I figured they would shoot better than they did too. Maybe I was just having a bad day shooting. I noticed with 46.5 grains of Varget that it didn't give me very good load density and that the primers were backing out a little as a sign of low pressure. I wasn't impressed with the load and never...
I tried 46.5 gr of Varget with a 168 a-max in my 03 and here are my results
46.5 gr varget
168 A-Max
3.25 COAL
new Frontier brass
Win Lg rifle primers I got 4 inch groups at 100 yards and the averaged 2432 FPS out of my 03.
For cheap 150 FMJ loads I had good luck with 59 grains of...
Did this to three of my savages along with the bolt lift fix (5/32 ball bearing epoxied into a .38 case on the back of the firing pin assembly) made a huge difference!
Thank you for the input I scrapped the cases. I will be using .308 bullets and I am not sure what size my bore is. I have heard that the minis may have a tapered bore to allow both .308 and .311 bullets.Correct me if im wrong. Also from what ive read my barrel is a 1in 9 twist. As far as powder...
Hi im loading my first batch of subsonics. I am using remington brass with small primer pockets. I enlarged the flashholes to 9/64 not thinking about a place for the anvil of the primer to sit. I fired one case with just a primer and the anvil came flying out of the barrel. Are these cases...
Hi everyone this is my first time posting so bear with me. Im trying to load subsonic 7.62x39 for a mini thirty. Im using remington brass with small rifle primer pockets. I enlarged the flashhole to 9/64 and when I seated my primer (win sm.rifle) I noticed the anvil didnt have much meat to rest...