I've been reloading and casting for about 5 years. Every since the election there are no more primers in the stores. If you get them online then they cost 10x the "normal" price. Powder is over 2x more expensive also. There has never been a worse time to get into reloading but hopefully things will balance out. Thanks for the great vids.
Been reloading for 22 years. This day & age, your going to have to do some research. Inflation & shortage, you'll be paying more. Still reloading, just getting picky about caliber, verus price.
Get on the waiting list of Midway and Brownells, Register, look up the item,( several brands) clik on notify when awailable, it works, and don't wait till next week to order (powder with them normal price but not your fav available, look up manuals for alternate) and primers 1000 will go a very long way (pay whatever) if they arrive
+Case mouth chamfer tools, bullet unloading hammer or cam bullet puller, primer pocket cleaner, powder funnel typically, length trimmer also. For some loads, the simple Lee Loader for the few calibers they still make, like .223, .30-06, .270, .45-70, .45 Colt, .45 ACP/rimmed, .357, .38 special, etc. These contain everything you need except components, but don't work well for autoloaders, but do work well with single shots, bolt actions etc.
Good morning, Ron. I wanted to comment on your reloading recommendations for a beginner. With today's prices for brass, primers, and powder, it's hard to tell someone they have to get a bench press, dies, scale, trickler, and a book as well. You can start reloading much easier and cheaper. You can start with Dick Lee's book, Modern Reloading, a Lee Loader, a hammer, and a solid wood block. I wasn't a wealthy man in my youth, so I approached reloading with savings in mind. I only hunt and, at the time, only had one hunting rifle, an 1898, sported. 303 British. I wanted to be accurate, so I wanted to be able to shoot more often ... reloading became an option. At a flea market, I found a Lee Loader for $8, and the guy explained how to use it. There was some trial and error, but once it got worked out, that rifle was a death nell to deer. If you are only loading for hunting, then that's all you need. If you are sport shooting, then you're gonna have move up toward a progressive. I now have more firearms than I can shoot in a year (until I retire) and enough reloading gear for two people. Reloading is addictive, though.
Speaking of barrel twist, I just built a po-boy .300 PRC by re-barreling a Model 700 with a 1:9 twist, 27” pipe in .300 Winchester Magnum so to stabilize 230 grain pills. I already have thousands of pieces of high quality reloading components for the chambering, so that’s my motivation, we’ll that, and I like the old girl. So far it’s shooting lights out, and I’ve taken it just past a mile on a 36” gong. I’ll be looking for some new twist rates on old cartridges in Remington rifles. I’d bet the .260 sees a resurgence in popularity….
I have noticed that some rifles chambered in .270 Win have a difficult time stabilizing 150gr. bullets, and others do not. I wish I knew why that is. If all these rifles are running 1:10 twists, why is it my Remington rifle won't stabilize anything over 140gr., but then you read about how many hunters, like Jack O'Connor, had great success with the 150gr pills? It's kind of frustrating when the two most common .270 Win loadings off the shelf are 130gr. and 150gr. Kudos to Remington for thinking about this problem. If .270s ran just a bit tighter rifle twist, like say 1:9.5, I think this problem would cease to exist.
It partially depends on the shape of the bullet. A relatively short, round nose 150 grain bullet requires less spin than a bullet that weighs the same but has a long slender nose and is overall longer. For stability, what really matters is how rapidly (in RPM's) the bullet is spinning when it leaves the muzzle. If a barrel has a slightly quicker than advertised twist or for some reason gets a slightly faster bullet velocity, that is sometimes all it takes to increase stability a little. It is important to remember that older cartridges like the 270 were designed in an era where bullet quality, jacket thickess uniformity, etc, was lower than today. Slower twist helped shoot those unbalanced bullets more accurately. With today's bullets, a faster twist can be very accurate. In the old days, though, that was was not always the case.
Lee makes a drill mounted case trimmer, cheap and simple, rebarreling is the simplest/only way to change twist, or stay with balanced cartridge/bullet without going to extra heavy/long range bullets that won't fit in the magazine, unless you seat them deep, reducing powder cap, and freebore is another issue
The Lee case trimmer is very tool intensive. I started with one but I have moved on because there are to many parts to buy if you load more than one caliber. When I first started years ago with a Lee loader I would trim cases by using fine sandpaper on a wooden block to sand them to the correct length. It worked.
