What are you currently reloading?

[Badlandboy]

Gee, with all the hot, new, exotic cartridges and rifles the you fellas are playing with, this is gonna be boring.
I load for .257 Roberts, 7x57, 243 Win., .308 Win. and 35 Whelen.
Actually, as I’m well into my “Autumn Years”, my days of slogging through muskegs and walking miles in hill/mountain areas - not to mention packing big critters out of wherever they expired, are behind me now. Whitetails, muleys and pronghorn are my “big” game now. Hence, I haven’t loaded anything for the Whelen for the past 4 or 5 years. The 7x57 is my “go-to” while the Roberts, 308 and 243 are for my son and grandson.
Most of my loading is done during our long, cold winter evenings so, my bench is pretty well vacant at this time of year.
Any ammo loaded in used brass during the winter has the bullets seated out about .02” or so in the event of cold weld and reseated before range use or hunting.

 

[Sheltowee]

Gee, with all the hot, new, exotic cartridges and rifles the you fellas are playing with, this is gonna be boring.
I load for .257 Roberts, 7x57, 243 Win., .308 Win. and 35 Whelen.
Actually, as I’m well into my “Autumn Years”, my days of slogging through muskegs and walking miles in hill/mountain areas - not to mention packing big critters out of wherever they expired, are behind me now. Whitetails, muleys and pronghorn are my “big” game now. Hence, I haven’t loaded anything for the Whelen for the past 4 or 5 years. The 7x57 is my “go-to” while the Roberts, 308 and 243 are for my son and grandson.
Most of my loading is done during our long, cold winter evenings so, my bench is pretty well vacant at this time of year.
Any ammo loaded in used brass during the winter has the bullets seated out about .02” or so in the event of cold weld and reseated before range use or hunting.

Nothing wrong with the classics, specially a Bob and a Whelen. What are you loading in the .257?

 

[Elktrack]

Gee, with all the hot, new, exotic cartridges and rifles the you fellas are playing with, this is gonna be boring.
I load for .257 Roberts, 7x57, 243 Win., .308 Win. and 35 Whelen.
Actually, as I’m well into my “Autumn Years”, my days of slogging through muskegs and walking miles in hill/mountain areas - not to mention packing big critters out of wherever they expired, are behind me now. Whitetails, muleys and pronghorn are my “big” game now. Hence, I haven’t loaded anything for the Whelen for the past 4 or 5 years. The 7x57 is my “go-to” while the Roberts, 308 and 243 are for my son and grandson.
Most of my loading is done during our long, cold winter evenings so, my bench is pretty well vacant at this time of year.
Any ammo loaded in used brass during the winter has the bullets seated out about .02” or so in the event of cold weld and reseated before range use or hunting.

7x57 is .284 perfection

 

[Badlandboy]

Nothing wrong with the classics, specially a Bob and a Whelen. What are you loading in the .257?

117 gr. Sierra Pro-Hunters, 46 gr. RL19, Rem. brass, F210 primers. The Ruger #1 Med. Sporter spits them out of its 26” barrel at 2940 fps. Hundred yd. groups run from about .75” to 1.25” - depending whether I’m having a good day or an “Old Geezer” day. It’s the first load I ever tried in that rifle some 29 yrs. ago and I stuck with it - never felt any need for anything else.
Of course Sierra has discontinued the .257 PH’s and RL19 is now impossible to find. I do have a fairly good supply of each but, if the supply runs out before I do, I guess I’ll have do some experimenting.

 

[Sheltowee]

117 gr. Sierra Pro-Hunters, 46 gr. RL19, Rem. brass, F210 primers. The Ruger #1 Med. Sporter spits them out of its 26” barrel at 2940 fps. Hundred yd. groups run from about .75” to 1.25” - depending whether I’m having a good day or an “Old Geezer” day. It’s the first load I ever tried in that rifle some 29 yrs. ago and I stuck with it - never felt any need for anything else.
Of course Sierra has discontinued the .257 PH’s and RL19 is now impossible to find. I do have a fairly good supply of each but, if the supply runs out before I do, I guess I’ll have do some experimenting.

The Ruger No. 1 and the .257 Roberts seems like peas and carrots. It will almost certainly sing with Hammer HHTs if you ever burn up your supply of Sierras. I'm at 3218 with a .257 Roberts AI in a little 21-inch CZ carbine.

