Mike in Texas. I'm new to reloading. I'll be reloading for a 1x8 Ruger 223. My confusion is about c.o.a.l. Sierra shows a 69 grain and 77grain. with coal of 2.260. It seems that the bullets would be loaded very deep. How does that affect pressure? Thanks for your help.
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My name is Bill C and I've been reloading both shotshell and center fire rifle ammunition for over 30 years for all my target and hunting needs. I won't claim to be expert here, but if you read my contributions they will be well founded and not exceed my experience.
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Bill
My name is Bill C and I've been reloading both shotshell and center fire rifle ammunition for over 30 years for all my target and hunting needs. I won't claim to be expert here, but if you read my contributions they will be well founded and not exceed my experience.
Be safe,
Bill
Hello,
Thank you for allowing me to become a small part of the discussion here.
I have been a hunter and have done some small time competition shooting in the past.
Work took away my hunting and shooting time for several years but I am now retired and enjoying shooting again.
My two main pursuits are long range steel and coyote hunting.
I am hoping to merge the two somewhat with my latest rifle in 22-243 Middlestead.
John
Thank you for allowing me to become a small part of the discussion here.
I have been a hunter and have done some small time competition shooting in the past.
Work took away my hunting and shooting time for several years but I am now retired and enjoying shooting again.
My two main pursuits are long range steel and coyote hunting.
I am hoping to merge the two somewhat with my latest rifle in 22-243 Middlestead.
John
Hi My name is Daniel I live in N.S. Canada . I enjoy Hunting Fishing Trapping working with my Lab . and just getting in to reloading I have a Sako 223 that I would like to work a good load up for Coyote hunting . hope to gain some knowledge on this site . thank you for letting me join .sure I will le
Been lurking for awhile. Load mostly for the smaller caliber's. 22Br, 6Br, 6.5Br, 6.5 grendel, 6.5x47 Lapua, and the good ol' .223 rem. Mostly all long guns are built around the Savage Target Actions or AR platforms. Been reloading since the late 80's. Just retired from US Army couple years ago. Had a lot of fun reloading a 105mm, 155mm and 203mm. Redlegs will understand
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We'd like to welcome all new members to the AccurateShooter.com Reloading Forum. There is a lot of collective knowledge here to be shared. Whether you're a newcomer to the precision shooting world, or a veteran shooter, you'll find lots of good advice in the forums, plus tons of information in the site articles.
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Hello everybody,
I'm new to this forum. In fact it's my first forum ever. But I'm not new to reloading. I have enjoyed it for 45 years now. Which doesn't mean I don't have reloading problems anymore. As a matter of fact, my latest is with a new "used" rifle I recently bought. A Cooper model 38 in 17 FB. Out of a ten-shot group, I get 6 shots in 1 inch and 4 flyers that will enlarge the group to about 3 inches at 100 yds. I have tried a dozen different loads and powders, supposedly accuracy loads, including the one suggested by the previous owner who claims to never have had any problems with it. My next step will be to anneal the cases. I'm waiting for for my Vertex annealer to arrive. Does it sound familliar to anybody?
Hello everyone, Im new, just joined and looking to gain a lot of knowledge from here. Im in SC, active Army....not a sniper. I have trained as a Designated Marksman pre 9/11 so have some experience in long range precision shooting. I just started reloading about 2 months ago, so thats my passion. I have the obvious AR15/AR10 with a tone of brass used for target/training shooting. I load all my pistol (9mm, 10mm, 40, and 45 ACP) but my challenge is developing a precision long range load for my Remington 700 Long Range chambered in 300 WIN MAG. I want to get the best life of the brass and I have read a lot of these belted magnums and FL dies. I will be retiring in the next few years so hopefully I can nail down a good long range load before then.
Look foreword to learning here, thanks.
Tony
Look foreword to learning here, thanks.
Tony
Hi fellow members
I am new to this forum having joined today
I come from the Land Down Under usually referred to as Australia
My interests are in long range shooting and deer hunting both stalking and taking that long range shot way out there.
Tony
I am new to this forum having joined today
I come from the Land Down Under usually referred to as Australia
My interests are in long range shooting and deer hunting both stalking and taking that long range shot way out there.
Tony
My Join Date is 6/2014, but today is actually the first time I've begun to use the forum.
For the last few years I've been shooting over 10k rounds/yr. 22LR, 9mm, 45ACP and 12ga each account for about 20% of the total. The remaining 20% are in 223 (AR15 and Bolt), 6mmAR, 308, and 30-06 at 100-300yds. I reload for all except the 22LR and 12ga (my shooting buddy does the shotshell for us). In the reloading process I've gone through 7 scales and 3 chronos . . . CED M2, MagnetoSpeed V1, and now LabRadar. While I've learned to love trap (maybe because the targets explode), the rifle reloading/precision shooting process interests me the most so I'll be watching the Reloading Forum hoping to learn and contribute from my experiences with equipment tried and (mostly) discarded lol.
For the last few years I've been shooting over 10k rounds/yr. 22LR, 9mm, 45ACP and 12ga each account for about 20% of the total. The remaining 20% are in 223 (AR15 and Bolt), 6mmAR, 308, and 30-06 at 100-300yds. I reload for all except the 22LR and 12ga (my shooting buddy does the shotshell for us). In the reloading process I've gone through 7 scales and 3 chronos . . . CED M2, MagnetoSpeed V1, and now LabRadar. While I've learned to love trap (maybe because the targets explode), the rifle reloading/precision shooting process interests me the most so I'll be watching the Reloading Forum hoping to learn and contribute from my experiences with equipment tried and (mostly) discarded lol.
Mike here from North Dakota. I've been reloading with my dad since my teen years, and am now starting to acquire my own equipment. I've even passed him up a bit in the consistency of my ammo. I get better Extreme Spreads and Standard Deviations in velocity and lower runout in loaded cartridges. Yet somehow he still manages to shoot smaller groups than me. I guess I still have some catching up to do.
Greetings from the Left Coast...please don't hold that against me!!! I grew up in Michigan where I started with a .22 in a gun club in Saginaw. I have decided to get back into the shooting sports and I am currently researching a .308 build/purchase. As my wife doesn't "completely" realize the price of entry, I am will be interested in the discussions on the balance between cost and performance in optics and especially reloading to help lower costs.
I look forward to the opportunity to learn.
Steve
I look forward to the opportunity to learn.
Steve
Hello to all. New to the forum, been reading here for a while now. I live on the central coast of California, Paso Robles area. I enjoy building my AR rifles, reloading, and riding around the ranch shooting skippy. Currently shooting ARs in .17 WSM and 204 Ruger. A wealth of knowledge on these pages! Thanks to everyone that shares.
Dave
Dave
Thanks dmoran!
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