Recent content by el matador

ButterBean, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Nor do I care. I'm going to take the advice in your signature though. Over and out.

Having a different opinion doesn't make you ignorant. If you like their products and they work well for you that's great. I've used a few of their dies in the past and found them to be pretty useless for precision handloading. When a sizing die is .010" under the SAAMI max case dimension it...

Hornady is a manufacturer of budget, entry-level reloading equipment. Not a source I'd recommend for precision reloading information (or equipment). You say bottoming out on the shell holder is for "the inexperienced". LOL. Some of the most experienced and skilled shooters in the world use...

Having firm contact with the shell holder ensures that each case will be sized exactly the same amount. Apparently Whidden doesn't think this is necessary and they're not the only ones. A reloading press is made of steel and iron which are elastic materials. It will flex. So if one case...

I load for my buddy's 375 Cheytac. It weighs 24 lbs and has a muzzle brake the size of a Red Bull can. The 375 caliber is not very popular for hunting at long range because you really need a heavy gun to manage the recoil of high-BC bullets. 338s are more common since a 300 grain bullet has...

Kinda depends on what you consider long range. The 300 grain Accubond would be pretty good out to 600-700 yards and loading data is pretty easy to come across. H1000 or H4831 should work for that. Heavier bullets are mostly going to be of the monolithic variety but you do have the 350 SMK and...

Having owned a 338 Win Mag without a muzzle brake I can tell you something about the recoil. It is stiff. There is a pretty noticeable difference between 225 and 250 grain bullets. Looking at the ballistics you won't gain much by using a 250 in this cartridge. By the time the higher BC...

I size all my brass on the progressive, then clean them in the tumbler to remove case lube. I trim with a WFT, chamfer/debur, and hand prime. Then into a 50 round loading block they go where I throw all powder charges from a powder measure. By tapping the handle firmly and consistently (twice...

For me the effective range is based on 2 things: Minimum expansion velocity for the bullet I'm using, and my ability to shoot a particular gun/cartridge accurately. I like at least 2000 fps as a general rule, so with the 338 WM that will be between 700-800 yards with a good 225-250 grain...

Don't be afraid to try a 120 grain bullet in your 7 mag. Out to 500 yards they do really well. But since you said cost of ammo and recoil are not big concerns I'd love to see you shooting a 30-378. 150 grain bullets at 3600+ will shoot pretty flat.

Best choice if you want factory ammo is gonna be a 270 or 7mm magnum of some sort. 270 WSM or 7mm Rem Mag would be my choice. Might not break 3300 fps but you'll come close in a 26" barrel. There are some .264 calibers out there that will hit your performance goals with factory ammo. I'm not...

And what if you guess he's at 350 but in reality its 400? You'll have him missed or wounded about the same time I'm getting an accurate range.

Laser beams actually don't have any drop at 680 yards :D I prefer the 200 yard zero because it keeps me within roughly 2" at any distance I can reasonably estimate without tools. That distance being about 200 yards and under. For longer shots I'm going to range it and its easy to make an...

I've gone 3-4 grains over book max in my rifle with RL15 using Winchester brass. Other brands may not have as much capacity, especially Federal. I ran one test using the same load of RL15 behind a 150 grain ELD-X and the Federal brass was giving me +100 FPS compared to the Winchester. So I...

280 Ackley is probably your best option. Nothing else on a standard bolt face will give you that combination of performance and availability of components/dies. This cartridge is very efficient and can be loaded down to 7mm-08 velocities quite easily for target practice.