 

[Badlandboy]

7x57 is .284 perfection

Yep. Paul Mauser got it right over 125 years ago.

 

[Badlandboy]

The Ruger No. 1 and the .257 Roberts seems like peas and carrots. It will almost certainly sing with Hammer HHTs if you ever burn up your supply of Sierras. I'm at 3218 with a .257 Roberts AI in a little 21-inch CZ carbine.

Wow. That’s smokin’. What weight are those projectiles?

 

[Sheltowee]

Those are 95gr. but, given they are all-copper, penetrate as good as or better than a much heavier cup-and-core. They are hellfire on Alabama whitetail. Hammer makes some heavier .25-cal projectiles but you're going to have to be twisted a lot faster than the typical 1:10 normally seen in a Bob.

 

[Badlandboy]

Yep. Paul Mauser got it right over 125 years ago.

 

[Badlandboy]

Oops - that was 133 yrs ago. I better buck up on my history.

 

[Badlandboy]

Those are 95gr. but, given they are all-copper, penetrate as good as or better than a much heavier cup-and-core. They are hellfire on Alabama whitetail. Hammer makes some heavier .25-cal projectiles but you're going to have to be twisted a lot faster than the typical 1:10 normally seen in a Bob.

 

[Badlandboy]

I may have to look at them someday. I load 80 gr. Barnes TTSXBTs in my grandson’s .243. They definitely do a number on deer and antelope.

 

[nhenry]

Those are 95gr. but, given they are all-copper, penetrate as good as or better than a much heavier cup-and-core. They are hellfire on Alabama whitetail. Hammer makes some heavier .25-cal projectiles but you're going to have to be twisted a lot faster than the typical 1:10 normally seen in a Bob.

I’ve got some hammer 107 HBC on their way for loading in a 25-06 with a 1-7. Initially loading em over N560, we’ll see how it goes.

 

[Sheltowee]

I’ve got some hammer 107 HBC on their way for loading in a 25-06 with a 1-7. Initially loading em over N560, we’ll see how it goes.

Let me what what results you get, please. That could be an interesting projectile for my 25-6.5PRC build. My 25-7PRC really liked the big 127gr. HHTs.

 

[nhenry]

Let me what what results you get, please. That could be an interesting projectile for my 25-6.5PRC build. My 25-7PRC really liked the big 127gr. HHTs.

I’m sure it would be a superb bullet in anything with a fast enough twist. It’s got a .257 g7 BC, so at 3200-3300 where I’ll be pushing it, it’ll be pretty wonderful. If I had any retumbo I’d be using that. Suppose I can go grab some SBHD or H1000 and they’d work too. I’ll let you know how it goes

 

[grizzly63]

Got around to loading the 165 Deep curl in the 308 winnie. Starline brass, Fed LR match primers, 43.5 IMR 4064 does Sub MOA at 200. Good enough. Loaded 50. Do not have the urge to buy another rifle to play with so I might just do some work in my off time for awhile.

 

[millerkiller77]

Loaded some 6.5cm with 140 Fusions. My normal powder for this combo is H4350, but I have quite a bit of other powders I need to thin out so I started load development with Shooters World Precision Rifle and Staball 6.5. I really wanted to like the SWPR, but it just couldn't deliver the speed. Staball meters great, is very accurate, readily available, and cheap, but Holy crap its a dirty burning powder. I'm going to freeze some rounds and test the temp insensitivity claim next week.

 

[Robert N]

.44 Special “Skeeter” loads…crimped over the leading edge of the 240 SWC because my Freedom Arms 97 has super tight and finicky cylinders…

.416 Rigby is my “other” right now. 350 gr. Bullets and a whole lotta H414…

Both are massively fun!

 

[GoGriz]

7-08 with 115 grain hollows for the boy.

.357 with 125 grain berry’s - haven’t loaded .357 in a long time, im excited to shoot my two 626s again.

300 win mag for with 168 grain tsxs

And if there is time tomorrow, some .500 s&w so I can knock some dust off the old girl.

 

[xebadir]

Working through a set of 6.5x55 Swedes. De-primed and cleaned 100 cases, so ready for sizing.

Setting up for a new 280AI that will arrive next week. Need to break in and go through a full load development, chase load will be something in the 160gr class.