What are you currently reloading?

Reloaded some 300 Win Mag target and hunting ammo a few nights ago with my brother-in-law.

On the left: Nosler 210 gr RDF with 78.24 gr of H1000, COAL of 3.49, FPS of ~ 2960
On the right: Barnes 175 gr LRX with 75.5 gr of RL-26, COAL of 3.47, FPS of ~ 3090

Mag well is a touch over 3.5 so seating to max depth essentially. Not interested in hand feeding. Jam point for my rifle is 3.62.
Why so light on the 175's?
 
If you're in the market for SRP 6.5, Peterson has been more consistent from lot to lot than the Lapua. As an added bonus , Peterson provides the AMP codes for every lot of brass. No more "sacrificing" brass for annealing.
Interesting. I'm sitting on about 500rounds of loaded LRP so probably won't be changing but I may go SRP if I build a 25 Creed.
 
Why so light on the 175's?
Assuming muzzle velocity and powder charge? The ladder test for my rifle showed that the accuracy of 3 shot-groups was best (0.4 MOA at 100 yards) at 75.5 gr of RL-26.
My GeoBalistics app shows an estimated velocity of 2080 fps at 600 yards so I am confident fast enough from 0-600 yards to ensure proper bullet expansion.
 
I'm rebarrelling an old Remington Model Seven 223 1/12" twist to with an 18" Shaw barrel in 223AI 1/7". Ordered myself a whole bunch of Sierra 77gr TMK's, a few hundred Hornady rounds for fireforming brass. A new Dead Air Nomad TI XC will be hanging on the front of it.

Looking forward to messing around with that here soon on the reloading bench .
 
Picked up a 357 mag. Anybody have any experience using all lead bullets? Curious if they foul the barrel up.
I use cast lead from Missouri Bullet Co. 158gr ACTION SWC. I don’t run them very hot. They are dirty/smoky but I can get probably 500 rounds through my GP100 before I start to notice things getting too dirty.
 
That makes sense. If you full size, does it prevent this?

No, sizing contributes to it. Bushing dies seem to contribute to them forming more quickly than standard FL sizing dies because they dont size all the way to the shoulder.
 
Picked up a 357 mag. Anybody have any experience using all lead bullets? Curious if they foul the barrel up.
Most of the ones I have used are powder coated to help prevent the lead fouling issue. Seems to work well enough in the 38 specials and the same for the .44 mag and my .458 SOCOM.
 
222 rem with 33 gr hammers, just hope the speed trap works this time. I think I was too much under the trees the other day. When I initially loaded some up about a yr ago I got 3850 on the screen.
 
Had a bit of time while waiting for the fertilizer truck so snuck down with three rounds and the prochrono
3714
3770
3809
Tight little group and that was sitting in a chair over a flimsy tripod.
All brass looks good, the 3809 was probably the projectile I pulled from a 22 hornet. Had a bit of a tussle to get it to go in as it had marks from the pliers.
 
Had a bit of time while waiting for the fertilizer truck so snuck down with three rounds and the prochrono
3714
3770
3809
Tight little group and that was sitting in a chair over a flimsy tripod.
All brass looks good, the 3809 was probably the projectile I pulled from a 22 hornet. Had a bit of a tussle to get it to go in as it had marks from the pliers.
My guess would be that the pulled bullet would be the 3714 as the plier marks would cause more drag unless the bullet weight was lighter?
 

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