The Lyman hand tool is fussy about what shellholders you use, e.g. Lee shellholders are way too thick to work.
Liked On: 20-11-2019, 01:55 PM
Lyman definitely work, I bought a Hornady set recently and I think they were a little bit too thick (as you have found), I'll wander out to the shed and have a look. I just keep my Lyman shellholder...
Liked On: 20-11-2019, 01:54 PM
https://preview.ibb.co/cG4OqK/20180809_150801.jpg (https://ibb.co/hXRsje) Well as the title says, I wanted a super lightweight and short carry rifle in a “do it all cal” ….Grendel was high on my...
Liked On: 12-11-2019, 08:09 AM
An interesting "flashback" of an article abut the .300 whisper which has now been SAAMI speced and renamed .300 Black Out Article sourced from New Zealand Guns & Hunting. Sept/Oct 2003. Let's go...
Liked On: 04-11-2019, 12:54 PM
You can now but when the whispers first came out, the technical info of barrel twist, dimensions, loads, and suppressor design was a well kept secret, the chamber reamer was protected under a patent...
Liked On: 04-11-2019, 09:32 AM
When we made my 338 BRX AR15 upper we cocked up & used 338 Whisper reamer which meant the throat was too long for the projectiles I wanted to run & they were crap :( The 160 TTSX on the other hand...
Liked On: 04-11-2019, 08:37 AM
Ive done a lot of work with sub loads in these cartridges over the years and I cant see any advantage of going to such fast twist barrels for them.. in fact I think you will find they will actually...
Liked On: 04-11-2019, 08:35 AM
42.7gr 2208 - 162gr Amax @2650fps. 20" tube.
Liked On: 03-11-2019, 08:41 PM
Put one on the deck today at 425 yards using said load.
Liked On: 02-11-2019, 07:34 PM
A titanium recoil lug on the Tikka T3x won't give you any accuracy improvement over the steel lug - it's just for weight saving. The stainless recoil lug might've been a better choice although that...
Liked On: 28-10-2019, 05:25 PM
No I don't have a 7x57 but I have an 8 x57 and a 9.3 by 57 and they all have lead loads. 10 grains of unique used to be the default setting for just about everything when I started. I know that...
Liked On: 28-10-2019, 05:17 PM
Mate they come from the same factory! New Sig has better turrets. But that’s it...
Liked On: 27-10-2019, 06:06 PM
Yup - I've been working on a similar project - but still in 303, just downloaded a bit, a 125gn at 2500-2600 with 30 gns of powder (I've found this amount suppresses really well). Still with a...
Liked On: 21-10-2019, 04:06 PM
These finally showed up last week. https://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af161/Kiwi-Greg/IMG_E4237_zpsht3s73py.jpg...
Liked On: 15-10-2019, 01:20 PM
Tried some RL17 in the 7mm08 today with 150gr ELD-X. Max load gave an ave velocity of 2827 with ES of 11fps.... this is outta a 20" barrel. Load is warm as primers starting to flatten a little but...
Liked On: 13-10-2019, 06:47 PM