i agree with sub-caliber on the howa 1500. 2 years ago i got a howa in 223. liked it so much i just bought another howa in 204 ruger. i put a timney trigger in the 223 after shooting it for about month, and was not satisfied with the factory trigger. when i got my 204, i ordered a timney for it befo...

just finished reloading some of my 1x reloaded brass. interesting results; i made absolutely no adjustments to my dies. prepped and loaded 50 rounds with absolutely no problems whatsoever. :hic: The 1x reloaded brass that i used was some of the winchester brass that i had no problems with on the 1st...

i bought brand new rcbs dies to start with. when i started having problems i bought a brand new set of redding dies. same problem with both sets of dies, so bought a new competition seating die made by rcbs, same results as stated in my earlier post i am full length resizing, not neck sizing and i c...

I am really in a quandry. i started reloading for my new Weatherby Howa 1500 in 204 Ruger. I bought brand new winchester brass when i got the rifle. never fired factory loads in her. I run all of this brass thru a full size die, RCBS new, and trim to 1.840 and chamfer inside and out. Then the proble...

i have an older 77 with the tang safety in 270 also. as far as i know, there is no adjustment on the factory trigger. most ruger factory triggers really suck. check with rifle basix on the net. i believe they have an adjustable trigger for the older 77. i put one of their triggers in a newer 77 and ...

hi montana hunter what bullet are you using for these groups? i just started putting my new howa 1500 on paper after barrel break in. i started with 40gr vmax bullets, h335 powder at 25.4gr for break in, and then 25.6gr. after putting on paper at 25yds. moved out to 100yds. now i am ready to start f...

keeping all of my brass. i bought 500 brand new winchester, unfired brass through cabelas for 84.99. that comes out to 16.99 per 100. also selling remington for the same price. midway is real close to the same price. looks like the prices on brass and copper will just keep going up, so you may want ...

the dies i have are RCBS. bought them new when i got my new 204, 2 weeks ago this past saturday. they are like new in the original plastic case. i have only loaded about 75 or 80 rounds with them. all the brass run thru them was brand new winchester brass, never loaded or fired. i did polish the exp...

what brand name of dies are you looking for? i have a set of RCBS fl dies i might be willing to part with.

did you take the time to brake your barrel in? or did you just take it out of the box and start bangin away? if you did not brake the barrel in, i suggest you start from scratch, and start out right. you know the drill. shoot and clean, shoot and clean and so on. but start out right by using a good ...