@@garyh1449 have you seen the Lee handloaders, all manual. No mechanical machine/press. I meant a chamfer and deburring tool not a reamer. All is included to do the process by hand, except a trimmer, calipers and the chamfering/deburring tool. I only reload maybe 50-100 30-06 rounds per year, no need for fancy equipment. Also a precision scale is best rather than the included dippers.
@@danblumel Ok that explains the reamer. So if you are using the Lee loader you have the extracting tool included so you don't need to get one because you already have it. I was under the impression that it was something extra you need to buy. Got it now. I do have 3 of those Lee loaders but never used them. One is in 30-06 the other 2 is 357 Mag and 38 Special? 357 mag
On the coyotes, I hunt on a farm in central Illinois. The farmers love for us to get them, They do themselves. They do cause a lot of damage to livestock. In fact, they were very much under control a while back when the state offered a $25 bounty per pelt. They stopped that and the coyote multiplied. I live in a suburb, and we have a massive number of coyotes (and a bunch of foxes). Many nights I hear them howling. Lots of game for them here. While hunting I see lots. Actually, I used to have a house in the woods in northwestern Illinois. One day I was there with my sons. There was a doe and two fauns. Then, suddenly, a large coyote came out and grabbed one of the fawns by the neck and dragged it away. It was quite dramatic. The boys were young. Later they became hunters.
Just checked out the 8.6 blackout. Prime example of types of powder,projectile weights, and barrel rifling. 1 to 1 rotation? Yep. Super sonic with 225 grn projectile.
As to your reloading statements. I love reloading and getting others started in it. I wish I knew how to do a video, I just got my nephew started doing 9mm and 223 for $150. Yup, quality ammo on the cheap. I purchase any good reloading presses, scales, dies, as long as the equipment isn't corroded and worn out I buy it. I found my nephew a nice Lyman Spartan press and a Hornady reloading manual at a flea market for $15 each, both sets of dies at a gun show $30 and a RCBS Uni Flow powder measure for $25. Lee supplied most of the rest of what he needed, a press mounted primer, a hand trimmer and Amazon had calipers and a electronic scale right in line with his budget. I gave him mounds of free brass (range pick up), a couple hundred primers, some hand cast 124gr 9mm and some 55gr FMJ's to get him started. After cleaning the brass in a 5 gal. bucket with a little Lemi-Shine he was off to the races after setting up his bench. I'm gonna do that video someday.
Many times with careful reloading you can get a bigger, longer bullet to work in a lesser twist. I was able to make a 175 ELDX to shoot 1/2 moa in my 7mm Rem Mag. I have a 9 1/2 twist and Hornady recommended at least a 9 twist. Maybe they’re trying to sell the 7mm PRC. After doing that I probably won’t buy a 7 PRC (which I was quite interest in) to add to my 6.5 PRC. Next gun will be a 300 PRC instead.
Tromix had semi custom .475 tremor for the AR 15. It shot a 500 grain bullet at just shy of 1600 fps. More interesting imho is the 375 socom from teppu jutsu. Who originally made the 458 socom. Great info as always. Im excited for more fast twist barrel options.
On the coyote population, When the population gets too low, you get Jackrabbits overpopulating. Coyotes repopulate and remove the overpopulation of jackrabbits and again you get an overpopulation of coyotes. The cycle continues. Thanks Ron. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Actually the mash that is left after making alcohol has higher nutritional value as a feed for livestock than before making alcohol from what I understand.
I would suggest buying a pretty basic press to start with, and spend the money you save on that on an electronic scale. It's the best investment I've made in my reloading gear. It's not that great for load development where you're changing powder out often, but for established loads or bulk reloading, it's awesome. In my experience, quality dies are more critical than an expensive press. As long as the ram is square to the dies, you'll be fine as far as press goes. If you're planning on doing bulk reloading, I'd also recommend a powered brass prep station as well. Your fingers will thank you after about 500 cases.
If the twist rate is too fast (say 1 in 3 like the new 8.6) many thin jacket bullets will come apart from the resistance. Very fast twist rates will require very heavy jackets or solid copper bullets.
Easiest way is to take a minute or two between shots. 2nd easiest is to drape a cotton hand towel over the barrel and soak it (be sure to dry and oil all metal parts at conclusion of you session.) Third is to keep bolt open so air can flow through barrel. Blow air through with compressor if you have one on sight.
