Recent content by NotEnoughTriggerTime

Good suggestions, I'll try them the next time out. Looking into a Holland brake, looks like a pretty substantial piece of machinery! Probably won't make me any friends at the range though, but its pretty interesting how many guys pack up when I say its a 300 RUM. Flynch? With a RUM? Yes...

I have a Savage, chambered in 300 RUM, 27" heavy varmint contour 1:10 twist. No Brake. Its in a Savage BVSS laminate stock. Leupold vari-x III 6.5-20x40. I shoot from a front rest with a sandbag top, and a bunny ear sandbag under the butt stock. Its a pretty stable rest for my 30BR. I was...

I have a 300 RUM, that wears a factory sporter barrel now, and am thinking of rebarreling up to a 338 RUM. Application would be long range chucks (overkill I know), plinking, and general fun target shooting. Thinking of 30" length, stainless, and a heavy contour, but help with twist rate and #...

In the thinking stage of a 300 RUM rebarrel project. I have a Savage 111 in 300 RUM, w/26" sporter barrel 1:10 twist, that I'm thinking about upgrading to a custom barrel. It shoots about 1 moa with 200 SMK handloads, but heats up extremely fast. I'm hoping a bull barrel will do 3 things -...

I just asked Sierra the same question about their new 175 SMK (would the 175 SMK work in a 9-1/2 twist in a 7mm rem mag) The engineer's reply was at first no, it wasn't recommended for 9-1/2 twist @ 2900-3000 (roughly 7mm Rem Mag speed), they didn't think it would stabilize adequately. He...

I'm working on a load for the 300, with the 200 gr SMK. My most consistant load so far is Fed 215 primer, 90.3 gr H1000. Don't have a Chrono, so I don't have any velocity figures on the load. (26" barrel) I'm going to start experimenting with different primers an seating depth next, to see...

6" at 500 yards would be good enough for my purpose - PA Whitetails, and getting my jollies on paper targets for fun. My present deer hunting is in the woods, but we have some shooting paths cut where you can see deer at about 200 yards. At other points in the season, I do have some times where...

in the process of procuring a 7mm rem mag, and need a little help with bullet and powder selection. I've had pretty decent luck gettig Sierra Match Kings to shoot pretty accurately in my other rifles, and will probably start with that brand. Intended targets are Whitetail Deer, and paper at...

Just came across a 7mm Rem Mag, and plan to handload for it. this is my first experience handloading for a Belted Magnum, wondering if there is anything special that I should know when buying dies and equipment. Its a bolt action - is neck sizing only a good option? any suggestions are...

I have a friend who asked me to install his scope on his new 700 Remington in 7mm RUM. (Its a sporter barrel model, mounted on a lightweight synthetic stock - can you say OUCH!) I will probably go with a "turn-in" one piece base for this setup, along with an ocular pad to help buffer the...

S00000, 190's seem to be the ticket for a 30-06 then? So far, all I have is a bunch of once fired REM cases, and some 168gr and 200gr smk's from a .308 and 300 RUM project respectively. Never tried the 168's in the 300 yet, the 200's foul bad enough. Back to the 30-06 - please share your pet...

Looking for load info from Sierra (don't own that load manual yet). Planning on using IMR 4350, along with a 168 SMK in a 30-06, using R-P cases. Can someone supply suggested Starting, and suggested Max for this this combination? Is there a particular powder that shined in your 30-06 using...

thanks! I think all of the above apply - I presently size the fired cases, resize, then put them in the case cleaner to remove the case lube. I was not cleaning or purposly lubing the inside of the case necks. I assume someone makes a case neck cleaner/lube rig for the bench top, I'll check...

I am starting reloading my 300 RUM. Today I was full length resizing my brass (rem cases), and had a bear of a time getting them out of the sizer die. MAJOR effort! the downstroke seems pretty normal, but once the case neck hits the expander on the way out, it takes a major pull to get it...

I just loaded a bunch of 300 RUM shells for load developement. This is the first time I've loaded for the RUM. My Components: - Rem once fired factory brass, cleaned, full length resized and trimmed to 2.840" (0.010 under max length of 2.850") - Federal 215M Primers - Sierra 200 gr SMK -...