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  1. BattleAxe

    Area 419 Zero Press vs SCA Nexus Press

    Been reading some of this thread with amusement and was curious... You posted this in February so what decision did you make?
  2. BattleAxe

    Visited Dead Zero Shooting Park

    Moved to this area 2 yrs ago and just got a membership last week. Interestingly enough, I find myself missing the "no rules" of a PRS type facility. ( Don't misinterpret that statement, You know exactly what I mean when compared to NRA type events) It's a very nice facility, and staff is very...
  3. BattleAxe

    Night Vision Any Regrets w your purchases?

    No regrets with the following... *DTNVS w/com-spec tubes from NGI/TNVC *TNVC mil-spec PVS14 *MAWL C1+ *Ops Core FAST SF Ballistic *Team Wendy CF Bump The "I want" part of my brain wishes I would have gotten mil spec tubes in the DTs but their performance in field use and during Greenline's Night...
  4. BattleAxe

    Seating Pressure / Neck Tension

    I'd probably first see if a mandrel pass either makes it go away...or not. It will likely take a brass problem off the table.
  5. BattleAxe

    6.5 Creedmoor

    153 gr A-Tips 43.0 gr Staball Norma brass Fed 210M LRP .020 jump 26" barrel 1000 yards Wind kicked up on the last 2 targets and boogered the groups but 12 for 12 with some 3" groups. 1st 3 rounds were to check zero.
  6. BattleAxe

    Zero press

    And it's beefy enough to still see what you're doing under NV. How could you not love it?
  7. BattleAxe

    Zero press

    For me I wasn't looking for better ammo so much a a better way to make it. Loading 2 different calibers with single stage precision is a major hassle. You can switch operations in under a minute and the turret locks so tight it's like a part of the body. I NEVER touch my dies once set up...
  8. BattleAxe

    Trouble finding the lands two different methods with wildly different results²

    Not my theory. One of the top PRS gunsmiths in the country showed me in person how this happens with the SAAMI blueprint sitting on the bench. It doesn't have to be crooked. Normal bullet diameter runout variation can cause it in a tight chamber. Hornady 140s do it in mine. They shoot...
  9. BattleAxe

    Trouble finding the lands two different methods with wildly different results²

    Depending on your chamber, your wildly different measurements suggested by the short measurement... you're likely touching the start of the freebore diameter, not the lands. Push the bullet past that point (wiggle it) and you'll feel it jump forward and stop again. That 2nd stop is the lands...
  10. BattleAxe

    .308 Winchester

    Found a good node at like 40.9gr of XBR but was busy prepping a 6.5 load for a match and haven't tested seating depth yet.
  11. BattleAxe

    Alternate to Berger 140 hybrids (6.5)

    Smoke em if you got em
  12. BattleAxe

    Alternate to Berger 140 hybrids (6.5)

    That's like strutting through Ethiopia waving around a chicken sammich.
  13. BattleAxe

    Alternate to Berger 140 hybrids (6.5)

    I just did up a load with 140 ELDs that's stupid good. Surprised actually as I've never had great results with Hornady.
  14. BattleAxe

    6.5 Creedmoor

    Just finished this load: Norma brass Remington LRP 44.5gr Staball 140 ELDM @ .020 jump 26" barrel The upper node is a full grain over Max book value with no pressure signs or powder compression. Had a slight right to left at 1k but you can see the vertical spread is stellar. On the smaller...
  15. BattleAxe

    .308 Winchester

    I don't doubt you. If we all knew exactly why certain components don't work for some we be in business making magic bullets. My experience with Hornady is factory 6.5cm and that shit is one hole ammunition out of my match gun, but in the past their lot to lot consistency has been less than...
  16. BattleAxe

    .308 Winchester

    I've never quite heard that opinion. I think if I can't shoot any of these particular bullets well, I won't be blaming the bullet. That said, I'm not yet convinced I'll stick with the 168's. This was more of a test load to get my loading skills back up to speed with limited component...
  17. BattleAxe

    .308 Winchester

    As good as the results are I wouldn't use that powder again. I think I could achieve similar results with a more temp stable powder. Speed was all over the map because of the wild temperature swings this time of year so it forced me to rely too much on instinct rather than data. This was all...
  18. BattleAxe

    .308 Winchester

    This load is just stupid. Had I not had someone with me I'd have had a hard time believing my own eyes. So I just got back into reloading after a long hiatus (25 yrs) and decided my 1st load would be .308 Berger 168 hybrids. I used a Satterly speed test, came up with a speed node, then tried 5...
  19. BattleAxe

    Berger 168 hybrid's for 308 best load for 20" barrels

    Thought I'd try this bullet after a 30 yr reloading hiatus. 26" M40 Win 748 (only thing I could get) LC M118 Brass, annealed and neck sized only Fed match primers. I tried up to .6 over Max book charge with no pressure signs but started to compress the powder at .6 over. Found a good speed node...
  20. BattleAxe

    How to reduce AR15 recoil WITHOUT adjustable gas block or muzzle brake?

    I have a 20" barreled SPR with a JP LMOS and silent captured spring. Also have the same in a shorter carbine set up for NVG use. From my experience it's plug and play with no additional tuning. A shorter carbine length gas system may need tuning. The SPR has a standard gas block...the night...
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