Recent content by squib-load

there is some ok advice here, some bad.. some flat out will likely get you injured.. there is no shortcuts in reloading if you want to do it safe AND find a load that will shoot in your rifle.. start from scratch and work everything up 1> use a known good and widely accepted as accurate in all...

both the m24 and m40 are cataloged and spec'd for 800m max effective range. I believe each service has a slightly different definition of max effective range but .. and I am paraphrasing from memory here.. generally refers to a percentage hit probability on a man sized target.. etc .etc...

the problem in the 308 space is that there are just a plethora of brass suppliers and case weight/volumes differ greatly. custom barrel mfgs are now more prolific and are not just the perview of experienced had loaders.. so if a newbie goes out and buys a custom 308 with a short tight...

You won’t be able to take a ethical kill shot on much at 1k with a 16” .308. But I believe that was the ‘range only’. Elk at 300 with a 16” you will likely want a heavy bonded with a powder that will give it some impact. I do t profess to hunt elk so I don’t know the recommended ft/lbs of energy...

what defines working well? range? kinetic energy at the target? what class animal are we taking here, 120 pound dog dear or 220lb? right tool for the job inside 200 yards 'almost' any hunting bullet will do you ... I use 150gn flat base CHEAP sierra pro hunters in lots of rifles.. very...

likely won't work... not saying that it can't nor that you might find a powder that will get you the velocity to make a 155 a better ballistic choice.. but 'generally' the wisdom is short barrels need heavier bullets because heavier bullets use less powder and lighter bullets need more space for...

generally I am not a fan of that saying... unless its so sloppy as to result in an unsafe weapon due to pierced primers (failure) all a sloppy hole does here is make unreliable the reading of primer cratering as a sign of pressure when doing load development (which is not a good or safe practice...

hand loading is voodoo art... external ballistics is fairly well understood but internal ballistics is a science that even the army's aberdeen armory weapons development lab can't fully model .. I like the old saying from the right stuff.. the science alone would take so long to explain to...

@boisepaw " looking for something that would give me excellent accuracy at 1000 yards and beyond." PRACTICE ... a mediocre round fired often and a good shooting log kept learning how to dope wind will get you more points than a 1/4moa load if you can't dope winds.. the 308 is capable at 1000...

I felt compelled today to write up a short (ok it got a bit longer that I thought) note on my recent experience with PTG and specifically Dave Kiff, the owner. I follow many of the boards, the usual suspects most of which are true sources of knowledge...

another good article https://varmintal.com/aeste.htm

I have always found this site to be a good representation of the modes of harmonics .. graphically https://varmintal.com/amode.htm

I don’t like making blanket statements on loads but I don’t think you will find good accuracy where your at. With the smk that far out, light charge, cold temps your charge density is low and you are getting horizontal stringing. if you are convinced with chrono data that you are in a plateau I...

nice shooting.. I only wish that I had a facility like that around here. My club range only goes to 290, no steel, and I shoot NRA matches at the Hathcock sniper range at Camp Lejuene a couple times a year for my 1000y practice.. again no steel.. all paper.. PRS matches use to be fun but now...