@@RonSpomerOutdoors thank you sir, I didn't even think of a hand towel wetted down to drape over the barrel, unfortunately didn't have a compressor and there was no shade on the range to try cooling the barrel so I may have been rushing my shots alittle more than I should have
Hi Ron can you tell us what your go to calibre would be for a double rifle? I live in South Africa and would like to start pursuing dangerous game with a classic double rifle!
I feel for younger generation just getting into reloading. I have enough of everything to last my lifetime of hunting. But these prices of ammo alone will stop this generation from truly enjoying the sport.
Yeah.. I'm getting into my first loads at the moment and had to spend a significant portion of what I had saved up on just 100 rounds.. granted, they are Nosler AccuBonds and its for a .308, so they're not the cheapest... but it's still annoying.
Hi Ron love your work and listen to your podcasts regularly. Could you please review a cartridge that we don't hear much of which is the Alaskan range one which is the 358 Alaskan it seems like a hammer. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Using food for fuel is referring to making corn into ethanol. But we produce more corn than we need to making corn into ethanol is just a good use of a resource we produce. Plus the corn used to make ethanol is not consumed by humans. It is “field”corn which is mostly just used for feeding livestock. Plus after it is used to produce ethanol there is still a by-product left over called distillers grain, which is still used to feed livestock.
Except farmers need to grow it to make a living. The market is what determines what they will grow. If there isn’t a profit to be made they will grow other things. But it is their land and they need it to make a profit to make the payments and their lively hood. Nature Conservation doesn’t pay well. Perhaps all the people wanting the ground to be used for nature conservation should start buying ground instead of telling other people what to do with theirs.
Ron, please tell me how I can get LR Primers, had my reloading equipment for over a year now with approx $500 wrapped up in it. But yet I have not to date been able to source primers locally, or at any of the major suppliers online. I’ve seen SR primers come and go just about as soon as they show stock. But never any LR primers! I’m very frustrated and don’t know what to do. Are they ever coming back, or should give up and sell my reloading equipment? 😩 Thanks Ron, love your channel.
Try on line auctions. Brand Used Works is a place you might find primers but you will have to bid on them. Over the last year a friend and I placed just under 200 firearms and ammunition to go with it and everything sold rapidly at every auction. When the auction starts it doesn't take long to find if you win on any lot you bid on.
Was it this account when u said about we love angels and i was wondering if a Hornady book would only give instructions for Hornady. Could you load a nosler bullet and case
We use food as fuel because we produce more food than we need. It’s a price support to keep farmers from going broke in a bumper crop year. Other years we, or other countries around the world, have crop failures for various reasons. Keeping farmers solvent and farming seems like good policy and in years where there is excess yield, using that to turn into fuel seems like good policy as agricultural fuels are carbon neutral (somewhat) and can help ease the need for exploration and exploitation of fossil fuels we may need in the future. It sort of works as best as any policy I can think of that our government pursues.
I can't wait for this one ! I'm thinking about getting into reloading so this is perfectly timed. Edit. I was wondering what you're stance on air gun hunting was, good to know you think we'll of it.
Air guns make perfect and silent ways to shoot small game, grew up on a .177 and think a .22 is a better choice, you can get the performance of a .22 short or target 22 LR from an Airgun, and step up to larger Cal. Rabits/Hare/Pheasant/ Duck/goose sized game well within the power cap of .22 airguns, If you can hit a quarter at 20 yds you can make a head shot on game
The hardest component is Primers, I got Casses(used from Gunbroker) New from Midway as well as powder, Bullets are plentiful, There are many options as to Reloading press Kits, my Faw is Lee, and prefer the Clasic 4 hole Turret Press, manual not automatic, simple, reliable and can reload several 100 cartridges in a couple of evenings,and switch cartridges instantly, Once you get the hang/knowlege can upgrade to wathever your pocket can afford, Im still using the older 3 hole after 30 yrs
Air guns have come a long way. The British folks have really developed some beauties I guess because they are not considered a firearm. Pre charged air guns of up to .50 cal. exist I believe. One which is .38 cal. can launch a 158 grain pellet at 1000 fps., that's better than a .38 special can do. Air guns are here to stay.
