What are you currently reloading?

[std7mag]

Finally got to shoot the Ruger 77 MKII in 25-06 that i bought a month ago.
Settled on 120gr Sierra HPBT GameKings over RL19.
Ran a few wet patches in last night, good scrubbing today.

I also shot some of the 9mm Sig V Crowns yesterday.

My Walther PPS really liked the 90gr bullets. The 125gr, not so much.

But my H&K VP9 really liked the 125gr. The 90gr not so much. Lol

Both bullet weights over Alliant BE86 powder.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Smoke was so thick in the Grande Rhonde valley yesterday I hung out in the shop all day loading cartridges.
20- .308 winchester
40 - .338 Jarett
40 - 375 H&H
40- 30/06

 

[FLS]

25-06- Berger 115 VLD Hunters over H1000.
308- 165 Accubonds over 8208 XBR

 

[nhenry]

Primed a bunch of 280 AI brass without having to worry about my supply dwindling for once. Thank God for Scheels.

Going to throw a bunch of powder tomorrow (IMR 4350 and H4831).

 

[Farmerj]

Researching a bunch of reduced recoil .308 Winchester for a friend.

 

[nhenry]

58.8-60.8gr of IMR 4350 under 120gr TTSX. 280 Ackley loads.

 

[El Jason]

58.8-60.8gr of IMR 4350 under 120gr TTSX. 280 Ackley loads.
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I bet those are cooking out of the Ackley.

 

[nhenry]

I bet those are cooking out of the Ackley.

I tested some old max loads from my old 280AI and they were scorching at 3440 avg from this barrel. No signs of pressure.

 

[Potsie]

Haven’t loaded yet, but I did get some ADG .300 RUM brass.

That’s going to happen this winter.

 

[Scrumbag]

Well yesterday I loaded a handful of 9.3x62 with 255gr Geco bullets and N150. Also cleaned some 404 Jeffery brass.

Got some new soft points to try in the 404. 70+ grains of powder a shot that. Big grin though.

Scrummy

 

[mtmuley]

Haven’t loaded yet, but I did get some ADG .300 RUM brass.

That’s going to happen this winter.

I have some ADG I might be convinced to trade for new Remington. mtmuley

 

[Potsie]

I have some ADG I might be convinced to trade for new Remington. mtmuley

I have maybe 50 twice fired (at least) Remington. Plus some Nosler…

 

[antelopedundee]

6.5-06 and 6.5-06AI with 123 grain Absolute Hammers and Reloder 19 or Reloder 22.

 

[Potsie]

6.5-06 and 6.5-06AI with 123 grain Absolute Hammers and Reloder 19 or Reloder 22.

Did you fireform your own brass for the AI? Did you start with plain old .30-06 brass or can you cheat a step and start with .280 AI?

Just curious.

 

[Farmerj]

Starting to work on my .260 Remington savage.

Decided to try casting the chamber to get a feel for freebore before shooting.

Should like the 140-150 gr bullets from what I’m seeing.

 

[antelopedundee]

Did you fireform your own brass for the AI? Did you start with plain old .30-06 brass or can you cheat a step and start with .280 AI?

Just curious.

I fireformed my own from .270 Win brass, .25-06 brass or 6.5-06 Quality Cartridge brass.

 

[antelopedundee]

I've often thought of buying a cheap .270 Win., converting it to .270AI and fireforming about 500 cases. Then I would be able to trim them to 2.494 and have 6.5-06 cases of the proper length. AI cases hardly ever grow in length once they're formed. I've never tried resizing .280AI cases, but the less you need to reduce neck diameter the better. Using .30-06 cases would be a 2 step process. .30 - .28 - .26

 

[Potsie]

I've often thought of buying a cheap .270 Win., converting it to .270AI and fireforming about 500 cases. Then I would be able to trim them to 2.494 and have 6.5-06 cases of the proper length. AI cases hardly ever grow in length once they're formed. I've never tried resizing .280AI cases, but the less you need to reduce neck diameter the better. Using .30-06 cases would be a 2 step process. .30 - .28 - .26

That’s what I was thinking. If you could neck down a .280 AI, you may be able to skip the fire form.

I know absolutely nothing about the 6.5-06 AI round, but it’s piqued my interest.

 

[mtmuley]

That’s what I was thinking. If you could neck down a .280 AI, you may be able to skip the fire form.

I know absolutely nothing about the 6.5-06 AI round, but it’s piqued my interest.

If I ever do a 6.5, it will be this. mtmuley

 

[antelopedundee]

That’s what I was thinking. If you could neck down a .280 AI, you may be able to skip the fire form.

I know absolutely nothing about the 6.5-06 AI round, but it’s piqued my interest.

Both the .270 Win and the .280 Rem are about 0.050 longer than the .30-06 and all of its offspring. The .280 Rem has its increased length in the base to shoulder while the .270 Win has it added to neck length. So in addition to resizing the neck of the .280, you'd also need to move the shoulder back by about 0.050 inches. After fire forming the AI case usually ends up being 0.012 - 0.015 inches shorter than the parent .30-06 case. Another option is to size the .270 case [sans expander ball] in a .25-06 die fire form using the fast pistol powder method or maybe close to half a case full of something like 2400. You should be able to chamber a sized .270 case in a 6.5 -06 chamber without the issues that excessive neck length can cause. Could be one might have to drop down to a .24-06 sizing die.