same powder for .243 and .308?

[Offroad Gary]

.243 dies on their way (and hopefully .308 too ). and ultrasonic cleaner.

tried to buy components yesterday, no primers, no varget, no n140.


back to the manual to reselect

i think i'm going to be cleaning/sizing for a while before i find any primers

good job i saved all those old cases

 

[JAYB]

Welcome to the Dark Side

 

[swampy]

a change

well you've done it now. life will always be different. A new obsession is born!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Offroad Gary]

i now have varget, primers, speer 1213's, sierra 1530's, sierra 2125's.

dies not arrived

 

[Offroad Gary]

i now have dies!
and a broken ultrasonic cleaner

 

[JAYB]

Load man, load! your life is about to change

John

 

[Offroad Gary]

made some empty ones up last night!

 

[Offroad Gary]

5 hand rolled specials ready to go!!

speer 1213 85gn boat tail spitzer
cci 200 primer
rws brass (resized and ultrasonically cleaned)
varget (a slack handfull of)
col 2.625"

just need to get out and try them

 

[User00004]

just need to get out and try them

I was well twitchie the first couple of rounds down the barrel, the "What if" comes to mind.......

Good luck!!

 

[ejg]

put a helmet on
edi

 

[JAYB]

Don't listen to these scaremongers they are just trying to make you jumpy. All you need is a big tyre to hold the rifle in position and a long lanyard for the trigger :!: Everything will be just fine then

John

 

[Offroad Gary]

at least i use a blaser, which is never going to let go!!!!

 

[Offroad Gary]

i flinched on the first one you buggers, will post results on monday.

 

[User00004]

i flinched on the first one you buggers, will post results on monday.

Well you survived, that's all that counts.

Good on you.

 

[stone]

i flinched on the first one you buggers, will post results on monday.

been there done that
look forward to seeing the results
stone ducking for cover

 

[Offroad Gary]

my first reloads, R93 .243 unmoderated shot off fully extended harris model L in long wet grass. gun was previously/initially zeroed the other night (about 1" high with factory federals, 85gn) with TJ and i havent used it since.

85gn spbt, 37gn varget, all weighed.
1st one out was taken with eyes closed and fingers in ears! i also shot a factory federal to see waht that was doing in comparison. it was actually at about 80m, didnt have range finder to check.

85gn spbt, 37gn varget, measured, not weighed, 100m exactly. not sure why that one went high??

85gn hpbt 37gn varget, measured, not weighed, 100m exactly.

interesting to see that the hollow points are hitting higher than the soft points. ideally i want to achieve both of these hitting the same spot from that gun.

comments on a postcard please......

 

[User00004]

Good write up, nice to see. As for getting them to hit in the same place...???? Maby OAL's/Powder Gr and the like, don't know. I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction.

Well done anyway. I'm off to do a batch myself.

TJ

 

[Offroad Gary]

done some more last night, 3 groups of 3, weighed very carefully.
35.5, 36 and 36.5gn varget.

 

[stone]

all i would say bucksden is don't play around to much
as these groupings will get a little tighter with a bit more confidence , just remeber you hav just started to reload ,so apart from the flinch , nerves and expexctations will cause you to open the groupng up while shooting at the range
try relaoding all the same again in bunches of 5 and see what the result is
you may be surprised at the difference
well done for taking the step and also showing us the results
hav fun and keep safe

 

[Offroad Gary]

cheers stone

i have 15 factory 55gn ballistic tips and 10 factory 85gn hollow points to use up on live quarry, before i intend to use my reloads, so plenty of time to get things sorted before i hunt with my own

tonight i'm off to throw a few 55's at the ginger ones cubtastik