Thanks guys!

Merry Christmas folks. I don't get on here much, I have too many hobbies. But I do try to read a lot. I have a fellow wanting to buy my Rossi 45 Colt. Mine is a blue and wood, pre top safety model. 20 inch barrel. I have had this one since around 2002 or so. I had Steve Young do his basic package on...

10 Ga, I use Warne rings just about exclusively, and they are tough, but heavy. If you plan on leaving the scope on there, you could use the more permanent type rings. I forget the designation right now, but those are nice. I would use whatever height that keeps the scope low to the bore, just not t...

I run 270 Grain Barnes TSX's in mine in front of 75 grains of 4320. don't have a clue how fast they are, but they shoot an inch. I got the load from a friend of mine that hunted Alaska extensively with his A-bolt loaded with that and killed a few respectable animals with it. Brown bears included. So...

I just tossed those in there to make it look like I was being helpful. You probably know more about loading than I ever will. Do you use loaddatadotcom? it's fairly useful to me. That's where I pulled that from, and they have a LOT of 30-30 info available if you are so inclined.

I'll take your "good luck" and send half of it back to you. Plenty for both of us. Thank you for your comments. Thanks for that! I need all the luck I can get, at least the good variety. I will mail that die back to them for trading. Whether it is correctly built or not, I'd rather not us...

GDandy, The problem is not the case mouth. I'm uncomfortable squeezing the neck down to .319 and then having it expand to .330 by jamming a bullet into it, leaving a cinched in area of brass just in front of the shoulder and just at the base of the bullet. I've never reloaded with a die that did th...

Sir, I've been loading on a RL-550B for a few years and can tell you this. you don't have any problems, it's just that a 2 die rifle set of dies just won't work right on the Dillon setup for belling case mouths. The powder drop tube on the 550 is made to fit the case mouth rather well on rifles, and...

I got one a few years old that steve Young worked over for me and it's been fine after eating some Cast Performance 265 WFN GC runing 1700 or so. I loaded them with 27 grains of H-110. Yeah, they are stout, and hurt. I also load the Keith 300 gr bullets I get here in town and load them also with H-1...

Guys, I feel for all of you, and I too am concerned for our kids. And I don't even have any yet. This is all scaring me to death I'll be perfectly honest. I live here in alaska, and financially, yeah, I can cut out some beer and some niceties to more afford gas for huntin, and bullets for shootin. b...

Hobie, I don't think your too far off though. It's true that the 6.5 Grendal is better ballistically speaking, but how prevalent is it, and how easy is it to get ammunition for? Does the fact it uses the 7.62x39 case (easily the most manufactured case in the world) and it's made by the largest ammu...

I was the "452 RossiMagnum" or something like that. I only fool around with the forums during the winter months. Alaska is too good to miss in the summer so I don't surf the web much then!

Hobie, I don't think your too far off though. It's true that the 6.5 Grendal is better ballistically speaking, but how prevalent is it, and how easy is it to get ammunition for? I am not knocking it, just saying to do some research before you buy, which you are. I slightly disagree about the 6.8 bei...

Joe, AR-15's are neat weapons, and surprisingly accurate. I don't want to try and change your mind...well, yes I do too. AR's configured with the flattop, IE without carry handle, are much more versatile than a standard "A2" configuration. Meaning one with carry handle permanently attached...