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  1. J

    Hybrid target

    Sorry again for the delay, little tornado cleanup work going on. Good point, guess i need to leave well enough alone. But i'm a perfectionist and am always tinkering. Well i am glad you found the same thing about varget...thought i was just feeling things lol. 47gn in win cases gets me...
  2. J

    Range Report My Range

    Wow, i really need to move!! I've been begging farmers to let me shoot, offered money, nadda. I have to drive 1.5hrs to shoot 300yds, and i have to shoot around cattle and i pay the farmer $50 worth of chew every other trip. Beautiful country, thanks for sharing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. J

    Hybrid target

    I'm thinking of trying hotter primers with H4350 to get a little more mv...don't know if that is worthwhile or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. J

    Hybrid target

    Sorry for the delay. Yea your throat is much more ideal than mine...mine seems to be perfect for the 185hybrids. In an effort to get as much case capacity as possible and get as much pressure as i can with H4350, i started off jamming them ~.013-.015". My 300yd "ladder" test showed a very wide...
  5. J

    McCourt Munitions. My experiance and a great example of how to treat each other

    Andrew is a GREAT guy and has saved my butt a few times as well. Between his busy job, family, life, loading ammo and helping others (me included), i have no idea when the man sleeps....maybe he doesn't :-) Goodluck and have fun out there! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. J

    Mixing Once Fired Brass With X Amount Fired Brass

    I keep new brass separate but after that they get mixed. I anneal every firing so i don't worry about it. Of course i use only one head stamp. I tried it the X-fired batching way for awhile but due to reasons turbo mentioned, i gave up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. J

    excessive runout...unsure where its coming from

    Fwiw, i have found bad die locknuts and thread clearances cause the bulk of my runout. I always run the ram up and check clearances between the shellholder and die (assuming things are machined perpendicular). My redding fl sizer is off a few thou. I have o-rings under some of my dies and that...
  8. J

    Hybrid target

    I shooting the 230 in the 308, although i have a 30" barrel. They are only going 2515-2530 with h4350 but boy is it accurate, cuts over a min on wind at 1k versus my 185 load. As much h4350 as you can stuff in there and you are still safe. I tried varget, started at 36gn, worked up to max around...
  9. J

    Weighing cases

    I don't weigh cases but when i did, there was much less difference after all of them had been prepped (flash hole and primer pocket included). With that being said, sadly i have done more testing with a chrono than actually shooting in matches due to feasibility....i have found nothing to...
  10. J

    Range Report: 225 grain .308 reloader 17

    Thanks for your post, good info. I've been shooting berger 230 hybrids and H4350 at 2515-2530fps out of my 30" 1-10 savage with great success. It cuts over a full moa of wind versus my 185 hybrid/varget load at 2800fps. I can get 2490 with varget but it's significantly harder to shoot...
  11. J

    ESS eyewear promo

    Just got my order, vurry nice!! Thanks Nomad!!
  12. J

    Another friend has cancer...

    Prayers sent! God bless
  13. J

    2-stage sizing process yields very low runout

    I have tried every bushing combination/steps, etc with just the redding type s, gobs of runout. Nothing gives me straighter ammo than the process you just described, lee then body. I too started doing it that way after reading his article. Lee then bushing die without button gives me the second...
  14. J

    i need a new scale, any1 use a gempro 250?

    POI moves up but groups at 300 don't seemed affected as long as the chrono doesn't shift. I usually weigh on balance then check on gempro, marking rounds as they disagree although recent tests have been solely weighed on gempro.
  15. J

    i need a new scale, any1 use a gempro 250?

    I've been comparing data with my magnetospeed which i trust is not affected by the elements as much as a typical chrony. Not to mention when a round goes low or high in a 300yd group and the chrono says 2780 or 2840 versus typical 2810fps, i tend to believe the correlation. Apples to apples, my...
  16. J

    i need a new scale, any1 use a gempro 250?

    Diver, thank you for the pics and the info...i trust you know much more about weigh scales than i will ever know....but: My experience over many days of load testing, my "tuned" balance gives me worse ES & SD and groups than my gempro, which stinks because the balance with omega autotrickler is...
  17. J

    Forster CO-AX

    Fuzzball, funny you mention the Lee classic cast. I have been using a borrowed rock jr press for about 3 yrs. decided it was time to give it back. I agonized over which press was "best" and almost pulled the trigger on a co-ax due to all the rave reviews. The price tag kept me away for so long...
  18. J

    Varget vs Power Pro 2000-MR satisfaction question - Switching Yes/No/Doesnt matter?

    Another fwiw, PP gives flattened primers even on low charges, don't let that bother you too much. I never used that as pressure sign but looked for stiff lift and ejector marks. I also looked for a plateau in mv versus charge increase
  19. J

    Varget vs Power Pro 2000-MR satisfaction question - Switching Yes/No/Doesnt matter?

    Fwiw, i have never used rl-15 but believe it is a bit slower than varget. I say that because i had originally given up on varget due to it being dirty and poor groups. It wasn't until later when i tried it again, with higher charges that it started to shine. 47.5gn for berger 168 hybrids, 45.5gn...
  20. J

    Varget vs Power Pro 2000-MR satisfaction question - Switching Yes/No/Doesnt matter?

    PP was working great for me until i tried the same load on a warmer day. So not wanting to worry about that or what happens if i wait a little too long after chambering a round in a hot barrel, i switched back to varget.
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