Recent content by dareposte

Re: 300 Blackout - Random build I over-annealed all my brass and ruined it (d'oh) so I'm back to square 1 with having to make it from 5.56mm brass again. I determined that H4198 is not a good powder for supersonic loads, but it works fine for subsonics and fills the case nicely. I have...

Re: Past Present and Future Customers for Botach Tact. I have had three successful orders through Botach, and gotten some good pricing. I agree they don't tend to answer the phone, but I don't really care as long as my order shows up and is correct. I recently ordered 3 single-point sling...

Re: Sub sonic without can? With my 300 blackout subsonics it's about like shooting a 9mm pistol. Plenty loud, need muffs or your ears will ring. It is noticeably quieter than a full powered 308 load though, and as it should be since it's going 1/3 of the velocity and uses 1/4 of the powder.

Re: 300 Blackout - Random build Thanks for the advice, I'm really interested in the subsonic loadings for it so I guess I'll start with a couple pounds of A1680 and see where that gets me.

Re: 300 WSM + RL17 + 208 Amax LR thanks for the feedback, I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out what type of pressure signs this rifle is showing me. I sectioned a case today from one of the 66gr loads and it looked perfectly fine, but the primer crater/ dimple is severe enough that it...

Re: 300 Blackout - Random build I've got a metric shit-ton of Power Pistol, wonder if that could work for a subsonic load? Probably no hope of it cycling the bolt properly. I'll keep my eye out for the any of the powders you suggested Rsilvers, but so far I haven't seen anything around...

Re: 300 WSM + RL17 + 208 Amax I got the 208 Amax's up to 3,070 fps running some pretty hot loads, worked up to 66.0gr of RL-17 in my rifle which was definitely on the upper end of my comfort zone. Heavy (but not obscene) bolt lift and primer craters started showing up past about 65gr, the...

Re: 300 WSM + RL17 + 208 Amax OK, not sure I agree but it's Frank's forum so we play by his rules. I'll post the results when I get to shoot what I've loaded, the old fashioned way.

Re: 300 WSM + RL17 + 208 Amax I've loaded up a few hotter rounds, up to 66.0gr RL-17 to try out over the chrono, maybe after work tomorrow if I get off early enough. Projected, IF the load is safe, it should put it at about 2950 ft/s. Notably, at 66.0gr the case is almost completely full of...

Re: 300 Blackout - Random build Got this shooting today, no groups to post as I'm just trying to get the velocity worked up first. The only powder I had on hand was h4198, so that's what I attempted to use for both sub-sonics and super-sonic loads. Results were all pretty slow. Sub-sonic...

Re: Easy online dope - Now with Metric and mRads Also added a PDF generator for the site, output like attached. http://direkon.com/300wsm_DA.pdf

Re: Blackout or whisper I tried it out at the range today and everything I brought was pretty slow. For the 150gr sierra's the best velocity I could get was 1492 ft/s using 16.0gr of 4198. This was almost a compressed load, so it doesn't look very promising to get the velocity up to where I...

Re: 300 WSM + RL17 + 208 Amax Got some load data and velocities today... 208 A-Max, RL-17, 300WSM, Win Brass, CCI 250 primers Seated 0.020" off the lands Temperature: 65F in the shade Rifle: Remington 700 factory barrel, 24" long Powder, Velocity 59.5, 2615 ft/s 60.0, 2678 ft/s 60.5, 2709...

Re: Hearing protection in a tactical environment <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: caustic</div><div class="ubbcode-body">all I can say on this is that I CAN definitely notice a difference using only plugs or only muffs when compared to using both...

Re: Conceled Carry for the active life style. I run with my glock 19 in a Smart-Carry / Thunderwear and it works well for me. I rotate it around and away from my crotch so it almost hangs off my hip at 4:30-5:00 position to protect the jewels, and it conceals easily under my running short...