Greetings, I think the question we need to ask ourselves is "Do we want to wait until 2026 to see if the Register is abolished"? Progress on the Arms Act review has been slow and the outcome is...
Liked On: 29-07-2024, 02:17 PM
Greetings, I think the question we need to ask ourselves is "Do we want to wait until 2026 to see if the Register is abolished"? Progress on the Arms Act review has been slow and the outcome is...
Liked On: 29-07-2024, 10:00 AM
Greetings Kelton and all, Looking at the pictures again (and not having a bore scope) I had miss read them thinking the ring was rifling or whatever. I think that you are right. This does not...
Liked On: 27-07-2024, 02:09 PM
Greetings BillyDixon, You probably have suitable rifles to start with in your safe right now. I started aged 73 with a Tikka T3 Lite in .223, 8 inch twist. The loads were with the 69 grain Sierra...
Liked On: 27-07-2024, 10:42 AM
Greetings All, Another chapter in the Martini Krag epic tale. I had kept my target from the test shooting so I could adjust the sights for a 200 metre zero. Today with the adjustments calculated I...
Liked On: 26-07-2024, 02:08 PM
Greetings, If I recall the best load for anything in the .270 was 60 grains of WW2 milsurp 4831 with the 130 grain projectile. I believe that this load was carved on a stone tablet and handed down...
Liked On: 26-07-2024, 11:45 AM
Greetings Trav-6mmrem, That did not go to plan. The cases did form for sneeze but not for you. So what was different. Clearly the false shoulder did not do the job. Looking at the photo's the middle...
Liked On: 26-07-2024, 11:01 AM
Greetings all, A few notes on the AI cases follow. Parker Ackley developed and wrote about his AI cases back in a more innocent time when pressure testing was limited. The two most popular were...
Liked On: 26-07-2024, 10:58 AM
The .280 and AI cases have longer headspace than the .270 so the correct way is to neck the cases up to .30-06 and then set the shoulder back to a hard close in the .280 AI die. You have missed that...
Liked On: 26-07-2024, 10:54 AM
Greetings Trav-6mmrem, That did not go to plan. The cases did form for sneeze but not for you. So what was different. Clearly the false shoulder did not do the job. Looking at the photo's the middle...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 07:30 PM
Greetings, The Hodgdon reduced load data is based on 60% of listed maximum load for the cartridge and projectile and not case capacity. For Trail Boss the start load is 70% of case capacity. You...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 11:38 AM
Greetings, The Hodgdon reduced load data is based on 60% of listed maximum load for the cartridge and projectile and not case capacity. For Trail Boss the start load is 70% of case capacity. You...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 06:50 PM
Greetings all, A few notes on the AI cases follow. Parker Ackley developed and wrote about his AI cases back in a more innocent time when pressure testing was limited. The two most popular were...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 10:38 AM
Greetings, Recent testing with the 150 grain SST produced 2,765 fps with 45 grains of AR2208 and 2,825 fps with 44 grains of AR2206H in a 24" barrel. Final load was 45 grains of AR2206H for an...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 08:42 AM
Greetings Trav-6mmrem, That did not go to plan. The cases did form for sneeze but not for you. So what was different. Clearly the false shoulder did not do the job. Looking at the photo's the middle...
Liked On: 23-07-2024, 07:19 PM