Richiew

Castrom knives and a eka swing blade. Otherwise a leatherman does most jobs but needs a good clean afterwards. 

Looks like our negative comments regarding people making vast profits from selling primers have been removed.

Just keep trying local shops and also RFDs that deal from home etc . Found one local to me and prices were pretty normal. And he has regular stock delivery, more reliable than some of the big guns so I’ll keep using him up near Durham.

Buy in bulk and enjoy your shooting. 

Nice one mate. Lovely looking rifle . Should sell quickly. 
cheers

CZ bolt in the picture???

There’s some nice fishing kit that might be useful at go outdoors. 
Aim bag can hold rifle, ammo , bipod , tools , rain cover Aim made for the bag or to cover the rifle itself, 

Often put rifle in a pelicase it’s heavy but has wheel s so it’s easy to drag and can strap a target to it (16x48” ) rest of gear and a flask and sarnies go in a big rucksack. 

Nothing in the hornady manuals . Accurate shooter or the 65 guys might be worth a look. Mostly people are using upto 140 s . A few American people have info but nothing with our powders . Search for 6.5x47 with 147 eldm load data . Looks to be around 38 to high 39 grain of most of the common American powders 

cheers

5 hours ago, Subsonic said:

Hi Richiew

Thanks for your reply.  Their not expensive, assuming I can find one so I want to give it a try.  

Nothing ventured...

Might work better with the normal pistol grip configuration though . 
Good luck mate 

Tried one on my AT thumbhole stock on the left hand side and wasn’t impressed , seemed to be a long reach to the thumb step . Also you don’t have much grip on the stock .  Don’t think it suits my hand size/ grip shape. Size 10 or large gloves . Save some money and don’t bother. 

On 5/3/2023 at 11:25 AM, redding said:

I have been using RS52 for a while now but I am told that none will be available this year.

I am down to my last few grams and was wondering if anyone has moved to an alternative powder

I like the RS52, it gives good velocity with no excessive pressure.

I use a .308 with Barnes TTSX 130 grain bullets with an average velocity of 3030 FPS

Any suggestions for an alternative would be appreciated.

 

N135 should suit your 130 grain bullets. Very happy with this powder in my 308 for 155 hornady eldms and the old amax design s . Accuracy international AT 26” barrel likes 42.5 -43 grain area , for 2800 fps . 
N150 for the 175 and 185 Berger bullets both seem to prefer 44.5 grain s . 
cheers

WOW very good indeed thank you for sharing your load . I’ve used N540 lately but will use it up and concentrate on N140 . 
 

Latest eley subs are rubbish in my anschutz 1416 so went back to rws or Winchester subs and all is well again. 
Original eley subs were great, 40 grain but only 38 on the scales, new range ones are advertised at 38 but my last lot when I pulled a bullet we’re only 36 grain s so a little light and hence they go crack rather than phut. 
SK do some great types . 
Tenex didn’t feed from the mag very well as they are a blunt shape. 
Lapua are also very good if you can find them. Good luck 

Light gathering qualities and tactical reticles maybe?? Oh and we all like to think we are snipers. 
Possibly also not much choice for high end scopes that tick all the boxes . Some manufacturers are now looking at specific longrange models so hopefully more choices will be available. Just my opinion!!

1 hour ago, geek said:

I use Vihitauori N140 with Sierra Matchking bullets in my Remington 700 .223. I have shot these out to 600 yards. 

What size matchkings and how much powder pls 

Bh firearms in the Durham area have plenty . Just spent loads on N 150/ 140 and a thousand of rws lrp and a1000 srp federal normal grade. 

Great bloke to deal with. But it’s a bit of a drive . 
Try your local independent rfds . There’s gear out there but not necessarily at big shops . 

19 hours ago, Ralpharama said:

After watching lots of stuff and listening to lots more I have ordered a Forster bump and bushing die also. To me it seems to be a really good combination of both camps. Watch this space 🤣

I’m using the Forster bump bushing dies in 308 and 223 and find with normal sized lapua brass I’m using the biggest die to get the correct neck tension of 2 thou. Bullets slide in very smoothly with very little resistance. If I started to neck turn my cases then the tighter dies would do the job . 
I’m in agreement with popspengo regarding accuracy. 
LE Wilson do very nice dies but they’re full length bushing bump . Last lot of 308 lapua cases were near to 20 times reloaded so making things very cheap. 
Never annealed and only length trimmed when necessary. 
Primer pocket s were getting looser so finally ditched them for a new set of the same. 

Fireform cases after new lapua brass has been mandrel sized . Then Forster bushing and bump neck sizer . Only problem is the rounds only fit one rifle .  Not a problem in my case. 

Into gel the eley and Winchester expand to about 8mm diameter. They do pass through rabbits but can’t tell how much they can expand in such a short distance through a rabbit’s body of 3 to 4 inches wide?? . All depends on the hardness of the lead . 

I used to swear by eley subs in my anschutz but the newer 38 grain subs often go crack so I’ve changed to the RWS subsonic hollow points and they are much quieter and consistently quiet. Winchester subs are also good. Both types of ammo will need the point of impact re zeroing and work out your new drops . StrelokPro is useful for this .

1 hour ago, Scf31 said:

Yea I was thinking of leaving them out for a few fox's or badgers as I live in a rural area.. 

Use them as bait to control the foxes.

I’m allowed to leave rabbits for the local birds of prey on two farms . The other farms need them picked up. Mostly go to a friends dog . Could breast the pigeons out for dogs or yourself if they’re woodies. Small amounts in the bin work s. Enjoy 

Tried to dump rabbits at the local tip once and got caught. Told I’ll have to take them back and get a licence to get them incinerated. 
They went in the wheely bin in a black bag . You’ll need a plan and risk assessment for the shooting and one for getting rid of whatever is shot . Mostly to do with how they are handled and PPE to be used . 
 

223 lapua match brass was much easier to size than the 308 . A little wax on the inside of the case neck dabbed on with a finger did the trick . Ready for reloading after a bit extra inside chamfering. 

K and M do some nice stuff also the ARC Dies at wildcat mods look great. 
Might do some neck turning in the future so a k&m set would be worth looking into, probably starting with the 308 . Is it worth the effort if I can already get a 1” group at 300 yards. 

Hi all 

The LE Wilson 223 mandrel turned up today from bisleyvshop. Great service from Brian .

 The giraud three way trimmer s are working great too . Got a lot of sizing to do this weekend.

Just for info guys and gals .

loaded 100 308 lapua new cases and found them very hard to push the bullet into the case . Even had marks/ deformed bullets with the effort needed. 
Bought a L E Wilson mandrel die and found all the other100 case’ s needed a good amount of re sizing. So the moral of the story is resize lapua brass back to the proper size and save yourself having to fire form  them . The quality ain’t what it used to be .