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    New Friend at the range.

    Met Jack today. The range was busy so I was on rimfire range. Fellow walks up first time at the range. Asks some normal questions. I continue shooting my CZ. Scope doesn't have enough elevation for 250 yards. It comes up 5" short. Welcome the Kentucky. Looks like a 6" plate hold top of plate...
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    Precision Rifle Blog: Reload like a Pro

    Article An overall summary of article: Vast majority handload Brass Prep: A significant majority anneal A slight majority Neck turn Significant Minority clean primer pockets Minority uniform primer pockets Very small minority weigh sort brass Bullet prep: A minority point bullets Very...
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    How are my SDs in my DPMS G2 BULL 24"

    How are my SDs? Load test done with Magnetospeed. The test started with 43.8 grains of varget and continued by .2 grain to 44.6. Max load on Hogdgon site is 45 grains. Shot with DPMS G2 BULL 24" barrel. Grains of Varget added to spreadsheet. Series 1 Shots: 5 43.8 Min 2644 Max 2663...
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    Rock River Varmint

    Just joined a new range. Frontline Defense in Warrenton, NC. I took my RRA varmint AR in 556. After getting an average velocity for my ammo, I went to the 200-500 line. Planned for 10 shots for each range. At 200 yards there is a steel plate. 10 shots looked like a small group, but the plate was...
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    Annealing test

    Their are varying opinions on when to anneal. Not only how many reloads first, but before resizing or before seating. So I devised a test. I took 30 Lapua pieces of brass. I processed them all the same. 1. Deprime 2. Ultrasonic clean 3. Annealed 4. Lubed Lanolin and alcohol...
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    Question about velocity nodes

    I decided to revamp my 223 rem bolt action load. I use 80 grain sierra Match Kings and CFE223 powder.. I was using a lower load that Sierra recommended in their manual. But I noticed Hodgdon recommended a higher load on their website. I loaded up 3 bullets each for powder weights from 23 grains...
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    New AMP Annealer

    Just took delivery of Amp (Annealing Made Perfect) annealer. Wow! I have rearranged my Reloading process to incorporate it. The process is as follows: 1 Deprime 2 Clean Ultrasonic 3 Anneal 4 Body size using Redding competition body die 5 neck size 75% 6 trim 7 wet tumble with stainless media 8...
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