What did you reload today?

[Slickshooter]

458 Win Mag with 350gr North Fork FP and 300gr Safari Raptor respectively. Cheers

 

[DaddyFlip]

First 416 Rem I've ever loaded for my new M70. I'm investigating the interesting H4895 60% rule in 5% increments to full power; sort of a power ladder. These 10 rounds in the freckled R-P cases I cleaned up, 300gr TSX over 48.3 grains of H4895 and WRLM primers. Lee dies in Forster Co-Ax press. Brass trimmed by Forster Original. Powder dispensed by hand with Lee dippers, trickled by a Lyman Brass Smith onto a Hornady mini digital and checked with the Lee Safety Scale.

 

[DaddyFlip]

375 H&H power ladder. I bought a box of 200gr Sierra Pro Hunters for practice and specifically to experiment with the H4895 60% rule up to 93% of max load; 3-shot group at each level.

 

[BillyJack1975]

Loaded up 100 rounds of 45 acp. 185 gr SWC after work today.

 

[Rare Breed]

I loaded 23 rounds of 9.3x62 with 286 Barnes TSX with 57.5 grains Big Game powder and they shot lights out even though I am just an average shot

 

[Tintin]

Worked up some 235gn loads for the .375 H&H today.

2208 aka Varget won the day.

3 shots at 50m

and at 200m

 

[Denvir Tire]

Just last week I loaded some 8x57 rimmed with .318 bullets

 

[50Gunner]

Mid yesterday afternoon brought old 1965 year model FN Browning Medallion 300 Win Mag out to the load shop, cracked open brand new old stock blue and white bag of WW-Super brass, neck sized, installed FED-215 primers, deburred inside and outside case necks.

Dumped in 73gr RL-22, then seated 200gr Nosler Partition bullets, these rifles have a 3.400" mag box, set COL at 3.385 inch, grabbed Garmin and fired three rounds looking for consistency.

3015 to 3021 fps, 6 fps E.S.

I'll load the remaining 147 cases to that load, setting bullet to impact 3 inches high at 100 will make for exceedingly easy point and holdover hunting to 400 yards, GTG Gents.

 

[Jagerrand]

450 Rigby. Looks like my 450 grain CPS will be pushed with 100 grains of H4350.

 

[C.W. Richter]

Loaded up the tray with a special dual-base formulation today. (Dr. advised this little hack may also reduce stress?) At 875 gr a slug, it's definitely a DG recipe. And don't let the high mass fool you, 'witnessed my ex-mother in law handle these babies at extremely high velocity and rapid fire!!

 

[analog_peninsula]

I just put together some 7x65r test loads pushing a Barnes 145 grain LRX with N555. Velocity should be somewhere around 2750 fps, but we'll see what we see. VV load data for the 7x65r is available for a number of their powders but not N555, so modest interpolation is involved.

Reloading for the 7x65r is interesting, in that it's a balancing act. The readily available S&B 173 grain SPCE load has a good reputation, is inexpensive, and regulates exactly to point of aim on my Sauer 3000 drilling iron sights, but velocity is a very modest 2450 fps, which is fine for your typical 125-150 yard shot at deer or pigs, but drops a surprising amount at 200 yards. My Blaser D99 has newer, better optics, and essentially functions as a single shot in deer hunting mode, and I wanted a load that I could confidently use out to maybe 250-300 yards, thus the load testing as VV data suggests that velocities of 2850-2875 with a ~150 grain bullet are attainable within pressure limitation.

The "balancing act" boils down to the fact that there are three common types of 7x65r fire arms: drillings, single shots, and double rifles. With a single shot, you can do just about anything that you want within barrel twist and pressure limitations. With drillings, you have to decide whether you want to keep your point of aim synchronized with your iron sights. With doubles, you have to achieve a respectable convergence between the two barrels, then also decide whether you need to keep your point of aim synchronized with your irons. It's a neat caliber, and it's a shame that more single shot rifles aren't chambered for it, as it has modest recoil and is very practical.

 

[Tintin]

450 Rigby. Looks like my 450 grain CPS will be pushed with 100 grains of H4350.

Wow! that 100 / 4350 load!

Well done.

Is the rifle a Rigby BG?

 

[Jagerrand]

Wow! that 100 / 4350 load!

Well done.

Is the rifle a Rigby BG?

I'm really happy with the rifle! It is a Heym Express, purchased from a member here.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

today I prepped some new 9.3x62 Norma brass from Raven Rocks and loaded a few rounds to test for velocity and accuracy 210 CEB ESP bullets with the tips installed now they are 215 gr using 56.5 gr of Benchmark and see how close I get to 2650 fps hope it shoots good, might take it to Africa this Sept

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

A whole 12 rounds of 32-35 with 35 gns of 3P wano holy black and .309 " diameter 150 gn lead projectiles to replace the ones I used yesterday at our ring target shoot. Only 12 as that was all the cast I had, will need to do another big casting session soon
Gumpy

 

[DaddyFlip]

Here is a 458 SOCOM ladder for optimizing subsonic velocity. Once fired Starline brass, Federal LP primers, Reloder 7 (25.0-28.5gr in 0.5gr increments), Hornady 410gr Sub-X bullets. It's a 4-die affair; Redding FL size and micrometer seater dies, just a touch of Lyman M die for expansion, and just a smidge of Lee FCD for crimping. I expect the 25gr load to give just under 1000fps from experience. The case gauge is a replica of my chamber. Toughest part about this loading is the bullets are Midway blems/seconds, so the ogive can be a little off; hence, every cartridge gets measured by the case gauge, the comparator, and COAL. Not that it's critical, but the SOCOM can be a little finicky sometimes, especially sub-supressed. You don't want a hiccup when Mr. Cape Buffalo is bearing down on you while you're getting under his skin (which is about all you would be doing, if you're lucky, with a sub-suppressed SOCOM!)

 

[Ed McGraw]

Today, I loaded 40, 348 Winchester cases. I have some old Speer 180 grain bullets for the old girl, and they started talking to me. They said they just wanted to go down range. I told them that would happen tomorrow. They seemed very happy now! I know I am!

 

[DaddyFlip]

Now for something completely different. A handful of 32-20 rounds to test in a new Peacemaker replica. 115gr 20:1 lead over ~19-20gr Swiss 3Fg blackpowder with a Federal SPP100 primer in new Starline cases. Lyman Ideal hand tool.

 

[mdwest]

Deprimed, resized, and cleaned 40 pieces of 300 PRC and 40 pieces of 30-06.

Assuming I’ve got a little time available tomorrow I’ll prime all of those cases… and I’ll start the process of depriming, resizing, and cleaning about 200 pieces of 300 WM…

 

[Slickshooter]

300gr Safari Raptors for my 458 Win Mag