Recent content by Darkker

It's curious to me how many folks don't understand the digital world. Bots rule the online world, and they aren't your friend. If you don't want a good thing.ruined, don't leave them a breadcrumb trail. 😉

It's supply and demand. That IMR powder is made by General Dynamics in their Quebec plant. "The manufacturer" is General Dynamics, and they don't build powder for the reloader. All of the names that reloaders think they know, are simply surplus blenders and resellers. Hodgdon doesn't "buy" a...

Ruger's don't have an extractor groove like Mausers, they have standard barrels... All centerfire Ruger bolt action rifles, have the same thread spec, which is also the same as the Tikka T3. So, do you need to take your car to a "mechanic", in order to torque your lug nuts? Of course you...

Lester has had them for months.

The 'concept' doesn't square with reality, is why. Every company uses a slightly different alloy, so the weight can vary, regardless of volume. Some cases are balloon head, and some aren't; again that affects weight more than volume. Pretending that any random case that's lighter holds more...

I took the time to measure pressures in a rifle calibrated with 10 rounds of SAAMI reference ammo also. But that wasn't germane to the point being made about why case weight is a silly approximation for capacity. 😉 Cheers

I assume the 'less than max' comment is about accuracy nodes. It took me a while to learn, but now I can find multiple accurate nodes between min and max. Not always the accuracy I dream of; but notably more accurate than other loads. And yes, the stuffing of a case, is about velocity. Lots of...

I'm aware of how to measure volume, I'm not the one who used confused on what measurements tell you what. 😉 I also have the traces, showing the actual pressures of each. Which as I already said, were statistically no different. 🙂 Cheers

It does provide pressures for your barrel, that's what strain gauges do... The problems are always, that no one actually reads without looking for what they already want to believe; and they love getting lazy. Wanna know where to put the gauge? Read the SAAMI spec on gauge location, it's...

The honest answer, is that it depends. There's a couple things to remember about gunpowder, which so very few people are interested enough to learn (not a judgement, BTW). 1) Burning rates don't meant what you think, and are NOT linear. Burning rates found in any manual or online table, are...

As Boss Hoss said, weighing brass only tried you for much gravity it has; nothing to do with capacity. If you want to know something, measure it. Here's a perfect example, from pressure testing I was doing on a Creedmoor with LRP Vs. SRP. Lapua: Average weight - 165.1gr Largest spread - 0.5gr...

The Tikka T3 is the same 1*20TPI threads, as every Ruger bolt action built. So DIY re-barrels with a nut system is every bit as easy/common as any Savage is. Patriot valley,or Pacific Tool both stock barrel nuts, which take a standard 1-1/16" end wrench (Patriot) or AR armorer wrench. Cheers

Perhaps a bit technical, but some things to consider. QL is an estimation program, not a "here's how the world works" program. It appears, from actual pressure testing with a Pressure Trace II system calibrated with reference ammo. That hartmut gets(got?) anything he wanted from Groupe SNPE...

Your rifle may or may not like them, but as far as pressures go; there won't be any significant difference based on my testing with a PT. Cheers

...... Your want a stranger to tell you, what your rifle that he's never reloaded for; likes the best...??? Start at the starting load in your manual