Recent content by TacticalBoltKnob

Everyone likes to say that they can push 175s and 185s over 2700 fps, but how long is your brass gonna last? I can push a 175 SMK to 2800 fps easy, but what good is it if your brass is toast in short order?

I am not sure what flat-base bullets Berger offers, but I will say that I would want as accurate and as up-to-date BC data on any bullet I buy, flat-base bullets included … because you never know what someone is going to be using the bullets for. I don't think the guy's inquiries are...

I guess. AMAXs do have a skinny, long profile from ogive to tip. I didn't think it would be that much of a difference.

Oh. You said 168 SMKs at 2.800" were jammed .005" but 178 AMAXs at 2.800" are .0475" off the lands? Pardon, but that makes no sense.

Can't you just seat them deeper? Why do you need to pull the bullet to seat it further? My Savage throat is also short in my 10T .308. 175 SMKs I have to seat to COAL of 2.773" to be .020" off the lands. I seat 178 AMAXs to 2.778". And I seat 168 AMAXs to 2.805". I didn't know this when I...

The are soft, undersized (they are often loose in the primer pocket) and they are inconsistent, in my experience. If I had a choice of any primer at a store, Winchesters are the last I would choose. Was that "helpful" enough for your standards?

Start annealing and making sure neck tension is consistent. Weighing and sorting cases and bullets helps a bit, too. It's my opinion that it's rarely powder charge or quality of primers. Those things are USUALLY up to par.

I full length size, trim to start length, then full length size again. I do this because you need to size before trimming, obviously … but I am almost sure that when I trim, my Lee trimmer tool is fucking up the case neck and mouth because there is some out of round in my cheap drill which I...

Winchester primers are junk to me. I don't care if everyone in the world has good experiences with them. To me, they are junk.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

Depends what you want to do with it. For hunting, I would go with a 50/200 zero. From 0-250 yards, you will never be more than a few inches high or low. If you want to make it a target shooter, then zero at 100. JMO.

Yep. You probably had shitty chrono conditions: one sensor in stronger light than the other, or low battery.

Maybe because inside 300 yards, a solid shot to the sternum is going to have the same effect as a head shot, and there is much less risk of a miss or graze. The reality is that most enemies aren't going to have any armor that will stop a high power rifle round. Chest shot with .308 inside 300 or...

Calculating bullet drop is easy. Try it on a windy day. And to be honest, if your first shot was a hit, but your second two weren't, then that is kinda proof that it WAS a fluke. Sorry. Just sayin'. Repeatability determines if something was luck or not, and you were NOT able to repeat it.

My pet load is the same for 175 SMK and 178 Amax: 42.2 grains of IMR 4064. I would imagine the Berger would be close or identical. If your best load is 42.0 grains, maybe try 41.8, 42.0 and 42.2 and see which is best. Whichever comes out on top, play with seating depth.