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Thought id include a pic of my toy Howa 1500 (remington 700) .204 Ruger heavy barrel 3 position saftey thumb-through stock harris bipod Burris High Rings soon to have a decent scope :) gonna put this scope on my 30-06 when i get my benchrest scope soon. http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa470/17HM...

yar ..my bad shoulda mentioned the first 2 with black are majik marker...i marked those for longer COL i was using but yea the scan doesnt give good pic of the primers... im almost certain its the primers being too soft. someone suggested to me CCI and Federal would be better im on a hunt for those ...

im 2.240 to 2.250
32gr V-max

HOWA 1500 Varminter ( remington 700 )
Bolt - Heavy barel

pretty consistent with my low power scope .25" groups at 100yrds on a 3" shoot-n-see target

ive been reloading the hornady brass and havent had any issues. being the fact i have 30 boxes of factory brass ...might as well use what you got.. i did notice on some loads i get more accuracy at lower loads with hornady brass vs. the few federal and remington brass i have from Wally world shelves...

Thx for the info : ill keep eye on the necks so far only one outa the 100 ive reloaded have had a crack probably just a bad shell. ( knock on wood ) i loaded 40 rds yesterday with 26.5grns of VihtaVouri N530 (high energy) i would say bout 90% of them the primer caps got punched. fellow shooter at th...

Hi im new to the forums. but anyone have any issues with the VV N530 Hight Energy powder ? Using 26.5 Gr with 32gr V-max Hornady Hornady cases 2.240 - Magtech primers ( soft - i dont recomend magtech ) as i had 2 where the pin punched though pretty consistent groups 0.25 id like to get tighter but i...