What did you do in the reloading room today?

[rockchalk06]

Loaded 25 rds for my Contender 300 blk. 110 gr Barnes black tips over h110. Waiting on factory crimp die for it.

If I ever get off the pot and buy a 300 BO rifle, the 110 Barnes will be my bullet of choice.

 

[Steve Taylor]

If I ever get off the pot and buy a 300 BO rifle, the 110 Barnes will be my bullet of choice.

Haven't chronographed them yet. Found some factory second 220 grain match kings, great for plunking( too slow to plink). Under an inch at 50 yds from a 10" pistol

 

[undeg01]

50 rds of 10mm.

 

[rockchalk06]

Still waiting VC3 and my Area 419 rail for the Tikka, so I decided to get some data on the chamber.

I have some Hornady 147 grain ELD-M's that shot really well in my Bergara and the two hogs I shot with this load in my Bergara, did a number on them. I have a few hundred of these so that will be what I will start with.

Jam is 2.909" COAL or 2.264" off the O-Give. Hornady is calling for 2.800" COAL for this in a factory loading. .109" room in my chamber for this bullet. Will jump them .020" to start with and work up some charges of H4350.

My Bergara HMR jam was 2.955" COAL to jam and I ended up with 2.878" COAL for the best load I found over 39.7 grains of H4350. Jumping .077". That gave me just over 2600 FPS out of a 22" barrel.

When I did this testing on the Bergara, I found a nice node on 41.5 grains of H4350, but ran into pressure signs early when I hit a jump of .096". I had to stop and pull the rest. Cratered primers and an extractor groove that made me toss the brass. Worked on another node at 39.7 grains of H4350.

 

[rockchalk06]

RCBS Matchmaster Seating Die arrived. Loading up some 6.5 140 VLD's in Lapua Brass I fired last weekend.

This load is money in my Bergara

 

[Cowcatcher]

I didn’t do anything in the reloading room, well I am tumbling brass right now. But I did work on some mounts for a reloading room. Gonna do 3 for a friend and probably one for me. They’ll get my pipe cap bullet trays also.

 

[PBramble]

Loaded 25 rds for my Contender 300 blk. 110 gr Barnes black tips over h110. Waiting on factory crimp die for it.

Just curious, does the crimp make that much difference in a single shot?

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

I didn’t do anything in the reloading room, well I am tumbling brass right now. But I did work on some mounts for a reloading room. Gonna do 3 for a friend and probably one for me. They’ll get my pipe cap bullet trays also.
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Pipe cap bullet trays?

 

[Cowcatcher]

Pipe cap bullet trays?

Yessir steel pipe caps that are made for capping steel fence posts. Probably use some 6” ones. I’ll include a picture of some 4” ones on some of my old press mounts. I used a 4” pvc cap for my Dillon 550.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Yessir steel pipe caps that are made for capping steel fence posts. Probably use some 6” ones. I’ll include a picture of some 4” ones on some of my old press mounts. I used a 4” pvc cap for my Dillon 550.
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Yeah that’s what I thought you meant.