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I'm loading my .30-06 with 165 grain Accubonds. I followed Berger Bullet's protocol and started with the bullet seated 10 mils off the lands in my Remington 700. This indeed proved to be the most accurate load by far, but there are problems. 1. The boat tail Accubonds have less than 1 caliber...

I'm new to ARs. I notice that the top ⅓ of the 5.56mm cases I've used are a different color than the lower ⅔. I just found some Speer Lawman 5.56mm ammo and they, too, show the color change. I'm guessing it's a heat treatment of some sort, but I'm no metallurgist. Can someone explain the color...

I used my Redding turret press for the first time today for .38 spl. I can actually use it as a progressive, with dies, etc in this order: Carbide sizing de-capper Expander (then prime) Powder thrower Seating/crimper By rotating the turret after each operation I can load a shell from start to...

OK, a bit over dramatic maybe. But small rifle primers have been generally unavailable here for quite a while. Today I unexpectedly found Remington primers and bought 2000. I've loaded .30-06 for decades. Now I'm ready to try .223, though my cases are all 5.56mm. I bought my rifle the day...

The owner of my local gun store said today that both Dicks Sports and Walmart have announced they will discontinue all firearms sales. He said this could be the death of Remington because 60% of Remington's sales are through these two outlets. Anyone know if the Dicks and Walmart stories are...

I've read a lot of reviews of .223 dies and am getting conflicting opinions. Some say their Redding dies are the best going. Others have given very poor reviews. Same thing for the RCBS dies, including the AR dies. Some swear BY them, others swear AT them. I've always used RCBS for .38 spl and...

So I watched several videos of a guy demonstrating high volume loading of .223 rounds on a Dillon press. It was impressive. I saw him use Imperial case wax to lube the outside, which he did in bulk. What about the inside case necks? I know I have to do that for my .30-06 cases, but I don't...

Finally got my AR. Now I'm trying to decide whether to reload for it. I've reloaded for my .30-06 and .38 spl for decades. Bulk loading for the .38 spl is easy because I use a carbide die… no lubing cases. The .30-06 isn't too bad because I never load more than 50 at a time. I still lube those...

I should have posted this here instead of the black powder and bullet casting forums. In took this elk in Wyoming last Monday. He came in to a cow elk call and I shot him at 40 yards. I was shooting a traditional flintlock pushing a round ball cast from wheel weight lead. He doesn't have a...

In Wyoming last Monday. He came in to a cow elk call. I was shooting a traditional flintlock pushing a round ball cast from wheel weight lead. He doesn't have a monster rack, but I'm thrilled! :D

In Wyoming last Monday. He came in to a cow elk call. I was shooting a traditional flintlock pushing a round ball cast from wheel weight lead. He doesn't have a monster rack, but I'm thrilled! :D

I'll be in an area of the western back country where I've been told it's a good idea to pack a sidearm… just in case. The most powerful handgun I have is a S&W model 19 (4 inch barrel). So what load would you recommend? No doubt some will want to recommend a larger caliber. I already know...

I'm loading 165 grain Accubonds for my .30-06. With these bullets the rifle definitely shoots best with the bullet 10 mils off the lands. That puts my overall cartridge length considerably longer than the SAAMI maximum, but I can't argue with the holes on the paper. The combination of long...

I used Berger's protocol to find the best OACL for my Rem 700 .30-06 and found that with 165 grain Accubonds, 10 mils off the rifling worked best. That gave me an OACL of 3.472". Tonight I loaded 50 rounds. The first ~20 bullets were from one box, the last ~30 were from a new box. I got my...

Explain this to me. I've been shooting my flintlock using Thompson Bore Butter for years. It often seems like I just can't get the barrel squeaky clean. The patches often look OK, but never spotless. I just attributed the slightly dirty patches to that fact that I don't usually remove the...

I'd like to hear experience about how these two bullets perform. I know Berger is advertised on The Best of the West show as a superior long range bullet. On the show, it certainly does the job. I won't be shooting at the distances featured on that show, but I could shoot as far as 500 yards...

So I got a set of front and rear shooting bags for Christmas. First thing I did was fill them with sand. That hasn't worked like I hoped, especially for the front bag with its two "ears". The sand is too heavy and won't stay in the ears. So what do you fill your shooting bags with? :confused...

I'm a little new to squirrel hunting. I shot 4 grays this morning, all males. They have the expected male anatomy, though the fur on the scrotum is very dark, almost black. When I skinned them, I was surprised to find two almost white jelly bean sized lumps on either side of the anus. All four...

Any thoughts on Hornady's SST bullets for elk? I shoot a .30-06 and figure I'd use either a 165 or 180 grain bullet. The 165s have proven to be very accurate in my rifle. I have some Nosler Accubonds and Partitions, but they are so danged expensive I don't want to get in the habit of using...

I'd like to prepare some reduced loads to introduce my son-in-law to my .30-06. I'm thinking about a 150 grain bullet in the 2400-2500 fps range. I read in one reloading manual a caution that "loads below the minimum listed are not recommended." Is there any danger from really reduced loads...