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    CED Millenium?

    When my old Oehler bit the dust, I bought the CED because I got it for wholesale (saved about $50, got it for half what an Oehler would've been). It has lots of features, and will do about anything. The only thing I don't like about it is that it requires at least 5 shots to figure standard...
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    .300 Winny loads

    The beauty of the .300 WM (or any other large capacity magnum, for that matter) isn't so much that you can load light bullets hot, but that you can load heavy bullets to respectable velocities. Generally for big game hunting distances under 400 yards, the "hardest hitting" bullet in a given...
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    Nosler's new AccuBond bullet

    What Buzz said.
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    110 and 100gr loads for 30-06?

    31 grains of IMR 4227 gives me about 2,500 fps with speer 110 grain bullets in my '06. That powder is good for 300 grain bullets in a .44 magnum also. 23.0 grains gets 1,150 fps out of my 7.5" barrelled Super Redhawk
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    The ballistic tip: theory VS reality

    Jay, You've got mail.
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    The ballistic tip: theory VS reality

    Hi all! Been out hunting for a while now, but I'm back. I'll have to weigh in on this, because something happened this year that changed the way I look at hunting bullets. I used three different rifle/bullet combos this year, a .25-06, a .300 WM, and a .358 Norma mag. The .25-06 was using...
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    The 6.5mm, 129 gr. SSTs Work!

    Hogwild, The 129 grainers are fairly long (.025" longer than 140 grain Partitions), but the powder charge isn't overly compressed for my rifle when the bullet is seated .015" off the lands. My rifle is a Ruger, however, so I don't know what the difference in the chambering and mag length is...
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    The 6.5mm, 129 gr. SSTs Work!

    Dan, They normally aren't. Midsouth got a huge inventory of Hornady bullets that were slotted to go to a major ammo manufacturer (Federal, I believe), but for some reason the deal fell through, so Hornady had all these bullets in bags of 1,000 with nowhere to go. At least that's the scoop I...
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    The 6.5mm, 129 gr. SSTs Work!

    Did you get those at Midsouth? Red tiop, boattail, no cannelure? If so, they are Hornady A-Maxes. I have some 140 grain A-maxes, and they are indeed .140" longer than the similar weight Partitions. They are good for deer also, but they are too long to stabilize in my .260 Rem (9 1/2" twist rate).
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    The 6.5mm, 129 gr. SSTs Work!

    I picked up my long awaited box about two weeks ago, and have been doing some load testing. These bullets are extremely accurate in both the .260 Rem and the .264 Win Mag. Velocities are 2,860 fps in the .260, and 3,280 fps in the .264. Both rifles shoot them into three shot, 300 yard...
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    hornady sst

    Yup, Yup, they'll kill deer, pronghorn, and the like as well as anything alse, and they're more accurate tahn just about anything else I've tried. I've used them in 7mm, .308, and .270 caliber, and am awaiting their arrival in 6.5 mm.
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    For Reloaders of the 6.5-06....

    WD, What in tarnation you doing up this time O mornin'? I'm cleaning rifles myself. Heading to the range at first light.
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    Nosler Balistic tip report

    Well, when I shoot at a deer, I aim for the "off shoulder". That means I visualize where the shoulder I can't see is, and try to shoot the animal so the bullet enters the body at an angle to exit through the off shoulder (except on frontal shots, obviously). When I am successful at doing this...
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    Nosler Balistic tip report

    I'm not particularly fond of Ballistic Tips for big game hunting, but I use them extensively for varminting. I agree with BuzzH that the old Solid Base Noslers were the cat's meow for deer and similar sized animals. I was fortunate to have stocked up on 140 gr 7mm Solid Bases after they were...
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    How To Make "X" Bullets Shoot Like MatchKings

    Bullet: Barnes XLC BT, 180 gr Primer: Rem 9 1/2 Case: R-P Powder: RE 25 Powder charge: 95.0 gr Velocity: 3,297 fps This is a MAXIMUM load. Start ten grains lower. It is for the coated (blue) bullet. DO NOT USE THIS LOAD FOR REGULAR (uncoated) X BULLETS.
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    How To Make "X" Bullets Shoot Like MatchKings

    Flipper, If you have a rough barrel, you'll get more copper fouling. You evidently have a pretty smooth bore. If you have guilding metal from a regular jacketed bullet in the bore, you'll get WAY more fouling. If there is no copper to begin with, shooting X bullets doesn't seem to foul the...
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    How To Make "X" Bullets Shoot Like MatchKings

    No problems at all. They clean up as easily as regular bullets.
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    How To Make "X" Bullets Shoot Like MatchKings

    You can smoke a 185 grain XLC out of a 24" tube at 3,300 fps. That's plenty o' gun for anything below the Canadian border. That's my hunting load for elk. My backup elk rifle is my .300 Win Mag, with a 180 grain XLC moving at 3,100 fps. Of course, for some things north of the border, I'd go...
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    Best goups yet!!!

    Just wait until you get that first one ragged hole, 3 shot group. You'll REALLY be hooked on trying to shrink those groups then. Watch out, you can sink thousands of $$$ into this hobby without realizing it. I took an inventory of stuff I have on hand right now. Brass, bullets, primers...
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    How To Make "X" Bullets Shoot Like MatchKings

    I have had a few inquiries lately about how to make Barnes bullets shoot accurately. I have had great success as of late getting just about every Barnes bullet I've tried to shoot well. In fact, in my seven different Ruger Model 77 MK IIs, my most accurate load in six of them are now X...
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