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      Goex closing what are you going to use?

      Just recently discovered Goex had went out of buisness or at least paused production I heard another company acquired the brand so thats good. I did a deep dive on the making of black power and there are some very informative YouTube videos on the subject. One gentleman that goes by “everything...
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      Need Shotgun recomendation

      If you are just looking for a trap gun I suggest the CZ 612 Trap. 32 inch ported barrel w/ a raised vent rib and a monte carlo stock. Ive seen them at Cabelas for $450. I love mine its has some nice wood also. If you are looking for a trap gun cz makes some affordable guns that would fit that...
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      Hornady reloading manual question

      Mayes it's a 300 win mag. Using Hornady brass and bullets. The manual has a charge listed starting at 2800 fps and it goes up 100 fps at a time all the way to 3200 fps. I may just call Hornady and pic their brain
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      Hornady reloading manual question

      It's not a lower Max load it's a lower staring load. It also says specially in the 300 mag section that they should be ran near max velocities which is 3200 fps but then list data for a 2800 fps load. It's a little confusing I'm just confused I usually don't question published load data from...
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      Hornady reloading manual question

      I got the most recent edition of the Hornady reloading book. I found a load for 300 winchester for 150 gr Soft Points and loaded 50 of them. I was looking thru several other manuals and it is 10 grs less than most other starting load is this good? The load is 58.4 grs of H4350 the Hodgon manual...
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      My Next Deer Rifle Debate

      I went with the 458 SOCOM bought a Rock River upper 16inch carbine. It is an amazing round it will do probably 98% of what a deer gun needs to do in Indiana. I shoot the Hornady 325gr FTX it flattens deer. I can cloverleaf shots at 100 yards and it will stretch to 200-250 yards with practice...
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      RCBS expander ball wrong size?

      Fresh brass ran thru a Full Length die
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      RCBS expander ball wrong size?

      I'm loading up some 85gr Barnes TSX for my 243 Win was hoping to use them for deer in a few weeks. I noticed after the first 5 or so that it was hard to seat the bullet and a small sliver of copper came off every one. I checked my die over it looked ok. I checked my bullets with calipers they...
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      Savage 99 no gunsmithing mount

      Nice rifle Hookeye what caliber? I love those early deer rifles like the 99 and others of that era. I plan to get one maybe 243 or one of the older obsolete cartridges. I bought a Remington Model 8 .35 Remington it was second year production 4 digit serial number. I was gonna trim cases and let...
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      Youth Mossy 500

      I keep a 12ga bore snake in my hunting pack whenever Im using my slug gun (fully rifled Benelli SBE2) after 3 or 4 shots I run the snake it seems to really help.
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      Youth Mossy 500

      I would give Remington Sluggers a try I used them in my Remington 1100 for a time they did well. It was rifled sights and rifled barrel. If they work great if not it really does pay to use a sabot slug something from Lightfield they are great. Ive spent countless hours and dollars and shoulder...
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      Best factory 243 deer round

      A .243 Winchester is perfectly capable of taking any big game animal cleanly in North America. Proper shot placement and bullet construction are key as with any cartridge. Modern Bullets such as Barnes TSX or Hornady GMX or even Nosler Partitions work wonders. Is it the "best" probably not but...
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      2016 centerfire deer rifle push?

      Under the current regulations we can have a 358 Hoosier AR10 with a 25 round mag. However a .270 single shot Encore no go.............makes sense right? Oh well I guess I need a new project who makes good AR10 uppers and lowers Im gonna stick it to the man!
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      CMP question

      I joined the garand collectors association which is one of their affiliated clubs I don't have a membership card but I have an email confirmation and they are supposed to release my info to the CMP so hopefully that's enough
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      CMP question

      Well perhaps I could print off scores from Friday night steel matches I've shot. They are just spread sheets that have my name on it no real way of proving its me.
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