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  1. Snakum

    Couple questions about an FCP-K

    Re: Couple questions about an FCP-K <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: THEBEARRRRRRJEW</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 7.62gunr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why would...
  2. Snakum

    7.62 surplus sticking in 308

    Re: 7.62 surplus sticking in 308 I thought I was the only one. LOL. I use steel cased Brown Bear in mine for practicing off hand and positional shooting, too. It's surprisingly accurate and never sticks. Never had anything stick in mine except when shooting too hot reloads or the way too...
  3. Snakum

    Savage accustock pad

    Re: Savage accustock pad On most rifles, and definitely on the A'stock, look at the back of the pad and you'll see two very small holes, one towards the top and one towards the bottom. Push a phillips screw driver thru the holes and locate the screw heads inside. Just unscrew them and pull...
  4. Snakum

    Couple questions about an FCP-K

    Re: Couple questions about an FCP-K I've shot every weight of SMKs and Amaxes from 150 (SMK) to 178 (Amax) and with every bullet I quickly found a sub MOA load with 4064 AND 4895. Haven't found anything that couldn't be made to shoot well. The SMKs liked to be jammed in and the Amaxes liked...
  5. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? Got to 500 yards with the 42.6gr loads today. It's not too bad. On average I can send ten rounds at 400 or 500 or whatever and 4 will stay around a minute, three or four more will stay under 2 minutes, and a couple will sometimes fly outside that...
  6. Snakum

    How many is too many? Case separation ...

    Re: How many is too many? Case separation ... I cranked down the dies to where they are now because the bolt gun wasn't closing easily on them last Summer (last time I shot much). I have probably over done it. With the next 500 I'll try neck sizing only till I need to bump them. I'm still...
  7. Snakum

    How many is too many? Case separation ...

    Re: How many is too many? Case separation ... Thanks for the info. I'm just now loading for two, a semi and a bolt, and just got 500 more cases. I'll try just necking them and keeping them separate.
  8. Snakum

    How many is too many? Case separation ...

    I have about 250 Winchester and Black Hills cases that have been reloaded using a full length resize four to six times and the primer pockets are still good, never lost a primer. And they seem to be generally in very good shape with little stretching. Unlike Federal cases that dropped primers...
  9. Snakum

    Anyone load for Saiga 308? Bullet? Charge?

    Re: Anyone load for Saiga 308? Bullet? Charge? Update for anyone searching later: I ran 50 rounds at 41.5gr 4895 and while accurate (1.5 MOA to 400 yards) they were running way too slow at 2437 fps avg. So I worked up loads at 41.8, 42.2, and 42.6 since I knew already that 43.0 gr and...
  10. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? I ran a bunch more thru at 100 and the 42.6 loads seemed to work best, while still staying under 2" for ten rounds. The rifle seemed to settle down again right around this mumber. I ran ten shots for four strings. In each string three shots stayed...
  11. Snakum

    Converting MOA dope to mils to use hold-hovers ...

    Re: Converting MOA dope to mils to use hold-hovers ... All this is just for zeroing and for getting dope. For competitions or just fun shooting I hold over. It's pretty easy out to 500 yards as long as the dope is good. Especially with half mil hash marks.
  12. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? I read about the big bullets. Very interesting. With this rifle, though, I'm only shooting to 500 yards and a heavier bullet would spray even worse. If Hornady made a 135gr Amax I'd be trying that. After school is done in December and my time...
  13. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">155s in 308 from an 18" barrel should be able to leave the muzzle at close to 2800 fps.</div></div> Not in my semi. Unless I want it spraying like a shotgun...
  14. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? It's an AK platform, Saiga 308 with a relatively heavy barrel for an AK, but still the barrel and the receiver itself flexes when fired. It's difficult to find a load where the flex of the barrel and the receiver are 'in synch' so that the bullet...
  15. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? IIRC Varget is less temp sensitive but burns slower than 4895, correct? And RL15 is very close to what Federal is using now for GMM ammo? Which powders burn faster than 4895?
  16. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? Ive always liked 4895 for the burn rate, it's pretty fast and has been consistent for me. Im prepping some cases now (my only day off) and will go ahead and bump it up some more. Groups start opening up around 42 gr with this rifle but I can try...
  17. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    Re: Affect of speed on accuracy for .308? For this gun no more than 600 yards. Bullet is 155gr amax over 4895.
  18. Snakum

    Affect of speed on accuracy for .308?

    I started loading last year right after getting into long range shooting, and am just picking it up again after not shooting much for the last six months. Working up a load for my semi auto the best accuracy came from a round that only runs 2437 fps avg in the 18" barrel. I was told this is a...
  19. Snakum

    Hornady 155 A-MAX

    Re: Hornady 155 A-MAX I use them in the bolt gun over 43.3gr 4198 and they shoot tighter than anything else I've tried. Haven't had them past 500 yet, though.
  20. Snakum

    Converting MOA dope to mils to use hold-hovers ...

    Re: Converting MOA dope to mils to use hold-hovers ... Oh, I should clarify: I'm shooting paper. I generally don't have anywhere to shoot steel while getting dope, so I have to step off and lase paper at 100 yard increments. If I was on freshly painted steel I could definitely see it. But...
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