Please find out if any new ammo will come out in big rifle caliber. If the world needs a new type, u think they might try 8mm. I'm Daniel spiteri who hunts in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Ron I have a great question,what are your thoughts on the 375 Weatherby mag,I'm a reloader, cartridge collector and all around ballistics junky, it fell off the radar years back but it started to make a comeback somewhat because many hated the horrendous recoil of the 378 Weatherby mag, it seems head and shoulders above many cartridge of it's ilk, it has the same trajectory as the 3006, what are your thoughts as I never hear much about it?
Hey Ron have you hunted with a flintlock if so what are some of your stories if not you need to even if it's doe hunting go for the challenge it will definitely challenge you lol
There are several different methods, but the modern ones use barrels with electronic pressure sensors installed in them. An old method measured the amount a cylinder of copper was deformed by the pressure. Some methods actually put a hole in the case and measure through that while others measure just past the case mouth. Most civilian weapons in the US use methods detailed in the SAAMI standards. The US military method is slightly different than the SAAMI one and both differ slightly from the European CIP method. This caused some confusion since the exact same cartridge would show a slightly different MEASURED pressure under each method. When you google a cartridge and see different pressures listed, that is usually the reason.
Where can primers be found today? No store within 100 miles of me has them. All the online retailers who used to sell them are out. That includes large/small pistol, large/small rifle, and even shotshell primers. The last place who had any primers at all had a few Cheddite shotshell primers, but they are long gone now. So, if anyone is actually reloading today, how are you obtaining primers? One friend has about 500 small rifle primers, as well as 1000 large pistol primers. He keeps them locked in a safe 24/7 until such time as he has to use them. He says that, due to total lack of supply, he wouldn't consider selling them for less that $1 each, and that would be if he was facing starvation.
We here in Alabama are plaqued with coyotes! They are overly abundant and take a huge toll of prey species as well as farm poultry. There is no love lost if they all were suddenly gone.
Thair are more now shooters then normal and they do not pick up after themselves or keep their old brass I have collected many pounds of brass this week .is this just happening around me or do you all find this as well . I have not seen brass left in the woods like this in over 20 years
I just got a nice supply of .223 brass from someone that must have been shooting a black rifle. Brass scattered everywhere. To my surprise it was head stamped .223 but had crimped primers.
That is why I don't like to hunt with semi-auto firearms. It's just too darn hard to find my spent brass in the leaves and brush or grass in the fields.
Also, with the idea of faster twist "standard" calibers, manufacturers would be taking away from their newly released cartridges and lose sales. If I could buy a fast twist 270 WSM there'd be no need for the 6.8 Western really. So, the ammo and rifle manufacturers would gain sales for the fast twist older calibers but possibly/probably lose sales of the more recently released calibers. That's just my opinion.
You need to take action and magazine length into consideration too. The cartridge was designed around the bullets it was expected to be used with and the OAL reflects this. Some Winchester short actions for example, are barely long enough for the original 2.860" 270 WSM OAL. Some of the longer, sleeker bullets you would prefer won't fit. The beginning of the ogive would be in the case neck. The 6.8 Western, on the other hand has a slightly shorter case AND a longer OAL of 2.955" which, in fact, won't fit in many "short actions". There is, of course, nothing to stop you from making a fast-twist 270 WSM in a longer action. You might also want a custom chamber with some freebore, since the SAAM 270 WSM doesn't have any. When you read about WSM's being used in competition, they almost always have modified chambers with sections of tight freebore.
@@jfess1911 I understand that but most, I don't know the number, but I will say it's way over half the people who hunt with the 270 WSM are going to be shooting at distances where they'd never really see the benefit of the longer, higher BC bullets. The long range niche has caught on and everyone is jumping onboard and cartridge designers saw that and took advantage of it. Perfect strategy for them and good for them for seizing it. I just don't think that the majority of people who hunt, especially on the east coast where I am, will ever take shots at distances to benefit from the newly designed long range cartridges and bullets. Will they be able to shoot longer, heavier bullets if they desire to? Of course they will. I like the fact that new cartridges come out and give people options. I don't own either of those calibers we've discussed but who knows, I might end up with both! Thank you for the response and reminding me about COAL, that completely slipped my mind.
