Recent content by DustThroughaFan

I hear you on the distance. Here in my corner of se Texas, a long shot is 200 and its not that common. And a 150 is plenty adequate for the size of the critters here. Most of the time though I shoot a 215. Just to make sure I've got enough bullet for the job. 😂

I've got a few 168 smk's laying around, and I have debated trying them. Ordered a box of berger 155.5's yesterday. Why not try both ?

Several reccomendations for h4350. I think I have some imr. Never used the hogdgon variety.

I know, I know. I'm not planning on shooting a lot of them. I've just got a specific task in mind and I want fast and flat. And recoil is almost nothing in this rifle with 150's. It weighs 15lbs and sports a pretty effective brake. Spotting impacts is my main concern. 150's running in the...

Didn't see a dedicated thread for load data. What's everybody's favorite powder for 150's out of a 300 ?

No, I've actually never shot hammers. Heard good things but never tried them. I'm actually not even sure how I ended up in this thread lol. I guess I wasn't paying attention. Sorry about the long post totally unrelated to the main topic.

I tried varget. I ended up at 45gr, which is about the norm for that combo. I loaded up to 48gr and really didn't see that much return on investment. 47gr was actually faster than 48 by 37 fps. I may revisit it with 155's. Anybody got a favorite recipe to share ? I loaded 178 eld-m's this time...

I guess I'll have to hunt down some 175 tmk's. I've always preferred the 165-168 for my 308's since mine are 16 and 20 inch barrels, but I want a bullet that's well suited to effective terminal performance and shooting at distance. The 168eldm seems to do well for most people but I haven't...

I always said if I built a quarter bore it would be a 257 Weatherby. The speeds y'all are posting is really making me want to do it again. What about a 257 weatherby AI ? I never have liked that double radius. A past friend of mine improved a couple of the big Weatherby cases and man did they...

Nice. I ordered some of tge hybrid cases from American reloading. I'm going to lean on them a little and see what a 308 will do.

Barrel length ?

I wonder what a barrel with the correct twist rate for the lighter bullet would do for them? Say a winmag or a rum with a 14 twist. It'd be a one trick pony at thst point but it would be fast.

They're rarely in stock anywhere though. I've recently discovered the 77 tmk. That's a fine little bullet.

That's cruising out of a 16" Factory tube or custom ? Haven't chrono'd that load out of my 20" lilja but my 16" chrome lined MWS runs it right at 2,550. And loves it. That's been consistently good ammo for me.

My 700 LTR. I found it used at a local gun shop almost twenty years ago now. Only thing I changed was the stock. I put it in the hs police stock that it's in now. It always loved 168GMM. This group was right after putting the rifle back together. I had robbed the bolt for another build and it...