Recent content by Mauser48

Tac shot decent groups for me but not a good SD/ES. Still shot pretty well at 600 yards.

Any free hazmat coming up? Maybe for memorial weekend?

You could set up the die with any of the competition shell holders and adjust your bump as necessary with the different sizes. The overall height of the shell holder is the same on all the redding competitions, the difference is where the case head actually sits inside the shell holder. I set...

Technically you can use whatever shell holder you want for your other dies you just have to use that same one every time. I use a regular shell holder for decapping and bullet seating. Easier to remember that rather than one of the 5 competition sizes.

Too much and you get dents from hydraulic pressure.

Pretty much. I use imperial wax and use my fingers to coat the case body and a bit on the neck.

I kind of want a fast twist 257 roberts to continue its legacy.

Here is my latest load. I shot two 25 round strings. I know the 223 is pretty finicky on getting low SD/ES. Are these numbers about right or should I be getting better results? Starline 223 brass Sierra 80g smk 24.5g varget Remington 7 1/2 primer

I put together my first custom as a general long range fun rifle. I don't shoot prs. I think that's where the origin really excels. It's very feature rich and just runs.

I'll shoot the rest of my hornadys but I won't buy anymore. I've shot the 77 smk with 3 different powders now and they've all shot excellent at 2.260" oal. Jumping a mile. The 80 smk seem to shoot just as good and my sd/es was low teens. 24.5g of varget put them at 2750 fps out of a 24" barrel...

I was able to get out last weekend and try the sierra 80 smk loads. This was with 24.5g of varget and about .020 off the lands. Well known high power load. Also for comparison I will put up the pictures of my typical groups with the hornady 80 eld. Orange targets are the hormadys. I will be...

Valid points regarding the BR. My thing with the hornady 75 bthp is who knows if those are going to shoot will either. Hornadys seem to be hit or miss. 77 smk is tried and true but more money and as you said don't have a great bc. To me that's where the 80 smk comes in. It's only slightly more...

I see yours is a 14. Anybody know what year they started fluting the bolts on these? It seems most I've seen have been fluted.

Yeah I need to get my hands on some. I shot an AT years ago with the standard stock configuration but don't remember much about it. I think I'm still leaning towards thumbhole. Can always add the AX stock if I really want to. That AT LE in the PX was damn sexy and got me thinkin.

I prefer the regular AT front end as opposed to the AX. I don't really need all the attachment points. Also don't really like the more comp style chassis of the ATXC. I think a gun store by me usually has a few AI's maybe I'll go take a look.