Today at the Bench.....

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Looking good! I think that .375 Whelen is too cool!

According to my records I haven’t sat down to the bench in about a month. Was trying hard this week to find some .243 brass and I almost went out and bought some, but I almost KNEW I had a bag somewhere, I just had to find it. Was searching all the reloading stuff for this bag I thought I had, and for whatever reason kept looking past a beer box of reloading items. Well I finally started digging through it for kicks only to realize that every bag in that box was .243 brass,including the Federal brass I needed. Ended up going through it, found in excess of 100 rounds in various stages of prep. This is brass I had forgotten about from two moves ago, notes were dated February 2016 when I was using my buddy’s bench as my living arrangement wasn’t conducive for reloading. Anyways, I got all the brass sized, trimmed, and prepped! Ready to reload, went for my favorite bullets, and realized I was out. Oh well, I know a small store a town over that had them in stock a week ago, so I’ll check them. If not, I’ve still got 40 some rounds to get through hunting season for my wife’s two deer tags. We should be good to go!

After dead-ending myself on .243, I think I’ll switch gears and work on my .30-06/E-tip load this week to see if I can’t squeeze any more accuracy out of it. It’s holding under 1.5” after my last range trip, but I want it to go a bit better than that.

Hope you all have a great weekend!


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I find stuff, all the time, that I’ve rat holed, or put away for later. Sometimes digging through what I already have is more exciting than going to the store.

I have been having a bunch of fun with that 375. Right now it is at the top of my favorite list to load and shoot.

What is your old faithful bullet for 243?

I hope you have a great weekend too! We are about to head out to the 5th grade football game. We need a win!


JTD

[Jbotto]

What is your old faithful bullet for 243?

I hope you have a great weekend too! We are about to head out to the 5th grade football game. We need a win!


JTD

My favorite so far is the 85gr Barnes TSX charged with a warm load of IMR 4064. I bought a sample pack of the 80gr TTSX and really want to try those out too. Might wait for them in the 6mm Rem though.


Hope you have get your win with the kiddos!
My wife is on call this weekend so mostly hanging around home in case the phone rings.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

My favorite so far is the 85gr Barnes TSX charged with a warm load of IMR 4064. I bought a sample pack of the 80gr TTSX and really want to try those out too. Might wait for them in the 6mm Rem though.


Hope you have get your win with the kiddos!
My wife is on call this weekend so mostly hanging around home in case the phone rings.


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Great bullets for 243, from what I’ve read everywhere. I remembered that you really like the non lead bullets, and was fully expecting the tsx to be your favorite.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

After last weeks range outing, I had a few things to load up. I have my hunting ammo for this season all loaded up. 6.5x55 with 140gr Sierra SPBT Gamekings. 6.5-284 with 140gr Speer Gold Dots. 375 Whelen Improved with 270gr Speer SPBT. And 45-70 with 300gr Nosler Ballistic Tips.



Ive also got some more test loads made up for .308, 6.5x55, and 30-06.


JTD

I too am fascinated by the 375 Whelen. I have a Remington 700 Classic in 35 Whelen that I love, but don't shoot much anymore. I am hoping it will have some value some day, maybe for my grand children.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I too am fascinated by the 375 Whelen. I have a Remington 700 Classic in 35 Whelen that I love, but don't shoot much anymore. I am hoping it will have some value some day, maybe for my grand children.

I love the old Remington 700 classics. Ive got one in 300H&H.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

Yep, it is a beautiful gun. I shot one PA buck with it years ago, 35 Whelen is not necessary for PA whitetails, lol.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Ha! Most of the guns I shoot are way more than a whitetail needs.

I shoot the Hornady 250gr RN out of my 35 whelen. It’s way overboard but does a great job on deer and hogs.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

Ha! Most of the guns I shoot are way more than a whitetail needs.

I shoot the Hornady 250gr RN out of my 35 whelen. It’s way overboard but does a great job on deer and hogs.


JTD

I shoot the 200gr Hornady over a good charge of Win 760, that is what I shot the deer with. Under an inch at 100 yards all day . . . or as long as my shoulder would put up with the abuse, lol. I also had good luck with the Speer 250gr spitzer, but that hurt even more.

[Mbaker78]

I melted down the undersized pulls from my learning experience. Something like 500 40cal bullets that got post sized down to .397-.399” by the factory crimp die. Powder coat really stinks when melting down. I was going to make a couple ingots and pour the rest as bullets, but noticed I had crap flow, so I ended up pouring some ugly ingots and cleaning the nozzle. I might get back out there and turn them into bullets, but I might just wait until next week or so.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I melted down the undersized pulls from my learning experience. Something like 500 40cal bullets that got post sized down to .397-.399” by the factory crimp die. Powder coat really stinks when melting down. I was going to make a couple ingots and pour the rest as bullets, but noticed I had crap flow, so I ended up pouring some ugly ingots and cleaning the nozzle. I might get back out there and turn them into bullets, but I might just wait until next week or so.

I was wondering how the powder coating was going to work out when you melted it down


JTD