Agreed but it’ll be easier to make the PRC mag feed with heavies since the case is .040 shorterI think they’d be basically the same cartridge, sans the banded case.
Agreed but it’ll be easier to make the PRC mag feed with heavies since the case is .040 shorterI think they’d be basically the same cartridge, sans the banded case.
Oh for sure! I mean I personally never mag feed my rifles….Agreed but it’ll be easier to make the PRC mag feed with heavies since the case is .040 shorter
I had no reason to mag feed an ELR style rifle until I shot NF and KRG matches.Oh for sure! I mean I personally never mag feed my rifles….
Makes sense. I mean my 300 prc loads w 245s are at a 3.9” COAL….I had no reason to mag feed an ELR style rifle until I shot NF and KRG matches.
That is when I switched from a 300 RUM to a 30 Sherman Mag
What speeds you get with the 245?Makes sense. I mean my 300 prc loads w 245s are at a 3.9” COAL….
From a 30” barrel running 81gr of N570 ImWhat speeds you get with the 245?
That is impressive. I run my 32" SM at 2975. I've got room to go up but I was happy with that speed.From a 30” barrel running 81gr of N570 Im
bw 2930 - 2960 given varying conditions. So pretty good in my book!
Same. I could push them but I’d like to keep my barrel for a little longerThat is impressive. I run my 32" SM at 2975. I've got room to go up but I was happy with that speed.
I’ve started ordering them 2 at a time and I don’t even shoot that muchSame. I could push them but I’d like to keep my barrel for a little longer
This thread should be edited into the OP for reference.Hey All! I got lowlight to pin a thread in the reloading forum for 300 PRC loads. I had thrown out the idea of just renaming this one and moving to there but I think having a clean place just in reloading was the thought w pinning the thread there. Anyways would love some reload data over yonder! Cheers.
I am posting some reloading stuff on Rumble. I am working up 198 PVA solids with N565 and making another batch of my goto 220ELDX with 7828SSC. Not the best videos, but better than posting on the YT... I guess my main question that I have right now is will a neck thickness of 0.0135" have any noticeable difference from the brass that was turned to 0.0145"(ish)? It seems that I turned these in two different batches/settings. Would you advise going back to the thicker necks and turn them down to match the thin ones as well or would it be a waste of time?
I did forget to mention how to determine what size bushing to get or how to measure the overall neck tension (bullet diameter + neck thickness x2). I'm looking for a good quick and easy way to describe that in the next video, any tips please feel free to share.
-Spew the pew and press or cry like the rest...
I am posting some reloading stuff on Rumble. I am working up 198 PVA solids with N565 and making another batch of my goto 220ELDX with 7828SSC. Not the best videos, but better than posting on the YT... I guess my main question that I have right now is will a neck thickness of 0.0135" have any noticeable difference from the brass that was turned to 0.0145"(ish)? It seems that I turned these in two different batches/settings. Would you advise going back to the thicker necks and turn them down to match the thin ones as well or would it be a waste of time?
I did forget to mention how to determine what size bushing to get or how to measure the overall neck tension (bullet diameter + neck thickness x2). I'm looking for a good quick and easy way to describe that in the next video, any tips please feel free to share.
-Spew the pew and press or cry like the rest...
Are you trying to size the neck all the way?I have/use a Redding Type S 3 die set plus mandrel die to load my 245/250's. The problem/question I have is: Has anyone found a better way to full length bush the neck instead of Redding's answer to insert the decapping rod set nut on top of bushing? This gets me a little over halfway down and Redding's answer is "that's good enough". I can post pics, but confident I can't be the only one with this `Issue'.
Not necessarily, but I'd like to go down a little further without creating a donut. do you use this same die and "nut spacer" setup?Are you trying to size the neck all the way?
I have/use a Redding Type S 3 die set plus mandrel die to load my 245/250's. The problem/question I have is: Has anyone found a better way to full length bush the neck instead of Redding's answer to insert the decapping rod set nut on top of bushing? This gets me a little over halfway down and Redding's answer is "that's good enough". I can post pics, but confident I can't be the only one with this `Issue'.
I have been using the SAC on for all my cartridges and so far after 7 reloads I never had any donut on any of my brass. I have been using 331 bushing following by the 306 mandrel with excellent results.Not necessarily, but I'd like to go down a little further without creating a donut. do you use this same die and "nut spacer" setup?
Well I'm glad someone agrees with me. It's been chapping my ass from the get go. The only reason I haven't addressed it is the rig runs my loads very well. I have a new pipe on order and id like to get this bushing BS sorted out. I reached out on here hoping someone made their own machined spacer. If not, guess I'll reach out to Whidden.Do you mean that the neck is only being sized about halfway down?
If so, I saw the exact same thing with the same line of dies - and Redding's answer is bullshit. If you're only sizing half the neck, then you're only holding in the bullet with half the friction force. This makes parameters associated with that half of the neck more important to control.
I had a 308 Redding Type S (actually, I still have it in a drawer somewhere) that I ended up replacing with a Whidden due to this issue. I already use Whiddens for my 300 PRC and 6 BRA.
I tried whidden and returned it immediatelyWell I'm glad someone agrees with me. It's been chapping my ass from the get go. The only reason I haven't addressed it is the rig runs my loads very well. I have a new pipe on order and id like to get this bushing BS sorted out. I reached out on here hoping someone made their own machined spacer. If not, guess I'll reach out to Whidden.
I‘m using L.E. Wilson‘s FLSD with neck bushing and there bullet seater die with an arbor press as well. Extremely happy with the results I’m getting.I use an L.E. Wilson neck sizing die with bushing and have been very happy with it. This is with an arbor press.