Recent content by Snowshooter

Good job!, next thing they will want their own lady gun. Raspberry Ruger for the love of my life.

Good find! That press will do basically all you need unless you want progressive volume. Hornady#9, Lyman#49 manuals are well respected for loading instruction. Can be found at most decent reloading shops. Data available from many sources. 1.5" minimum thick top. Bolt bench to wall and...

This is the right move. I bet you will look at that hopper every other round now.

Sounds like you are on the road to success. Once you decide on a powder, try to buy a larger container of it so you won't have lot to lot consistancy problems. As far as being careful with Titegroup, we ALL need to be careful loading ALL powders. While some powders are easier to load, ALL of...

MattO, You aren't going extreme with the weighing. Plan on always being meticulous with powder charges. To eliminate confusion, don't use the case as a powder hopper. Use the pan that came with the scale. So your measured result is what you want. Dump the powder into the pan, weigh it, dump...

It works great for me with 68 HPBT like previously posted. With 55 gr it is slightly over gassed and gives me a forward ejection pattern. I also got pressure signs below max. Metering is excellent.

Not all 30 cal bullets work. The short soft points for 30 carbine have feeding a problems in some guns. Set OAL keeping magazine bump in mind. Google is your friend. "300 OAL magazine bump"

Bullets yes, powder not likely. Making your own brass isn't hard, just time consuming.

Load data doesn't typically use an ar for development. Universal receiver.

There is a bunch of data out there, but not all of it is for an AR, so if you are in that camp, be cautious.

Cut the brass just below the shoulder with small chopsaw or bandsaw. Debur. Form in FL die. Trim to 1.36. Debur again. Load. Unless you have a Dillon Rt1500. Then just form and trim. Edit. Spelling.

300 uses magnum powders mostly. W296/h110, 4227, lil gun, 1680 New Hornady and some from Lyman (not in #49) have data. There is data out there. Post what you want and I can point you there, super (125 150 gr etc) or subsonic. Yes brass can be made from 223, be careful of neck thickness...

Recently, my wife purchased a Ruger LC9. Great little carry pistol that shoots well, with certain ammo. With my regular target load it would hit 8-12" low every time. I had to build 18 different ladders with multiple powders and bullet weights to find one that worked. Since the primary point...

Ok, I am glad that I got hung up with time on the range with the family and didn't make it to call Smith. I didn't figure that they would do anything, but thought it might be worth a call; guess I should avoid it. I suppose until I start seeing issues I will go on with it until I can work on...

Update - Bench report Thanks again for all of the suggestions. Well, I couldn't wait any longer and my four legged friend decided that 4:45 was a good time to get up this morning, so I had some spare time. UPS has decided that the items to finish my reloading setup need to wait until Sat to...