I reload because manufacturers are so focused on popular calibers, that they back-burner everything else....for years. And many have now sold out...took the money & ran. And they would start screaming if someone else started making their product...even when they aren't....🤨🤨 Kinda like the music industry when everyone started downloading for free, and they cried over theoretical lost money...for stuff they hadn't produced in YEARS. And never would have made any money on because they were to preoccupied to actually make product.
I have a friend that is a real mountain man. He has eaten just about everything but he will not eat coyote or a crow. I have seen coyotes lay dead until they completely rot away and nothing will touch the carcass.
Chickens ,sheep , piglets, calves, are not the concern, it is cottontail, pheasant, and even deer that coyotes kill that are the reason I favor hunting them.
I've been reloading and casting for about 5 years. Every since the election there are no more primers in the stores. If you get them online then they cost 10x the "normal" price. Powder is over 2x more expensive also. There has never been a worse time to get into reloading but hopefully things will balance out. Thanks for the great vids.
Been reloading for 22 years. This day & age, your going to have to do some research. Inflation & shortage, you'll be paying more. Still reloading, just getting picky about caliber, verus price.
Get on the waiting list of Midway and Brownells, Register, look up the item,( several brands) clik on notify when awailable, it works, and don't wait till next week to order (powder with them normal price but not your fav available, look up manuals for alternate) and primers 1000 will go a very long way (pay whatever) if they arrive
Get friendly with local Gunstores and have them call when available
@@WillyK51 done this
From a newbies perspective would it even be worth getting into at the moment if my chief interest is saving money?
Ive been handloading for 50 years and have saved an enormous amount of money. I load 5 handgun and 5 rifle calibers.
love how you talk about conservation and the reality of over hunting. very switched on bloke
+Case mouth chamfer tools, bullet unloading hammer or cam bullet puller, primer pocket cleaner, powder funnel typically, length trimmer also. For some loads, the simple Lee Loader for the few calibers they still make, like .223, .30-06, .270, .45-70, .45 Colt, .45 ACP/rimmed, .357, .38 special, etc. These contain everything you need except components, but don't work well for autoloaders, but do work well with single shots, bolt actions etc.
Good morning, Ron. I wanted to comment on your reloading recommendations for a beginner. With today's prices for brass, primers, and powder, it's hard to tell someone they have to get a bench press, dies, scale, trickler, and a book as well. You can start reloading much easier and cheaper. You can start with Dick Lee's book, Modern Reloading, a Lee Loader, a hammer, and a solid wood block.
I wasn't a wealthy man in my youth, so I approached reloading with savings in mind. I only hunt and, at the time, only had one hunting rifle, an 1898, sported. 303 British. I wanted to be accurate, so I wanted to be able to shoot more often ... reloading became an option. At a flea market, I found a Lee Loader for $8, and the guy explained how to use it. There was some trial and error, but once it got worked out, that rifle was a death nell to deer. If you are only loading for hunting, then that's all you need. If you are sport shooting, then you're gonna have move up toward a progressive.
I now have more firearms than I can shoot in a year (until I retire) and enough reloading gear for two people.
Reloading is addictive, though.
Speaking of barrel twist, I just built a po-boy .300 PRC by re-barreling a Model 700 with a 1:9 twist, 27” pipe in .300 Winchester Magnum so to stabilize 230 grain pills. I already have thousands of pieces of high quality reloading components for the chambering, so that’s my motivation, we’ll that, and I like the old girl. So far it’s shooting lights out, and I’ve taken it just past a mile on a 36” gong. I’ll be looking for some new twist rates on old cartridges in Remington rifles. I’d bet the .260 sees a resurgence in popularity….
I’ve got a Beowulf assembled by Wild West of Anchorage. Just down the highway in Meridian if you want to try one out.
Thanks Ron, another great Q&A pod cast. I really enjoy these.
I have noticed that some rifles chambered in .270 Win have a difficult time stabilizing 150gr. bullets, and others do not. I wish I knew why that is. If all these rifles are running 1:10 twists, why is it my Remington rifle won't stabilize anything over 140gr., but then you read about how many hunters, like Jack O'Connor, had great success with the 150gr pills? It's kind of frustrating when the two most common .270 Win loadings off the shelf are 130gr. and 150gr. Kudos to Remington for thinking about this problem. If .270s ran just a bit tighter rifle twist, like say 1:9.5, I think this problem would cease to exist.
