Thread: Bombs for Black Beauty

Originally Posted by Dougie

1) In a small quantity (also, what's a small quantity?!) can I store powder just in my house?
2) HOW should I store it so it doesn't...go off? Get moisture in it? I don't know!!
3) Same questions for projectiles
4) Should I buy more 308 brass? What kind?
5) What do I ask for when I want projectiles?
6) Am I wasting my time and money buying some manufactured ammo?

1) pound tin 0.5 kilo, preferably locked away, also depends on your insurance policy.
2) original packaging, tin
3) you'll probably buy 100 or 500 pills at a time, I don't think they need any special storage.
4) use your existing brass for now
5) we can talk on Monday, will search thru the black beauty thread, it's in there somewhere
6) yes, unless you run out of ammo in an emergency

I don't have a press at home (yet) In the short term we just need access to someone's shed with a press, coz you have dies.

Did you not get the load data with the rifle Dougie ?

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Did you not get the load data with the rifle Dougie ?

It's possibly buried in the build thread.

Originally Posted by Dougie

It's possibly buried in the build thread.

So you didn't get it with the rifle & the bullets that came with it ?

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

So you didn't get it with the rifle & the bullets that came with it ?

Negative. At least I don't recall anything in there! Just boom stick, dies, ammo and bolt and heaps of rags

i would say factory ammo can be a bench mark for how the rifle shoots. when things arnt going/grouping well. its a way to rule out your hand load. then re-load that brass.

[QUOTE=bully;91799]i would say factory ammo can be a bench mark for how the rifle shoots. when things arnt going/grouping well. its a way to rule out your hand load. then re-load that brass.[/QUOTE

Firstly the ammo supplied with the rifle needs to be used at a range to determine the new rifle owners accuracy level, use that ammo up then get someone competent to make more.

The rifles owner may be a 1 moa shot with 1/2 moa ammo, and thats good, more practise needed.

Bully, factory ammo is not a benchmark for anything. Its too variable and general in its intent.

A handload with known recorded assembly measurements and accuracy levels developed for a particular rifle is your benchmark.

You can strive to meet that benchmark as you develop and learn as a reloader, then as your skill progress you can try to improve on that benchmark by superfine tuning that ammo.