order through Scheels for the RCBS AR series die set. I hope it works out and i can find primers. Any suggestions on a brand of 223 brass that forms good?

Thanks for the reply i'll be ordering brass if i can find it and also be looking at my local gun store which has 223 brass every once in a while which is range brass and i doubt its sorted so i might be better off buying the small base AR dies. My BCA AR has never screwed up with about 1000...

Watched a youtube video on loading 223 for AR's and the guy referred to his dies (rcbs) as 223 remington AR series dies. My question is if I'm going to load for my 223/5.56 wylde do I need to be shopping only for these small base AR series dies or any quality 223 dies? I have several Hornady...

Hi......I'm wanting to try some 150gr. TSX bullets in my old Savage model 99 lever action rifle and being this is an older caliber not much load data is available. I'm planning on using IMR 4064 powder which is pretty standard for this caliber but my concerns is C.O.L. the 300 Savage has a such...