Thread: Does anyone know someone who professionally finds the right reloading round for rifle

Does anyone know someone who professionally finds the right reloading round for rifles.
In the Wellington area.

Thanks.

Theres a guy in Ashurst called Alan Newnham who has a good reputation might be a bit far up country though

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Theres a guy in Ashurst called Alan Newnham who has a good reputation might be a bit far up country though

That would be ok.
What happens, do you give your rifle and pick it up a week or 2 later and he will have the perfect load?
Any idea what something like this costs?

Its $140 for load development plus ammo used if its difficult to find a good load.

Originally Posted by 199p

Its $140 for load development plus ammo used if its difficult to find a good load.

Is this the same guy as Marty was talking about?

Picking up your other thread this would be the best idea if your intent on shooting a 1000y you could have a load developed specifically with this in mind.

Mark Bridgman from Custom Cartridges, based in Taupo but postage is no problem.
Also ssrnz in Featherston might do it, could be worth a ring.

Allan is a really good guy.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Picking up your other thread this would be the best idea if your intent on shooting a 1000y you could have a load developed specifically with this in mind.

and its 223?

Reading into 223 at the moment and my first impressions is it can be made to get to 1000yds but its a big ask and seems almost a specialized gun/barrel and chamber to do it, ie 80gr and even 90gr long pills and a chamber reamed to suit.

PS. Terminal ballistics will do load development as well I think. Extensive Field-Tested Rifle & Cartridge Research - BallisticStudies.com and accurise your rifle.

For 1000yds Palma and FTR I use a specialist gun to get there with extreme accuracy (1/4 moa and better). You need to have a specialist gun and that with a 308w cartridge!
@ebf has an old single shot omark he has developed to do it as well so its possible to start at $400 ish and work your way up.

I can't see a barn door at 1000y let alone a 12" kill zone

Dead eye dicks in levin

Originally Posted by steven

and its 223?

Reading into 223 at the moment and my first impressions is it can be made to get to 1000yds but its a big ask and seems almost a specialized gun/barrel and chamber to do it, ie 80gr and even 90gr long pills and a chamber reamed to suit.

PS. Terminal ballistics will do load development as well I think. Extensive Field-Tested Rifle & Cartridge Research - BallisticStudies.com and accurise your rifle.

For 1000yds Palma and FTR I use a specialist gun to get there with extreme accuracy (1/4 moa and better). You need to have a specialist gun and that with a 308w cartridge!
@ebf has an old single shot omark he has developed to do it as well so its possible to start at $400 ish and work your way up.

My son is shooting FTR using a .223 calibre rifle.
He is using a standard Savage Model 12 .223 with a 26" barrel with 1:7 twist.

This standard rifle shoots out to 1000 yards with Norma brass, 24.7 grains of 2208 and 80 grain Hornaday A-Max projectiles.

It is possible to shoot a .223 accurately out to a 1000 yards without a lot of expense.
All that has been done is to fit a scope to the rifle and do some load testing.

The key is the 1:7 twist barrel that allows the 80 grain A-Max to be used.

At the risk of sounding silly, have you not considered doing the load development yourself?
I am used to loading for "volume" rather than accuracy. When I brought my new bolt action last year I was forced to take a good hard look at my reloading proceedures as they are quite different. Previously All I cared about was a load accurate enough to hit a 6 inch plate or 1/2 sized IPSC "popper" and that would not jam.
I used once fired brass and tossed it after 2 reloads. loaded 3-400 per hour on my Dillon
Now I have gone the other way with a wildcat 6.5 and load small volume weighing each charge individually, cases are prep'ed to within an inch of their lives and I finally have a load which I am confident in and at the same time (while developing it) got a lot of trigger time with my gun so confident with it too
Experience and skill cannot be brought but must be developed eh

Originally Posted by mikee

At the risk of sounding silly, have you not considered doing the load development yourself?
I am used to loading for "volume" rather than accuracy. When I brought my new bolt action last year I was forced to take a good hard look at my reloading proceedures as they are quite different. Previously All I cared about was a load accurate enough to hit a 6 inch plate or 1/2 sized IPSC "popper" and that would not jam.
I used once fired brass and tossed it after 2 reloads. loaded 3-400 per hour on my Dillon
Now I have gone the other way with a wildcat 6.5 and load small volume weighing each charge individually, cases are prep'ed to within an inch of their lives and I finally have a load which I am confident in and at the same time (while developing it) got a lot of trigger time with my gun so confident with it too
Experience and skill cannot be brought but must be developed eh

Shouldn't that read, "cases prep'ed to within 1/1000 of an inch of their lives..." !!!

Load development can take a lot of time to get right on some rifles, so if you are paying someone to do it for you professionally be prepared to pay a realistic hourly rate at least for their time, plus component costs. Guy should also have insurance and ideally be a licensed ammunition manufacturer. Liability is a huge issue with ammo loading. Otherwise as mikee suggests, be prepared to learn a bit and eventually do it yourself when you are ready.