About grandpamac

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About grandpamac
Location:
Okawa Hawkes Bay
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Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
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Retired

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  1. 7RMBoy
    7RMBoy liked post by grandpamac On thread : Calculating pressures in hand loads
    Greetings Again 7RMBoy, Yes seating the projectile closer to the rifling does increase pressures and velocity slightly. The greatest effect is with cartridges like the Weatherby magnums that usually...
    Liked On: 24-09-2020, 05:56 PM
  2. 7RMBoy
    7RMBoy liked post by grandpamac On thread : Calculating pressures in hand loads
    Greetings 7RMBoy, Congratulations, you have asked one of those questions to which there are many answers. In short there are ways to estimate pressures but not to calculate them. Most manuals these...
    Liked On: 24-09-2020, 03:32 PM
  3. Joe_90
    Joe_90 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Hunting & Fishing branded 223
    Greetings All, Thanks for the plug Planenutz. Looking at the first post in this thread I note that the H & F ammo is loaded in remanufactured cases. I would assume that these have been fired in a...
    Liked On: 24-09-2020, 02:33 PM
  4. XR500
    XR500 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
    Liked On: 24-09-2020, 08:58 AM
  5. madmaori
    madmaori liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings again Bumblefoot, I was poking around the non firearms sections of the Forum when I spotted your thread, you might say I bumbled into it. I am impressed! We live on a small block, 8...
    Liked On: 23-09-2020, 05:55 PM
  6. planenutz
    planenutz liked post by grandpamac On thread : Hunting & Fishing branded 223
    Greetings All, Thanks for the plug Planenutz. Looking at the first post in this thread I note that the H & F ammo is loaded in remanufactured cases. I would assume that these have been fired in a...
    Liked On: 22-09-2020, 10:22 PM
  7. muzza2020
    muzza2020 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Hunting & Fishing branded 223
    Greetings All, Thanks for the plug Planenutz. Looking at the first post in this thread I note that the H & F ammo is loaded in remanufactured cases. I would assume that these have been fired in a...
    Liked On: 22-09-2020, 08:08 PM
  8. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
    Liked On: 20-09-2020, 11:14 PM
  9. Rated M for Magnum
    Rated M for Magnum liked post by grandpamac On thread : IMR 4064 in 308
    Greetings Rated M for Magnum, I have used Dupont IMR4064 for decades in the .308 and it should be fine in the 7mm-08. I found a definite improvement in accuracy with increases in loads. The .308...
    Liked On: 20-09-2020, 10:31 AM
  10. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Brass length trimming question
    Greetings Robh500, Contrary to popular belief it is the full length sizing itself that makes the cases longer, not the expander button. Setting the full length sizer die to just size the case enough...
    Liked On: 19-09-2020, 12:46 PM
  11. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Powder equivalents, AR2213sc and H4831sc.
    Greetings Rock, AR2213SC and H4831SC are the same powder. The difference you experienced is in the lots of powder. While I have not experienced that much difference with AR2213SC I have between...
    Liked On: 18-09-2020, 06:46 PM
  12. Rock
    Rock liked post by grandpamac On thread : Powder equivalents, AR2213sc and H4831sc.
    Greetings Rock, AR2213SC and H4831SC are the same powder. The difference you experienced is in the lots of powder. While I have not experienced that much difference with AR2213SC I have between...
    Liked On: 18-09-2020, 06:32 PM
  13. cameronjackwhite
    cameronjackwhite liked post by grandpamac On thread : Insight / Discussion RE magnum calibres for mountain rifle
    Greetings Hotsoup, Perhaps I am not the first to suggest this but in NZ we are allowed to own more than one rifle. Perhaps rather than the 7 mm Rem Mag Or something else it should be the 7mm Rem Mag...
    Liked On: 17-09-2020, 09:51 PM
  14. john m
    john m liked post by grandpamac On thread : Insight / Discussion RE magnum calibres for mountain rifle
    Greetings Hotsoup, Perhaps I am not the first to suggest this but in NZ we are allowed to own more than one rifle. Perhaps rather than the 7 mm Rem Mag Or something else it should be the 7mm Rem Mag...
    Liked On: 17-09-2020, 07:41 PM
  15. hotsoup
    hotsoup liked post by grandpamac On thread : Insight / Discussion RE magnum calibres for mountain rifle
    Greetings Hotsoup, Perhaps I am not the first to suggest this but in NZ we are allowed to own more than one rifle. Perhaps rather than the 7 mm Rem Mag Or something else it should be the 7mm Rem Mag...
    Liked On: 17-09-2020, 05:06 PM

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