Recent content by Steve Steyr

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    7x57 favorite loads

    Forgot to add: The current Norma Reloading Manual, using IMR-4350 as 100 basis, shows the same velocity with the current N204 at lightly lower pressure. Kinda makes me think the current N204 is very similar to RL17. Anyway, N204 is faster than RL19, of that I m sure.
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    7x57 favorite loads

    2700 fps with a 168 grain bullet may be doable but at, probably, the high end of the pressure bell curve. 2800 fps - get a 280 Remington. I still find I'm most comfortable using H414 in a 7x57. One thing I've noticed over the years is that great accuracy is found only at a very specific powder...
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    My Latest Purchase 35 Whelen

    Great looking rifle and truly great caliber. Congrats to you and your wise choice. I know what Rule 303 means by Barnes bullets. My Remington 700 Classic shot several bullets (Sierra, Hornady, Nosler, Swift) and loads @1". In contrast, Barnes X bullets "patterned" at 2 1/2" to 3" if I was...
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    Walter D.M. Bell aka Karamojo Bell

    I also read that Bell's average earnings, in today's money, were $235,000 per year.
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    Decision between two M70 300 H&H's

    Buy them both.
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    PRVI Blank Brass Cases

    I forgot to note the length of the .303. It's on the PRVI website under "brass", I believe.
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    PRVI Blank Brass Cases

    It tempts me to punch my CZ 550 Lux 9.3x62 out to 9.3x66. If I kept the same shoulder angle, I should be able to use my 9.3x62 dies. Apparently, the 9.3x66 is close in power to the 9.3x64, which is the equal to the great .375 H&H. Gotta check the specs and ballistics to verify.
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    PRVI Blank Brass Cases

    I was looking on the PRVI Partisan website and noticed they offer "Blank Brass Cases". Looking further, I discovered they offer: .223/5.56 x 56mm blank brass, which could be used to form .222 Remington Magnum or 5.6x50. 7x64 x 67mm (.460" base diameter) 30-06 x 73mm which could be used to form...
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    Show us your 22LR

    Steyr Zephyr. It l0ves PMC Target and usually groups less than 1" for 5 shots at 100 yards with this ammo, which I had but never thought to try. Sorry for the extra shot of the M70 300 H&H.
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    Show us your 22LR

    Model 70 XTR 300 H&H (1) by Steve Steyr posted Sep 12, 2016 at 12:24 PM
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    My Latest Purchase 35 Whelen

    I have found the Remington 700 Classic stock fits me perfectly and seems to ease the felt recoil in both my 300 H&H and 35 Whelen. Does anyone know if any other M700 models have the dimensions?
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    My new 9.3x62 (Mauser) built by Wayne Jacobson at AHR

    Wow, that is one beautiful smoke wagon in a great caliber. It deserves to be treated to an African safari with you as chaperon.
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    Chronographed: .243 Winchester with RL17 & IMR4350-surprising

    Thanks for the info on RL17. I am low on both RL17 and 4350 and plan to purchase either one or the other, not both. I think I'll go with RL17 and work with it more.
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    My Latest Purchase 35 Whelen

    Great decision to get the .35 Whelen. Makes no difference whether it was 1983 or 1988 or 1656, it's one of the greatest calibers ever devised. I took my Remington 700 Classic .35 Whelen to Zimbabwe in 2001. It slew everything like lightning. My PH was so impressed, he would grab it and leave...
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    Chronographed: .243 Winchester with RL17 & IMR4350-surprising

    The Norma Reloading Manual has a great listing of powders. Norma gives the actual pressures and velocity percentages from actual testing. The "norm" is IMR4350 with a rating of 100. Its chart is not complete but it is very revealing with the powders it shows.
 
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