Today at the Bench.....

[Jbotto]

I also made an order of some 150gr Nosler E-tip blems that I found a deal on to continue testing this bullet for my .30-06. I hope i can get it to shoot well.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Keep us posted on those e-tips. It will be nice to have a solid review of them here on the forum. Maybe start a thread about them.

That was a good way to salvage the range trip for your buddy. Hopefully now he will use those pointers when shooting his 7-08, and your handloads can really shine.


JTD

[Jbotto]

That’s a good idea about the e-tips, JTD! I might start something now since I’m thinking of it.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Today I was able to get my 9.3x74R and w-w 300 Savage brass sized and trimmed. That’s all for today.


JTD

[Jbotto]

Redid some test loads for my .30-06 with 150gr E-tips. That can be found in another thread in the loading for Hunting forum.

After that I resized the last of my friend’s 7mm-08 brass tonight. It was the last of the factory ammo he’s bought. And we shot it up yesterday. I sent the 9 cases through the tumbler this afternoon with a few random brass for the brass collection and sized them afterwards. Tomorrow I’ll trim them and get them primed and ready to load later this week. I’ve been away from the bench for almost a month so it was nice to be at it again.


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[Jbotto]

I got those 9 pieces of 7mm-08 brass from yesterday finished this morning with my coffee. Had to wipe off the the sizing wax with a rag then sent, them through the trimmer, primed and loaded 5 of them at the request of my friend as he wanted a five shot group to warm up before we finished testing his loads. All ready for the range!
The rest of the brass is primed and ready for further tests or if we settle on a load, ready to load up for his hunting load.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

I got my R-P 300 savage brass sized and trimmed. Tumbled 9.3x74R, WW and RP 300 savage brass tumbled, and all of the primed.


JTD

[Mbaker78]

I finally got out and shot the test loads I had made up with the WC844 and SS109 and 75gr BTHP.

Accuracy was what you’d expect out of a 10” 5.56 barrel. I had slight pressure signs at the high end of each charge set, but nothing to worry about.

I’d have to check my data against my targets to see for sure which load did best for each bullet, but I know they’re all in the middle of my charge ranges. I also know they all made an impressive fireball, so I seriously doubt they’ll be hearing safe with a suppressor. But that’s a pretty hard goal with full power 223.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I finally got out and shot the test loads I had made up with the WC844 and SS109 and 75gr BTHP.

Accuracy was what you’d expect out of a 10” 5.56 barrel. I had slight pressure signs at the high end of each charge set, but nothing to worry about.

I’d have to check my data against my targets to see for sure which load did best for each bullet, but I know they’re all in the middle of my charge ranges. I also know they all made an impressive fireball, so I seriously doubt they’ll be hearing safe with a suppressor. But that’s a pretty hard goal with full power 223.

Great. Glad you got out. Got any pictures of your targets?


JTD

[Mbaker78]

Not that I'm willing to share

65 yards with a red dot and using a golf cart as a rest. They're not anything to be proud of, but they gave me something close enough to be called data.