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Alleycat, that's pretty close to what I figure I will go with. I bought a few 50 round boxes of virgin Hornady match brass and some Federal Match primers. I'll likely stick with AA 2520. I've had far too much good fortune with it to turn now.

Do tell how you like it, when you shoot it. Save one round for some wet newspapers or a phone book if it's not too much trouble.

If you ever do one PLEASE post pics. I'd like to see it. The XD is my true love for auto's and Tan, green and black are getting kind of ho hum.

Springfield Armory XD You did the Glock and the M&P so well, I just wondered if you had ever done the S/A XD

I didn't think the Purple on black was all that bad. I bet Red on black would look really nice. Have you ever tried an XD?

TOO FUNNY AND TOO RIGHT!! Am I the only one who gets a new rifle with high accuracy potential and starts going through the same motions over and over? Have to find the perfect combo of ingredients. Then, usually half way into it, I realize I'm not that good of a shot, I can't see as well I used to, and it's all been for naught. Makes you wanna say heck with it and just pick what makes you happy. Seriously, I have a 250-300 yard max distance where I shoot. Unless you are a true gumby, virtually any load put together with care and quality parts will hit what I am capable of hitting at those ranges.....kinda embarrassing if it is the truth of it.:-\

Well, I have been exploiting my Mother-in-law's medicare/insurance whatever, I don't know what it is. She gets a certain amount of free medical stuff once a month for the last year or so. Needless to say, I have a decent [and growing] inventory of first aid and non perishable medical supplies. Bandages, tape, gauze, slings, wraps, ect.

I was actually just looking at the interlocked SST. It looks nice too, but a bit more on the pricey side.

Well, you just can't have it all I suppose. Still going to try the amax. Might look into the partition.

No, I noticed after I posted that your upper is billet. Closer inspection (my eyes aren't as good as they used to be) and your lower is too. Mine is not. I'd like to build on a billet pair, but my God, that's a sweet lot of money I could spend elsewhere. Kings to you, that's Bad to the Bone.

Looks like crap:yuck: Send me your address and I'll come haul it to the dump for you. Seriously, slap an Eotech on it and it would be the twin brother to the one I built last year. Good score.

Does anyone shoot the 168g Hornady TAP? What bullet is that loaded with, an A Max? Looks like it. While I'm asking, has anyone ever tried the Moly coated Amax?

I ain't against the sierra match king, I know they are really accurate, but I'd like something a little more than a standard hollow point. I had some Lake City stuff years ago that was loaded with HPBT bullets. They were blisteringly accurate. They didn't do much better than a FMJ when they hit. I fired some into some wet yellow pages and they just smoked through. If there was any expansion, I couldn't tell.

1000 yards may as well be a 1000 miles for me. That's why I made the comment about being realistic about distances. I can all but give you an iron clad guarantee that I will never shoot anything past 500. So, 168's do better in your opinion. Check. Hornady loads both Match grade 168g Amax and 168g TAP. I think before I invest in anything I may just drop a dime on a few boxes of factory stuff and see how they fly for me. If that bodes well, I'll have a solid starting point. Personally I tend to like Hornady's products. Perhaps I will buy a few boxes of differing weights in their factory stuff and see what weight works best for me. Worst case, I'm out a C note and a day of shooting. I'd rather be doing that then a day working to make the money! Thanks TNrifleman.

Howdy!

Hi Jeff:wave:

So, I've been loading for 308 for many moons now. IMHO it's the best cartridge ever invented. It's not particularly the best for anything, but it certainly does everything the best. For all of it's shortcomings, you can say a couple of things.[a couple of very important things!] It'll hit 95% of anything you can see here in TN. There are few places I have seen on power line right of ways that give clear line of sight for over 1000 yards, but for those of us who are actually realistic about distances, it'll hit it. AND, What you hit tends to stay down. I've heard this from a Vietnam vet that was issued an M14 and then had to switch to the M16. So saith him, "A 7,62 to the chest and they stop shooting back...for good." Hope I'm never in the position to find that out. Anywho, blabbing all done, I've loaded every kind of FMJ commonly available. I have also done quite a bit of work with cast bullets as well. I've never delved into the world of premium/performance type bullets. That is about to change. The platform is a 20 inch barrel, 1:10 twist bolt action. With the 1:10 I can step up to the heavier (my preference anyway:up:) weights. I don't have a clear cut agenda for it and I know that makes it difficult to give an opinion on, sorry. I don't hunt, but I have considered taking a deer this fall. Let's just label it for long distance Zombie dispatching. I've come up with two candidates that fit pretty well, but I'm wide open to any suggestions cause I have yet to start developing a load for it. My two choices are Hornady's 178g Amax or Nosler's 180g Ballistic tip. Both offer good performance (so I've read:rolleyes:) at a price that is well... tolerable, not cheap, but tolerable. Thoughts and wisdom, PLEASE.

I used to work with a guy from Cali. He says he used to buy all the Lorcin, Bryco, RG and other garbage pistols for $50-$75 then go to the buy back and sell them for $150 each. Imagine showing up with 20 or 30! That's a good profit and no loss to the firearms community.

It's always worth it to buy decent ammo. Cheap ammo is fine if you're feeding a junkyard dog, like an AK or something. Everything else, you get what you pay for. The only good thing about cheap ammo is you can blast a little more, but it's usually at the expense of accuracy and more times than not, it's dirty too boot. I can't afford top shelf ammo. That's why I took up reloading. I'm sure there'll be droves in soon to tell me what I am full of, but those Wal-Mart bulk packs with the aluminum bases are garbage. If something is cheap cost wise, you can bet there's a reason.

I haven't had a lot of luck with the search function either.

Smelted some lead pipes today. That's 99% pure stuff. Got to get going on my new mold tomorrow if the rain holds off. I hope to get a pile of these zombie sledgehammers cast by weeks end. HEY! Do you guys know what happens to a Zombie when you hit him in face with a Lyman 525g 12g slug? ........The same thing that happens to everything else!

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I don't know that it's all that much overkill. After all, if you load for it, you can easily dial it back. My Accurate manual shows a starting velocity for a 180g to be around 2700 fps which is within a hundred FPS or so of a maxed out 30/06. Factor in the fact that you're happy as a lark and you got a heck of a deal and that's the sum of happiness friend!

Oh No, there goes Tokyo. Go, Go ...................

Well we have that in common brother!!!