Thread: What Have You Loaded Today

Alpha brass looks legit.

Always wanted to see how 168 bergers shot in my 7/08. A short ladder and 10rnds @40gn varget ready to go when the weather plays ball.

25g Bergers

Got a couple wrong though

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Got a couple wrong though
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Makes me feel so much better knowing I am not the only one to have done that I have a collection of cock ups on the windowsill at my reloading desk to serve as a reminder

Another dozen subsonic .44magnum possum busters for mate.

A couple for the young fellas 130 years old girl.

Loaded 50x 222 Rimmed with 55 grain Hornady and 3 rounds with 40 grain Hollow points which I will test tomorrow because I have about a thousand of them and it would be nice if they shoot ok

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Loaded 50x 222 Rimmed with 55 grain Hornady and 3 rounds with 40 grain Hollow points which I will test tomorrow because I have about a thousand of them and it would be nice if they shoot ok

sing out if you want to swap some of your 40gn hollow points for some 55gn RN (or the RNFP I have modified in the lathe...) what velocity are you shooting them at? (give or take obviously) that looks like a pretty big soft tip on them. Are they for smashing small game?

Originally Posted by bjp

sing out if you want to swap some of your 40gn hollow points for some 55gn RN (or the RNFP I have modified in the lathe...) what velocity are you shooting them at? (give or take obviously) that looks like a pretty big soft tip on them. Are they for smashing small game?

The lead tip is huge on the 40 HPs and copper plated
Short proper copper jacket

I will test them next in one of my 22 Hornets and see if I can get a tighter group

Some

Having a lot of fun with the subsonic 222. The crimp die arrived, and groups noticeably tightened up with a gentle crimp... pic below taken at 25m target, ignore the flyer, I was determining the point of impact, below the bull is a four shot group - wasn't really trying, so it'd be interesting to see if I could do any better or just fluked it. Got under 1" groups at 75m and 100m as well when checking POI. @flock, you should have stuck around for a go! Ready to bust some bunnies now... plan next is for a 1800fps load to still use the cheap projectiles and low powder load (checking against Lyman cast bullet handbook loads as reference) which should be good out to 150m at least. Trouble will be finding somewhere to shoot to confirm POI past 100m...

have loaded another 20-odd rounds tonight, ready for some action. Very quick process using neck sizing die, no lubing required.

30-06ai
162gn Sako blade copper
Sako fire formed brass
ADI 2209
Remington large rifle primers

Originally Posted by dannyb

30-06ai
162gn Sako blade copper
Sako fire formed brass
ADI 2209
Remington large rifle primers

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Those cases are dirty compared to your usual high standards Danny, your cases are normally shiney as.

Are those split tips a new projectile on the market?

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Those cases are dirty compared to your usual high standards Danny, your cases are normally shiney as.

Are those split tips a new projectile on the market?

believe it or not I tumbled them for 3 hours.....maybe my media needs replacing

The projectiles are the same as what comes in the Sako factory copper ammunition, they were accurate enough however I couldn't get enough velocity out of them in the lightest 30 cal offering (162gn) to make them viable outside 300y which is a shame as I used the 140gn factory 7 mm rem mag version last roar and found it very good.
they would go well in a 300wsm or similar.

243 95g Targex with 2209 for the Strata.