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Fellow shooters
Looking for any advice i can get
Ive just purchased all the reloading gear i need (i think)
I've got a tikka t3x .243 stainless varmint standard barrel 10:6
Ive got some 75 grain ballistic tips and some 2206h powder, primers, brass etc
I'm looking for any data links and helpful advice and tips i can get
Thanks in advance
 
Fellow shooters
Looking for any advice i can get
Ive just purchased all the reloading gear i need (i think)
I've got a tikka t3x .243 stainless varmint standard barrel 10:6
Ive got some 75 grain ballistic tips and some 2206h powder, primers, brass etc
I'm looking for any data links and helpful advice and tips i can get
Thanks in advance
My first purchase was a loaders handbook, it gives many load work ups for max and min charge for the usual powders as a starting point along with how to load most normal bullet types with each powder!

Also gives some details about various cartridge data!
 
Ditto with the loading manual. You need to know more than weights of propellant charges and COL.

Get a reloading manual or two. Read all you can about how cartridges "work," what each step of the reloading process is intended to do and why that step is important. IMO, Lyman and Hornady are both good.

When you start reloading, begin with modest loads. Get a feel for things and then begin working up.

JMHO
 
Lyman's 50th edition and one more, your choice. Read, reread, absorb, understand what is in the front sections of the manuals. Those are the how to sections.

Ask any questions you have at this site. No question is stupid. Just give as much relevant information as you can relating to the question as well as your equipment.

Enjoy your new experiences.
 
Welcome! You just received some excellent advice in the posts above. Educate yourself with the right terminology for reloading speak ( a somewhat confusing language ) and you will find someone here with the right answers. Pretty soon you will recognize the many members that give solid advice. Wish you a pleasant time here.
 
Just an update guys i have the reloading manual now and am treating it like my bible haha
Will ar2206h/imr4895 be ok for my 75g ballistic tips?? The adi site shows it will but maybe you guys know something i dont. Thank heaps
 
Yup, by a reloading manual... Read it before you do anything else.. Then keep reading everything you can... Reloading is a learning curve , and is never really mastered only improved... It is a safe thing but there are rules you never break and a bad one is useing unpublished data..

Also someone may have the exact same rifle and a load that shoots great... That same load in your rifle maybe horrible... You must work up a load for every gun...
 
2206h / H-4895 will work fine for 75 grainers..

Work up to max in 0.3 gr 0.4 gr or 0.5 gr increments.

Nosler doesn't make 75 gr Bal Tips. only 55 gr 70 gr 80 gr 90 gr & 95 gr.

With the 70 gr Bal.Tips and 2206h I suggest starting around 37 and working up to 41 gr
And with the 80 grainers work up to around 40 gr of 2206h.



Here is a phenomenal link explaining everything you need to know about reading pressure signs...

https://www.primalrights.com/library/articles/understanding-pressure
 
Just an update guys i have the reloading manual now and am treating it like my bible haha
Will ar2206h/imr4895 be ok for my 75g ballistic tips?? The adi site shows it will but maybe you guys know something i dont. Thank heaps


Most of us like filling the case as full as possible with out compressing the powder. Which means using a slower powder than one that would fill the case only 90%.

But you're ok using any powder the Manuals show for the specific bullet.
 
OP-

Your first step down the road of confusion.

In you manual- does it state in the 3/4 back section bullet caliber, weight and starting and max loads for that round and powder? If it does, the rest is up to you to find the best charge for the round in YOUR rifle.
There are two things to initially ascertain 1. bullet seating depth, and 2. charge.

The depth test can take a few trips to the range. Go to the Berger bullet site, read and follow the test they recommend for finding the appropriate seating depth. http://www.bergerbullets.com/getting-the-best-precision-and-accuracy-from-vld-bullets-in-your-rifle/

After you narrow it down and refine the results, then go to the charge information in the back of your manual. Load the starting charge for your powder and go up by .3 grains or so every 15 or so rounds until you get to about 80% of the max allowed. You don't yet want to flirt with max loads (if ever). Pick the best and then go .2 grains on either side of that, then refine down to .1 grain.

If your rifle has a magazine, you may not go over the recommended overall length (OAL) . If no magazine, you may.

In the manual, when deciding loads, look for twist on your barrel. a 1:7 twist will have different information than for a 1:9 twist for your caliber.

GO REAL SLOW AND DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK EACH STEP AND IF A CONUNDRUM ARISES, STOP AND ASK HERE. It will be a lot better than having to toss out 50 rounds made incorrectly and starting over, or having an "incident" at the range requiring medical treatment or an autopsy.

* Learn what you can about ogive measurement. It is an important measurement.
 
AND never, ever, ever, do any reloading when tired or under the influence. I was tired a few days ago and was dispensing powder into 50 shells. After about 25-30, I needed to put back the powder into the hopper because of a .2 grain overcharge. Powder started to trickle out of the base of the shell where the primer should have been. Same with the other 25-30. I had to start all over because of carelessness in not making sure the cases were primed.

AND make sure you are using the correct die for the task intended. AND make sure that if you are draining unused powder from your dispenser after a loading session to close the drain port. That one was very messy the next day when I poured powder into the silo.

AND, if you really want to scratch your head, look at the load data from the powder manufacturer's website. There is more than a 99% chance the minimum and maximum loads will be different than what is stated in your manual (and will vary from manual to manual).
 

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