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WrzWaldo No 17 fireball yet that I've seen anyway. Sounds like fun though. In the small amount of research I've done so far I did notice the 140 A-Max. Chances are good I'd start with that bullet. A-Maxs have performed better than the rest out of my 223 and 308's. Excellent bullets at a great price....

acloco Yes I hear the 6.5 X 55 Swede is still one very competitive cartridge. (We are talking about the same thing correct :oops: ) Its amazing how well some of the old rifles/cartridges will shoot. I recently dusted off one of my Dads old relics. A 30-40 Krag. With a little more TLC and load develo...

Memorial Day weekend my Sav 12 (204 of course) was nice enough to win the 200yd egg shoot at the Woodcock Rifle range in Dartmouth Mass. Besides the golden egg trophy I also received a 50% off coupon for any Savage rifle. (Thank You Savage for sponsoring this event) FWIW I had to shoot 21 eggs befor...

I would suggest loading them out in .010 increments. At .025 you might jump right over a sweet spot and never know it. If you want to cut down on the amount of bullets fired just load four of each. Four will be enough to show you the spot to start fine tuning.

Savage Low Profiles, lots of paper and the occasional egg shoot. 200 and 300 yards. 15 eggs per yardage/match. Some shooters who've never tried it think its quite easy. Two problems. One, unlike paper if you miss you cannot tell which way the flyer went. That right there is a real confidence killer....

Congratulations on the win 8) What type of match was it? My turn is this Sunday. Now a few questions for you. What did you use for a COL and did you try seating depth adjustments? I'm getting some awesome speed and performance out of it. Just shot my best 5 shot group ever at 200yds yesterday. No on...

Maybe do away with the magnum primers. Seldom used them enough to offer an opinion but never found a reason to continue their use. I'm about to load tomorrows fodder now. I'll throw in a few CCI mags and check the velocity's. You do have the short barrel and are increasing the volume by loading furt...

KVW I found all the bits and pieces of my 39smk ladder test. I started with 21.9gns( I believe thats Walts starting load for the 40's but not sure) and worked up in .3gn increments. 21.9 clocked in at 3096fps. I experienced blow by on load #3 at 22.5gns = 3046fps. Basically the best node was the fou...

About a month ago I was loading some big honkin cartridges (30-40 Krag/30-06) I noticed (not for the first time) that the cases were entering my dies at an angle. By spinning the shellholder I found some improvement. I finally decided to investigate further. By removing the die and shellholder and c...

I've never bothered checking for runout or buying the gear to do so. Still using the standard Redding seater I first bought in 2004. I did upgrade to a Redding bushing neck sizer. To solve your problem, sell me your concentricity equipment dirt cheap. Then I'll have to worry about runout and you can...

I agree with Whistlepig. I've found Wipeout works much better if you remove most of the carbon first.

KVW While I applaud Walt for giving his time to formulate load data it is quite conservative. I also used Walts data for a starting point. The starting loads were so low I experienced blow by. The case necks did not expand to fill the chamber allowing the hot gases to exit rearward through the bolt....

A much better alternative is to not buy gas from the major suppliers Mobil,Exxon etc. You know, the ones where the prices are always a little higher. If they feel the pinch they'll drop thier prices and the "cheaper" stations will in turn drop thiers. It still amazes me how many people pay...

I'm using 135 in my 204 with 40gr Bergers. I used the first two pound jug for load development between my 204 and 308 with 135 Bergers. I had a rough load of 27.1gns for the 40 Berg. Upon buying my second jug of a different lot I fine tuned that load. Came up with 26.8. Just bought another jug also ...

I don't think the cause of tumbling or lost tips can be traced to the seater plug. Same scientific test. Try to rip out one of those nylon tips with a plier. I've never succeded in getting out the root. They're tough!! In my opinion the seater plug cannot damage/loosen the tip with normal neck tensi...