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    Anyone reloading & shooting a 376 Steir?

    All is well buddy Near here we have been dry and hot, about an hour north of here they got flooded REAL bad the other day. Family is fine, and the youngest one will be visiting from Oklahoma next weekend. Murph is doing Ok. Getting around great too. Hope all is well with you, and good...
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    Anyone reloading & shooting a 376 Steir?

    I have a buddy that is trying to develop some loads for this round. So far he had tried using bonded bullets from Hornady and Nosler with very good groups at 100yds, but about basketball size at 300yds. Anyone have a good bullet, load combination that shoots well for them at 300yds too...
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    Coloring on Elk question

    Hello onepointer!! Yep, I got one.... filled the cow tag. Saw 3 shooter bulls, one dandy, maybe a 5x5 or 6x6 but when I saw him there was only 15 minutes of decent (legal) light left and I NEEDED about 45 minutes at least to get to where I had a good shot at him. Oh well..... maybe next year. WD
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    Coloring on Elk question

    A little over a month ago, I went on my first ever elk hunt in Northwestern Colorado... living in Ohio as I do, I don't see many elk and have a question on their colors. While I was there I noticed that some of their coats had a dark cinnamon color with orange around their rump, and most of the...
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    6mm-284

    You'll probably like that 6-284. I have one, it is the second one I've owned in my lifetime, and I don't intend to be without one again. Mine is a 1-10 twist 27" Lilja barrel on an AMT action. As far as loads go, I've always had good luck with either 4350 or 4831, but the best loads I've...
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    choosing a powder?????

    I agree with both danr and CH. The WW748 and H335 are two excellent powder choices for the 223. That being said, not long ago I tried some N133 in a 223 and it was considerably faster, decidedly more accurate and burned cleaner than either the 748 or the H335 using 50gr bullets. Only...
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    Good Guy Report..... Danr55

    Moosie, he's gonna cut your salary if'n you dog him too much. ;>) Naw, on second thought he wouldn't do that. He's probably figured a way to take what he pays ya off of his income tax. :>) WD
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    Good Guy Report..... Danr55

    After conversing with him for about 4 years now over the 'net and email, I finally got to meet my ole (sorry) buddy Danr in person on our recent trip to Phoenix. Dan came up to the hotel that my family and I were staying at, bought breakfast, helped me drink about a half gallon of coffee, and...
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    magnum rifle primer in standard rifle loads

    I've tried using them from time to time just trying to get a load to shoot a little better or a little faster or in one case... just plain shoot. I've tried them in 243, 6.5-06, and 30-06 at one time or another. Bottom line, I always wound up going back to the standard primers. If I had a...
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    Lyman Super Moly Coating?

    brokfut, I agree with Shaky on several of his comments. First, if you are using a given load and change out only the bullets for moly coated bullets, I've found that YES you do loose speed and in most cases accuracy. And I agree also with him that I'm not sure which is worse moly fouling or...
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    Reloading for my 6.5/06

    Indy, while I agree with what Rick said, you might find that your rifle likes them longer or shorter. You might want to try seating them out a little farther (closer to the lands) and check your group sizes. My 6.5-06 likes the bullets pretty close to the lands best, but on some bullets I have...
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    Nosler's new AccuBond bullet

    Like Pecos, I've not tried the 140gr 6.5 SST's either, and my 6.5-06 really likes the 129gr SST's. I've seen VERY good accuracy with them all the way out to 350yds (which is as far as I've had time to check them so far). Had to tweek the powder/and bullet seating depth a bit to get it there...
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    Nosler's new AccuBond bullet

    Hello 1pointer you big stud. I just picked up some literature on the new Nosler the other day. Shows a cross section of the bullet. Outwardly, it appears to be a Nosler ballistic tip, complete with boat tail, and plastic tip. The cross sections shows that the jacket is really thick down...
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    The ballistic tip: theory VS reality

    Just got back from WVa deer hunt. My buddy used 95gr SST's in his 243. I used the 129's in my 6.5-06. My buddy got a 120-130# doe at approx. 60yds with the 243... passed through both shoulders, dropped on the spot. Considerable bloodshot meat. My first deer was a 110-120# doe at approx...
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    The ballistic tip: theory VS reality

    Yep Danr, I saw that one. It somewhat contradicted another lab's result that I looked at late last winter. From field results I've seen so far, I'd place their penetration abilities somewhere between the "Hunting" NBT's and the Partitions. They are accurate rascals in 6mm, 6.5, 7mm, and 30...
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