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Some things I would consider are: 1. Does shooting a skunk release his putrid aroma?! 2. Have you calibrated your powder scale? 3. Have you cleaned and/or uniformed your primer pockets? 4. Check the overall CASE length, not the overall carriage length, but the length of the brass. 5. Are you sure y...

I'm taking all your input folk's and thank you very much,I havent been to gunsmith yet to see if their is an issue with my firing pin,,but what I did try was shooting my full length resized brass handloads same load,just to see if neck sized was not chambering as snug as it should.Guess what shot tw...

I'm taking all your input folk's and thank you very much,I havent been to gunsmith yet to see if their is an issue with my firing pin,,but what I did try was shooting my full length resized brass handloads same load,just to see if neck sized was not chambering as snug as it should.Guess what shot tw...

I am using the same lot of powder,,checking the firing pin sounds like a good idea,except I don't know how to do that,,if the piercing persist,,I will try different primer,or factory ammo to see if piercing persist.and if so,I guess I will visit my local gunsmith.

wsrp =winchester small rifle primer
load was worked up in the summer and I'm shooting in the summer
my muzzle velocity is out of a 24'' barrel

:eek: alright,here is my situation savage mdl 25 204ruger 1-12 twist hornady brass wsrp h4895 27.3gr 40 gr V-max 3815 fps third time NECK SIZED I have shot this load for at least a hundred rounds or a bit more,and have had no issues,extremely good accuracy.Just this week I noticed a fired round with...

I definitely love my savage model 25 in 204 ruger

my savage mdl 25, 1-12 twist shoots 40gr v-max sub moa with a good dose of 27.3 gr of h4895

your load is darn close to mine,27.3gr h-4895,wsrp,2.267 col,,,out of my savage model 25, 204ruger,,,,wich I believe is the same barrel dimensions as your's,,and I get great results,,,now I do measure concentricity,and anything over 4thou is used for foulers or close range,,,,what type of runout are...

thank's !! I"m really interested on wether or not I can anchor some coyotes with it. Last night I had one in my sight's,except I thought 408 yards was a little far to experiment,,I anchored a skunk with this load at about 154 yards though last week,,,and I mean ANCHORED,,lol

average muzzle velocity 3815 fps,,a little faster then I was expecting,,but that's alright with me

this is my second attempt at it...and I think I like it alot,(so far !! lol),,saves on a lot of time and components

not quite as good as my 32gr V-max load,,and I was nervous shooting my 5'th round,in fear that the group would ruin,,and I know I pulled the bottom shot low.Good enough to hunt with though,,will chrony this weekend,,suspect it should be around 3700fps.and on another note,did this load development wi...

but the 40 grain V-max loads are gonna be a new topic and post..lol

that 32gr load I did,was on saturday and the 100 meter range is well surrounded by trees,barely a breeze,,when I went back sunday to chrono the load(wich averaged 3677 fps),,and shoot them at the 300meter range,,100m not affectted much by wind,200m about an inch off,300m about 2-3 inches off,,and th...