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  1. gcoulsey

    7mm 162 amax

    Just noticed MIDWAY has these back in stock.
  2. gcoulsey

    Anyone else ever heard of this??

    Usual story.. Overheard a conversation in the local gunsho... about a fellow Reloader who inserts a small tube up the middle of his brass cases, the tiny tube has holes in it, so the primer flash goes up the tube and ignites the powder through the holes, all the way up the centre of the case...
  3. gcoulsey

    Looong solid bullet.. Opinions?

    Ok, Went to a shoot show yesterday, and bought some solid Bullets to try. The company making them is local to me, is relatively new, And has little info on the bullets at the moment.. According to the guy on the stand, they have been producing/selling .338 solids To the military for a while...
  4. gcoulsey

    208 amax nose profile

    Ok I'm getting restless again and fancy tinkering with a new load, I've got a couple boxes of 208's on order, my question is this.. My pet load is 178 amax with a 10 thou jump, this just nicely clears my AI mags.. Is the 208 amax nose profile the same as the 178's? Is it reasonable to assume...
  5. gcoulsey

    AR feed ramp issue?

    Ok, so I'm nearly done developing this load for my friends AR-15, So far I've been single feeding while testing etc (the round is mag length, I single feed from habit) Now I've loaded up some x10 shot batches to test tomorrow under normal Firing conditions (using mag properly) And I have...
  6. gcoulsey

    75 amax, will they work seated deep?

    guys, my friend has asked me to work up a load for him to shoot in competition this year in his custom ar-15 (single shot.. UK laws..) hes given me a box of 75grn amax to try, but they are too long for the mag, when seated with .020" clearance for reliable feeding, the ogive is inside the...
  7. gcoulsey

    40grn Nos.Btips 22-250

    Anybody use/have used these with varget? I've been dropping foxes for several years with 55grn ballistic tips, And recently 52grn amax.. But curiosity (and boredom) I fancy working on a 'screamer' load for my 22-250, See how fast I can push them while keeping Minute-Of-Rat to about 300yrds...
  8. gcoulsey

    178amax Varget substitute, Quick update..

    for anyone interested, a quick update.. i recently posted about a Varget substitute for my 178 amax load, and chose vv550, so far im very pleased, im in final stages of development, im getting 100fps more velocity than the varget, without the pressure signs, and its very clean burning!! on my...
  9. gcoulsey

    Fast decision needed on varget substitute!

    It's looking like October before any more Varget arrives in the UK here, And I have just about run out. All the alternative powders are fast becoming scarce too, My local gunshop has X1 tub RL-15, X1 tup vv N150, And (x1?) tub imr 4895.. I have not used any of these before.. I need to go grab...
  10. gcoulsey

    178 amax vs 180 accubond

    Just curious, I currently use my accuracy load of 178's for hunting, But was looking at the 180 accubond figures on jbm, And it pretty much runs identical, it has a slightly higher (published) bc, But was wondering if you chaps have any realworld experience with them downrange?? Are they...
  11. gcoulsey

    Body size a live round

    Just checking before I make a bang.. Brass on 10th firing, neck and shoulder bumped only, but bolt won't close, and I got a round stuck in the chamber. Tapped it out with cleaning rod ok, checked measurements and shoulders are bumped correctly, .003" as per usual, seating depth .010" jump as...
  12. gcoulsey

    Turning, once in a lifetime?

    I turn all my lapua brass necks to about 90% clean, and after about 5 firings annealed them all.. I ran them thru the sonic cleaner, and out of interest decided to pass them thru the turner again. (Turner still on original setting, I keep it fixed) I was suprised how much brass came off second...
  13. gcoulsey

    Rifle Scopes Anti cant setup

    Hey chaps, I'm going to order my first ACD this week, I had my mind set on one of the US optics devices, but unfortunately my budget has taken a nose dive.. So to get me started I'm just going to get a budget scope ring with level attached, my question is, With an AICS setup, how do you guys...
  14. gcoulsey

    Ballpark .223 velocity please?

    Hey chaps, My friend has a shooting match in a couple of days time at Bisley (uk) and has just loaded up some rounds, but he has no idea of the velocity, and wants to run some ballpark figures thru JBM ballistics calc. We are going to try to shoot them over my chrono this weekend, but in the...
  15. gcoulsey

    questions about heavies, 210 vld+varget

    ok, my rifle loves 178 Amax, but here in the UK there seems to be a real shortage of any bullets coming across the water from USA at the moment, and im nearly runout. i really want to try some heavies (190 smk, 208 amax, anything similar) all shops/internet are sold out. BUT.. i have found a...
  16. gcoulsey

    Help setting up neck turner please

    Hey chaps, I have just recieved my k&m neck turning tool, mandrel and expandiron (.30 cal) for uniforming my brass. I have just about every other tool needed for case prep, but still feel different neck tensions when seating bullets, this bugs me, so even though I'm just using a blue printed...
  17. gcoulsey

    primer do-nuts

    picked up my custom build yesterday (finally) and have just got home from the range, the gunsmith had already put 20 rounds thru the rifle helping break the barrel in, and i put a further 20 thru with normal cleaning procedure for break in.. i used some cheap (samson) isreali military rounds my...
  18. gcoulsey

    Prepping new brass question

    I'm starting to prep some new Lapua brass ready for next week when I collect my new rifle, I have sorted 200 cases into 2 piles by neck wall thickness. +- .0005" and everything else. (the 'everything else' pile has nothing more than .001" variation) about 70% of the cases are in pile 1, so far...
  19. gcoulsey

    runout....where to measure?

    hey chaps, in regards to bullet runout, where is the best place to measure? at the ogive? or i think i read somewhere it should be close to the brass.. ?? also, when everyone is posting their 'average runout' measurements, is that TOTAL or ACTUAL runout as a general rule? i seem to be...
  20. gcoulsey

    Opinions on my first semi custom 308

    After hours of research on 308's within my price range here in the uk, I have found an excellant bunch of chaps that offer full/semi custom builds on various rifles, reasonably local to me, and I am going to visit them on Friday to talk to them and hopefully place a deposit on my first 308. It...
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