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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    Won't make it to Ohio anytime soon. Actually, I do have a degree in Chemical Engineering so I know a bit about the makeup of powder, but that's irrelevant to the discussion. More power to you if you are ok with developing loads backwards, I still stick to my belief that all loads need to be...
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    I wish to order 1 sealed case of standard LAPUA 308 brass (1000pcs) from Bruno's

    That escalated quickly
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    Oh and this. Lol
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    For all I know, maybe you did work up to these loads. From your posts, anyone reading this would assume that you did not, and I feel it necessary to point out to anyone reading this that it is not a safe practice to use someone else's loads in your rifle. fwiw, nice shooting.
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    You prove my point. Of course I have gone past the recommended charge, amd obviously experiment with COAL, all the way into the lands.. But you have to start under the max if you don't want to blow anything up. Every gun is different, brass runs different volumes, so many variables beyond...
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    Let me sum this up, so I understand it. You start with a compressed load in a new, unfamiliar gun, and don't like the accuracy, so rather than reducing the load, you get another new gun, and without working up to it, you try another compressed load, over published data, and it shoots sub 1/4...
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    My first OCW - this was too easy...

    re-do. 1) 40.0 2) 40.4 3) 40.8 4) 41.2 5) 41.6 6)42.0 7) 42.4 8)42.8 looks like #4 to the naked eye, but I plotted them and #7 barely wins. planned on doing another with the scenars, but ran out of daylight on the range.
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    I think I found a good load for my GAP-10

    I have a similar rifle, and am curious if this is affecting my groups as well...
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    Lol, so your first indicator that you may have an overly compressed load is a bulging case, from the powder. Ok, I admit I'm a newbie, completely ignorant to all things reloading.
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    510 whisper projectile weight

    I just wanted to be included on this thread. Wow.
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    Cake and eat it too??? Hunting and Tactical rifle all in one, sorta!

    I lean towards more guns and more safes. but YMMV.
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    6 vs 6.5mm - looking for guidance

    I am definitely not the best, and probably not the brightest, but I'll give it a shot: 1. Anticipated usage: Target, but possibly hunting. Needs to perform extremely well at 100-200 yards, but also need the ballistics to go to 1000 yards. this is true for either 6mm or 6.5. 2. Low...
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    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    "So I know how to reload" yes, but do you know anything about developing a load? picking a charge weight before everything else is a recipe for a kaboom. please step away from the reloading bench for your own safety.
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    Hornady OAL gauge numbers don't make sense.

    Curious, for those that measure this, what is the purpose of measuring this on an ar? Mag length is your limiting factor, right?
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    My first OCW - this was too easy...

    Well that gives me something to do next weekend. It will be interesting to see how much the results will vary.
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    My first OCW - this was too easy...

    Hmm. It seems I may have read the instructions wrong still... I should have only went back 7% and used a 1% jump... which would put me using a .4 jump. Coming up from about 40 grains. Dangit.
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    My first OCW - this was too easy...

    OK, maybe I cheated... I started with the best components I could find: H4350 Powder Virgin Lapua Brass (.260) Berger 140 gr Hybrid Federal 210M Primers and In This rifle: http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/firearms-sale/244158-wts-hamonds-built-260-a.html#post3059279 Loads per the...
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    Rifle Scopes MIL or MOA Reticle

    I agree, most calculations would be too far off, you need your rifle dope no matter which system you use. but it is handy, at least for me, to be able to do a quick adjustment from time to time using the IPHY method YMMV.
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    Rifle Scopes MIL or MOA Reticle

    Lol. Ok heres the scenario: you're shooting 12"steel at 1000 yards. You miss, buddy says you hit 2 feet right. You adjust assuming you are 2.4 moa right. You are only off by 5% on your adjustment. All other variables the same, you still hit the steel, but 1.2" off center. GIGO - your buddy's...
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    Range bag recomendations

    this is what I use, $15 at walmart. may upgrade eventually, but this works pretty well.
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