If you love your rifle, and still have the OEM pipe on it, my suggestion is to buy a new drop in now and have it ready when your group size opens up. With a set of Go/No-Go gauges, it is not a difficult task. IMO.
Finally getting to spend a little time with the Gen 4 butt stock. I am really enjoying it, I didn’t hate the original stock but like this one a lot more.
Anyone else have an issue with cases ejecting straight into your knuckles? I don’t remember ever having it happen but it has started lately.
Anyone else have an issue with cases ejecting straight into your knuckles? I don’t remember ever having it happen but it has started lately.
Just thought i'd chime in and say I have two Ruger Precisions, one in 300 WM and one in 338 Lapua, and both shoot .75 MOA just like my custom built PRS chassis rifles. People have overlooked this rifle in recent years but at its price point I think its still as relevant as ever.
Question for you reloaders…. Have any of you found that you had to develop different loads for different brands of brass? I did my load development using Hornady brass, but want to load some Starline. Can I use the same Hornady loads with the Starline brass and expect the same accuracy?
Check the H2O capacity of the different brands, if close to same you should be good to go.
Yes, brass volume will change your load. Changing manufacturers or sometimes even different lots of the same manufacturer will change your load.
Going from hornady to Peterson I had to drop 1.5gr to get the same node of accuracy and speed. I couldn't even make it to my original hornady load before I ran into pressure.
You're two different head stamps can have very different case volumes. Different case volumes will produce different results in proportion to the difference in volumes. When you measure cases volumes, which should be at least 10 to get a good idea, be sure to do the measuring on fired cases (before sizing) as the case size for volume and its effects is a result of the size of your particular guns chamber dimensions.
I happen to have fired both Hornady and Starline brass and both of my particular batches have the same case volumes (55.5 grs H2O). But I also have some Hornady Match Defense Black brass that have case volumes of 57.5 grs H20.
Any time you change to a different brand or a different lot of brass, it's always a good idea to take a measurement of case volumes so you get a good idea what you might have to do for changing your load or not.
Rats…. I was afraid of that. Thanks much for the quick replies! …and the explanation.
You might be able to drop a couple grains and then work your way back up to the same velocity you were getting with the Hornady brass and recheck accuracy (if you are using same powder, same bullet, same barrel)
Not a guaranteed result, but worth checking...
Not a guaranteed result, but worth checking...
