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  1. Tengo1

    Christensen Modern Precision Rifle

    Just started reloading for the first time ever. After running up a ladder test from min to a little over max I settled on the 41.3-41.7 gr of H4350 under 140 ELD’s to focus on. With my MPR sporting an SDN-6 I got the following 5 shot groups from testing in .1 grain increases: With the best 5...
  2. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

    Your right. Thats what I meant.
  3. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

    Speaking of pressure signs. I did shoot some factory Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor ammo just to check factory velocity vs my reloads. Is the circle mark over the 6.5 and C in Creedmoor a pressure sign? Like an extractor mark? This was on a factory Hornday round
  4. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

    I should also add I had no pressure signs in any of the rounds. No flattened primers, no cracks, no difficulty raising the bolt handle. Even with the 140 ELD’s that I went over max a bit in .1 increments and the 178 ELD’s that were compressed loads at the two highest grain rounds.
  5. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

    The interesting thing to me is the much sharper dips in FPS the 178 ELD’s had vs the 175 SMK at different points. Which doesn’t have as many obvious “nodes”. So my question is this. Now that I can see the points where the FPS flattens or dips despite the powder grains being increased. Is it as...
  6. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

  7. Tengo1

    New to reloading, need some advice round #2

    Shot my very first reloaded rounds ever yesterday. Loaded one round each in .3 grain increments from essentially minimum to max per the Hornady loading manual. Did 140 grain ELD match in my 6.5 with H4350. And did 168 SMK, 175 SMK, and 178 ELD’s for my .308 using IMR 4064. I used a...
  8. Tengo1

    I can’t believe it (cost of reloaded rounds)

    In Utah it’s all about Ace Hardware. I’ve just started reloading for the first time this week. With Ace’s app they constantly send me $5 off $25, $10 of of $40, etc. coupons. Hell they just sent me a $10 gift card for my birthday. I don’t think I’ve ever shopped there and not used a coupon. They...
  9. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    I’ll have to check neck tension tonight. I don’t think it’s too light, as I pulled the bullets from 3 unprimed cases I was testing with when I first set up the seater and with a hornady bullet puller it took some decent upward force on my co-ax’s handle to pull the bullets.
  10. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    I have not. I heard the crunching of the powder and didn’t attempt again. I’ll try tonight
  11. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    I have not used COAL in anyway to determine my loading depth. Everything I read online said don’t use that because bullets OAL can very even within the same box and you can inadvertently have some loaded bullets .20 off the lands, others .10 and others touching the lands if you only used COAL. I...
  12. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    Another thought I had is perhaps the bullet type, Hornady 178 ELD’s just isn’t a good fit for my particular rifle. It’s a custom LRI .308 1:10 24” barrel. Sorry for some of the noob terminology. The reason I called it OAL is because that’s what Hornady calls the tool you use to measure the...
  13. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    Here’s the COAL on the majority of loads: And here it is on the largest load:
  14. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    2.170 is .20 off the lands. That’s why I selected that OAL
  15. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    I appreciate the advice. That is the plan. To start shooting the lowest charge first and check for pressure signs as I go up. I just didn’t know if a compressed .308 load was a hard “don’t shoot that” rule of thumb. I just got a magneospeed V3 so if I find a decent spot in the middle of the...
  16. Tengo1

    New to reloading. Need some advice

    So after saving brass for 10 years I finally dived into the deep end with reloading this past year. It’s been 12 months of slowly gathering parts, I just tonight started my load development for Hornady .308 178 gr ELD’s. Brass is once fired Federal from factory gold medal match. Primers are...
  17. Tengo1

    Christensen Modern Precision Rifle

    I’m a leftie but I’ve learned to shoot right handed because I was tired of the lack of options.
  18. Tengo1

    Disappointed in Forster CO-AX paint job. *Update 11/2

    Update: One month after buying it from Scheels online, Forster has mailed me a new Co-Ax press. The original from Scheels was shipped simply in the press box itself. Forster mailed the new one inside another box with a lot of paper stuffing to protect it in transit. I appreciate that gesture...
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    Disappointed in Forster CO-AX paint job. *Update 11/2

    *Update. Forster emailed me today and asked me to send them some pictures. I sent them all the pics I included here. They emailed back and said they are going to send me a shipping label, and would like me to ship it to them. They will also be shipping me a new replacement. So they are taking...
  20. Tengo1

    Disappointed in Forster CO-AX paint job. *Update 11/2

    Box was factory sealed and showed no visible damage. I think all this happened before it ever went in the box
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