Recent content by BattleAxe

No regrets with the following... *DTNVS w/com-spec tubes from NGI/TNVC *TNVC mil-spec PVS14 *MAWL C1+ *Ops Core FAST SF Ballistic *Team Wendy CF Bump The "I want" part of my brain wishes I would have gotten mil spec tubes in the DTs but their performance in field use and during Greenline's Night...

I'd probably first see if a mandrel pass either makes it go away...or not. It will likely take a brass problem off the table.

153 gr A-Tips 43.0 gr Staball Norma brass Fed 210M LRP .020 jump 26" barrel 1000 yards Wind kicked up on the last 2 targets and boogered the groups but 12 for 12 with some 3" groups. 1st 3 rounds were to check zero.

And it's beefy enough to still see what you're doing under NV. How could you not love it?

For me I wasn't looking for better ammo so much a a better way to make it. Loading 2 different calibers with single stage precision is a major hassle. You can switch operations in under a minute and the turret locks so tight it's like a part of the body. I NEVER touch my dies once set up...

Not my theory. One of the top PRS gunsmiths in the country showed me in person how this happens with the SAAMI blueprint sitting on the bench. It doesn't have to be crooked. Normal bullet diameter runout variation can cause it in a tight chamber. Hornady 140s do it in mine. They shoot...

Depending on your chamber, your wildly different measurements suggested by the short measurement... you're likely touching the start of the freebore diameter, not the lands. Push the bullet past that point (wiggle it) and you'll feel it jump forward and stop again. That 2nd stop is the lands...

Found a good node at like 40.9gr of XBR but was busy prepping a 6.5 load for a match and haven't tested seating depth yet.

Smoke em if you got em

That's like strutting through Ethiopia waving around a chicken sammich.

I just did up a load with 140 ELDs that's stupid good. Surprised actually as I've never had great results with Hornady.

Just finished this load: Norma brass Remington LRP 44.5gr Staball 140 ELDM @ .020 jump 26" barrel The upper node is a full grain over Max book value with no pressure signs or powder compression. Had a slight right to left at 1k but you can see the vertical spread is stellar. On the smaller...

I don't doubt you. If we all knew exactly why certain components don't work for some we be in business making magic bullets. My experience with Hornady is factory 6.5cm and that shit is one hole ammunition out of my match gun, but in the past their lot to lot consistency has been less than...

I've never quite heard that opinion. I think if I can't shoot any of these particular bullets well, I won't be blaming the bullet. That said, I'm not yet convinced I'll stick with the 168's. This was more of a test load to get my loading skills back up to speed with limited component...

As good as the results are I wouldn't use that powder again. I think I could achieve similar results with a more temp stable powder. Speed was all over the map because of the wild temperature swings this time of year so it forced me to rely too much on instinct rather than data. This was all...