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AR-30A1 in 338LM 26 inch barrel, 1:10 twist Bullet: 225 Grain Hornady SST Brass: Lapua (once fired, FL size) Powder: 91.0 Grains RL-19 Primer: Federal 215 Muzzle velocity: Averaged 3093fps. Accuracy (5 shot groups, 100 yards, CTC): Averaged just over 1 inch at 100 yards. Best .910 inches...

Careful using brass as a method to check headspace. I wouldn't do it at all, not that it will hurt anything but it just won't give you any positive results. Check out the drawing here: http://www.saami.org/PubResources/CC_Drawings/Rifle/308%20Winchester.pdf A conforming (to SAAMI specs) piece...

Sounds like you might be on the ragged edge, but doesn't necessarily mean you are unsafe. If you ever get the chance to try another gage set it would probably be good to do so, even if it's the same brand. Even though they are gages there are still tolerances in them. I've seen headspace...

Hmm, if I were you I'd try the method I described above using only the upper half. If your gages are good and if you can't push it in with moderate to heavy thumb pressure (without leaning on it!) then I'd say you do not have a "GO" condition and your headspace is too tight. Do you have access...

When you say "disassemble the bolt" do you mean just pull the bolt from the carrier or are you taking the ejector out too? The ejector needs to be out if you are checking the headspace with the bolt out of the upper half. The easiest way to check it that gives good results and won't damage...

I have only one Leupold scope but have no complaints with it. It's a VX-3 that I have on a hunting rifle with a 200 yard zero so I don't track and return to zero much at all, but the overall quality is more than satisfactory and I feel the price was fair (don't remember what I paid for it a...

I'm not sure about 300 WM, but Winchester brass generally has higher case capacity than most others. I've found this to be true in 308 and 223 at least.

Case capacity can vary a lot from headstamp to headstamp. I learned this the hard way a couple years ago when I put what I thought was a safe charge into a different brand of brass keeping all else equal. Ended up with 200 rounds of high pressure 223 Rem! Whoops. I was blowing primers every...

Re: Hunting with the 44 The 240 XTPs go through deer pretty well. I expected bigger exit holes, though. I'm running about 1700 fps out of a Henry using H110. Could push it faster but haven't found a need to yet.

Re: best bullet MitchAIsup, do you have a higher resolution image of that? It looks interesting but when I blow it up large enough to see, everything is blurry.

Re: best bullet It really depends on what you're hunting and your definition of "best". Best value or best performance? Whitetail, any of the above mentioned bullets will work, but a Barnes TTSX wouldn't be the best value for Varmint hunting. I've found a 150 or 165 ballistic tip (any...

Re: 462yrd shot on ground squirrel Haha, very nice. Getting it mounted?

Re: .223 load data for 75 gr. HPBT using Reloader-15 You're welcome. You'll have to flip a couple of pages after the "223 Remington" to get to the "5.56 X 45mm NATO" data, as they don't list the 75 grain bullets on the 223 Remington section.

Re: .223 load data for 75 gr. HPBT using Reloader-15 What Hornady manual do you have? The 6th edition shows: RL-15 2200- 20.0 2300- 20.8 2400- 21.7 2500- 22.5 2600- 23.3 2700- 24.1

Re: cleaning cases If I just have 20 or so to load up I typically just brush out the necks, pour some rubbing alcohol onto a rag or paper towel and wipe down the outsides. Seems to work for me and it beats firing up the tumbler for such a small number of cases.