Greetings 257 Weatherby and All, In his opening post Rock river arms hunter, clearly a fan of the 25-06, asked the question why it was more popular in NZ. Clearly both of you have had excellent...
Liked On: 14-04-2021, 01:13 PM
Greetings 257 Weatherby and All, In his opening post Rock river arms hunter, clearly a fan of the 25-06, asked the question why it was more popular in NZ. Clearly both of you have had excellent...
Liked On: 14-04-2021, 01:03 PM
Greetings All, Here is my tuppence worth. It seems that many have focused on the rifle only and left the hunter out of the picture. To my rather old fashioned brain the rifle needs to fit the...
Liked On: 14-04-2021, 11:19 AM
Greetings Phil, Mickey Duck and All, Don't disagree with you at all. The Lee Loader can turn out excellent ammunition given care. It is how I load my .303 rifles. My loads are light so will likely...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 10:11 PM
Greetings Phil, Mickey Duck and All, Don't disagree with you at all. The Lee Loader can turn out excellent ammunition given care. It is how I load my .303 rifles. My loads are light so will likely...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 09:49 PM
Greetings 257 Weatherby and All, I didn't say the .25-06 is not a good cartridge but that it was not popular due to the reasons I outlined. I just checked the current offerings from Reloaders and...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 05:26 PM
Greetings 257 Weatherby and All, I didn't say the .25-06 is not a good cartridge but that it was not popular due to the reasons I outlined. I just checked the current offerings from Reloaders and...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 05:19 PM
Greetings Remmodel7, Don't get discouraged by all the complexity and sometimes contradictory advice you are getting. Handloading is only as complex as you make it. The flashy kit that some...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 04:50 PM
Greetings Zimmer and All, There we have it. Twist makes no practical difference to velocity. Hard data should triumph over theory every time, especially theory not based on fact. I saw an ad the...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 03:30 PM
Greetings All, I am really surprised that this thread has gone on so long. I don't own a .25-06 and never have but here is my two pence worth anyway. I think that the basic problem for the .25-06 is...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 02:56 PM
Greetings Zimmer and All, There we have it. Twist makes no practical difference to velocity. Hard data should triumph over theory every time, especially theory not based on fact. I saw an ad the...
Liked On: 13-04-2021, 02:36 PM
Greetings Delphus, Both my .308 rifles have 5/8"x 24 UNEF. One came threaded and I had the second one threaded the same although each has its own suppressor. If I get round to suppressing my 6.5 x...
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 10:53 PM
Greetings Kelton, I chronographed some test loads with 165 grain Hornady Interlok projectiles using 43 grains of AR2206, AR2206H, Dupont IMR4064 and AR2208. They delivered 2,585, 2,575, 2,445 and...
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 10:38 PM
Probably stocking up for the zombie apocalypse. Their garages must just about full by now so things should return to normal by the end of the year based on previous cycles. One of the funniest things...
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 10:36 PM
Greetings Davetapson, Contrary to what you may have been told you don't save money by handloading you just shoot more for the same money. If you feel as though you might like to start handloading...
Liked On: 12-04-2021, 10:35 PM