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  1. kaskin

    New brass

    Groups are looking a lot better man... New brass seems to be working. Now, shoot, load, repeat...
  2. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    I'll try seating a little closer as well. I'm not one to jam it in the lands though.
  3. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    42.0 is what I tried. I was afraid 42.1 would not give me enough umph to go the distance. You are right. 42 is on the top end. Maybe I should try 41.7?
  4. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    Update: Going mostly on skookum’s advice, loaded up 42 gr H-4350 and started to tune with seating depth. Results in picture. Max CBTO for this bullet (140 grn SST) is 2.194. Thoughts?
  5. kaskin

    New brass

    Agree with Spife. I don't use any lube (wet or dry) to aid in seating bullets. .002 neck tension is enough, then crimp and move on. As for prepping new brass a quick run over a neck sizing die / collet type / bushing style is all that is needed. (flash hole deburr ?? Optional ) 15-20 mins...
  6. kaskin

    New brass

    I was having flyers issue as well. Switched from Hornady brass to Lapua and the problem stopped. Also, case prep seems to matter. Dry lube will not cause flyers. However, wet lube will... Other things that can cause flyers is not being in the correct node or have a variation of the powder...
  7. kaskin

    Bullet recommendation for long throat

    In my experience, a long jump doesn't necessarily equal lack of accuracy. I have a Rem 308 that Jumps 0.128 shooting 168 BTHP over Varget and shoots bug holes. It's all about finding the right node the barrel likes. Do the OCW with 3 shot groups. Find the POI node and then tune with seating...
  8. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    Well... Since i don't shoot (not a place available) farther than 500 yards often, I will be trying to tune the 41.2. That should give me respectable MV in the event I would like to take it to 1k. Thoughts? Will post again after a trip to the range. Thanks guys.
  9. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    That makes a lot of sense. My Rem 700 with factory tube has a mile long throat... Made reading the velocity method tough.
  10. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    I have heard using the velocity method. Read and article by a couple of smart guys that find their OCW with speed alone. Looking for the plateau. I even tried it in my 308 Win. Here is the link to the thread it: https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/308-varget-load-testing.6877793/...
  11. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    41.2 does look appealing from a dispersion standpoint. I’ll take your advice and test +-.1 and try to tighten up with seating depth. Should I test the 6 shots and then put the magneto speed and test 42.1 and see where I’m at speed wise? Trying to Maxine my trip to the range. Thanks guys
  12. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    Thanks for the reply Skookum. How does 41.2 look. Seems to be the a good middle node... Also, do you have to seat cannelured bullets to the cannelure? These are 140 gr SST.. Loading them for my son to hunt with... Thanks,
  13. kaskin

    Help Reading OCW

    Need help reading this. Shot a day apart. Found a good node in the 38.8 powder charge. Seemed kinda low though. So loaded up some more rounds but results were disappointing, to say the least. RAR 6.5 Creedmoor H4350 Hornady 140 gr SST Lapua 1x CBTO: 2.094 = mid cannelure Thoughts?
  14. kaskin

    Powder Scale Mod-Prometheus-ish

    Yeah man. Nothing spectacular. Simple but very effective.
  15. kaskin

    Powder Scale Mod-Prometheus-ish

    I use a Chargemaster for all of my precision loading. I wanted to see how accurate it actually is. I know if you have a good solid mode, it’s not sensitive to minor variations. Anyways, it occurred to me that the beam is very accurate. However, judging the gap is hard. So I glued a sewing pin...
  16. kaskin

    308 -Varget Load Testing

    My barrel is a 1:12 so I tried to stick with a lighter bullet. I believe I’m going to stop looking and shoot for a while. See what happens. Thanks to all..
  17. kaskin

    308 -Varget Load Testing

    nobody?
  18. kaskin

    308 -Varget Load Testing

    Update: Did another round of testing. 36 Rnds. I think i may have found the load. 44.2 Grn. Varget. I shot all the rounds this time. Round robing style. Waiting for the rifle to cool between strings. 13 Rounds / String @ 3 strings. No chrono attached. Targets posted below. 44.2 seemed...
  19. kaskin

    308 -Varget Load Testing

    Pell I understand and totally agree with what you said. I should have shot the test all myself. Price I payed for. It having enough time to go the range and trying to squeeze it in before I have to go to work for another hitch.... had to compromise. And since I hadn’t reloaded any ammo for...
  20. kaskin

    308 -Varget Load Testing

    This particular rifle doesn’t like FGMM. It does shoot HDY Match very well though. My son shot a few of the test groups. But.... I asked him if he though he pulled any. He was adamant that he did not and the gun went off exactly On the bullseye.
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