SmallCaliberCentral

If you are having problems with accuracy, measure the distance to the lands, and then move your bullets seating depth around and see what happens. Many of the factory rifles have long throats, and seating the bullet out from the manuals overall length, will help bullet stability and accuracy tremend...

The second amendment will survive Obama, (if he is elected), unless some yahoo is stupid enough to shoot him.

If he is shot the backlash could gut the second amendment in two years or less.

So, "Don't shoot Obama", and council your friends not to also.

Don't know why there would be a difference. Possibly, the newer pressure barrels are more accurate, at determining the actual pressure, and older manuals are a little hot, based on erroneously low pressure data.

The Hornady manual has a seperate section for the Garand. The lightest they list is the 150-gr bullets. For them they list 43.2-gr min, and 46.4-gr max, of H4895, not IMR data. For the 168-gr bullets, they list 39.8-gr to 46.4-gr max of H4895, and 39.6-gr to 47.1-gr max, of IMR 4895. For the 178-gr ...

IIRC, the Garand was developed around the 180-gr bullet. The Garand is a gas operated semi auto rifle. To cycle it needs a proper gas pressure. I would hazard a guess that the manuals (most of whom are manufacturers of bullets, and powder), don't develop loads for bullets of less than 150-gr, becaus...

So, he gave money to Obama so he could defeat Hillary. He gives more money to McCain and the RNC. Back when I was in college, the candidate could keep surplus campaign contributions. I went to college with a guy who paid his way running as a Democrat, in a district that was 80% Republican. Large bus...

jo191145 I don't reload for shotguns, so I don't have shot around. I do tumble cases, and have pounds of media around. This isn't the NECO process, it is a way to dry lube case necks before resizing. I just neck size for most of what I reload. For the neck lube, all you need is a tiny bit, and the a...

I use Imperial Dry Neck Lube. They sell a little bottle of ceramic beads, that are used with the lube as a carrier. When I bought my neck lube, Midway was out of the ceramic beads, so I tried putting a couple of tablespoons of nut shell tumbler media, (without the grit added), in a pill bottle, and ...

As we head into the fields and mountains for the fall hunting season, a quick reminder. You might want to consider getting life flight insurance, or joining the local life flight affiliate. I spend $50 per year to belong to the local assosciation, which has reciprocity agreements with the service in...

Rick, if my chromograph is right, I'm getting 2976, out of my 257-Ackley Improved. This is running 46.0-gr of IMR-4350, with a 24-in barrell. The primers are a bit flattened, but not badly. Now that I have the BC and Sectional Density, I can run it through the ballistic software and calc the wind dr...

Does anyone have an old Nosler reloading manual handy, that they could look up the Ballistic Coefficient, and Sectional Desnity, for the old style 120-gr, 25-cal, solid base bullets in? I need the info to work up the balistic table for some reloads. Also, if anyone has any sitting on the shelf they ...

It is all a matter of energy. The factory Hornday 40-gr, and 45-gr loads for 204 have more energy at 400-yds, (both over 400-ft-lbs), than a 45ACP shooting any factory standard pressure load does at the muzzle. I doubt you could find anyone who would argue that the 45 won't blow the smoke out of the...

Bushnell for a day scope on the 204. I'm being tempted by some of the Nikons, but that is because I can get a discount on them of almost 50%. Old Weaver K-856s on the low light rifles. They were the last scope Weaver designed and built in the USA, before Olin bought the brand and went over seas for ...

At 45 power you are really going to see your heart beat. Personally it would be really distracting to me.

I have a 6-24 scope on my Ruger No. 1, in 204, and usually have it cranked down to between 12-16 power when shooting at ranges of 200, and even 300 yards at targets and juice boxes.

I personally prefer a duplex crosshair, or cross hair with vertical post on a walking rifle. Mostly because both of these reticules work well in low light conditions. I'm in Idaho, and hunting hours are defined as 1/2-hour before sunrise, and 1/2-hour after sunset. There isn't always enough light to...