It partially depends on the shape of the bullet. A relatively short, round nose 150 grain bullet requires less spin than a bullet that weighs the same but has a long slender nose and is overall longer. For stability, what really matters is how rapidly (in RPM's) the bullet is spinning when it leaves the muzzle. If a barrel has a slightly quicker than advertised twist or for some reason gets a slightly faster bullet velocity, that is sometimes all it takes to increase stability a little.
It is important to remember that older cartridges like the 270 were designed in an era where bullet quality, jacket thickess uniformity, etc, was lower than today. Slower twist helped shoot those unbalanced bullets more accurately. With today's bullets, a faster twist can be very accurate. In the old days, though, that was was not always the case.
Lee makes a drill mounted case trimmer, cheap and simple, rebarreling is the simplest/only way to change twist, or stay with balanced cartridge/bullet without going to extra heavy/long range bullets that won't fit in the magazine, unless you seat them deep, reducing powder cap, and freebore is another issue
The Lee case trimmer is very tool intensive. I started with one but I have moved on because there are to many parts to buy if you load more than one caliber. When I first started years ago with a Lee loader I would trim cases by using fine sandpaper on a wooden block to sand them to the correct length. It worked.
Lee handloaders are best for beginners, you also need a primer extraction tool and reamer.
Can't say I follow what you are saying. The sizing die extracts the primer and what is the reamer for?
@@garyh1449 have you seen the Lee handloaders, all manual. No mechanical machine/press. I meant a chamfer and deburring tool not a reamer. All is included to do the process by hand, except a trimmer, calipers and the chamfering/deburring tool.
I only reload maybe 50-100 30-06 rounds per year, no need for fancy equipment. Also a precision scale is best rather than the included dippers.
@@danblumel Ok that explains the reamer. So if you are using the Lee loader you have the extracting tool included so you don't need to get one because you already have it. I was under the impression that it was something extra you need to buy. Got it now. I do have 3 of those Lee loaders but never used them. One is in 30-06 the other 2 is 357 Mag and 38 Special? 357 mag
Vihtavouri has their laddats online. For free.
The powder is excellent but a bit expensive.
On the coyotes, I hunt on a farm in central Illinois. The farmers love for us to get them, They do themselves. They do cause a lot of damage to livestock. In fact, they were very much under control a while back when the state offered a $25 bounty per pelt. They stopped that and the coyote multiplied. I live in a suburb, and we have a massive number of coyotes (and a bunch of foxes). Many nights I hear them howling. Lots of game for them here. While hunting I see lots. Actually, I used to have a house in the woods in northwestern Illinois. One day I was there with my sons. There was a doe and two fauns. Then, suddenly, a large coyote came out and grabbed one of the fawns by the neck and dragged it away. It was quite dramatic. The boys were young. Later they became hunters.
Just checked out the 8.6 blackout. Prime example of types of powder,projectile weights, and barrel rifling. 1 to 1 rotation? Yep. Super sonic with 225 grn projectile.
The savage 110 high counry that I bought said there 270 has a 1 in 8 twist witch I thought was cool
You are the main reason this site does so well congrats
As to your reloading statements. I love reloading and getting others started in it. I wish I knew how to do a video, I just got my nephew started doing 9mm and 223 for $150. Yup, quality ammo on the cheap. I purchase any good reloading presses, scales, dies, as long as the equipment isn't corroded and worn out I buy it. I found my nephew a nice Lyman Spartan press and a Hornady reloading manual at a flea market for $15 each, both sets of dies at a gun show $30 and a RCBS Uni Flow powder measure for $25. Lee supplied most of the rest of what he needed, a press mounted primer, a hand trimmer and Amazon had calipers and a electronic scale right in line with his budget. I gave him mounds of free brass (range pick up), a couple hundred primers, some hand cast 124gr 9mm and some 55gr FMJ's to get him started. After cleaning the brass in a 5 gal. bucket with a little Lemi-Shine he was off to the races after setting up his bench. I'm gonna do that video someday.
Many times with careful reloading you can get a bigger, longer bullet to work in a lesser twist. I was able to make a 175 ELDX to shoot 1/2 moa in my 7mm Rem Mag. I have a 9 1/2 twist and Hornady recommended at least a 9 twist. Maybe they’re trying to sell the 7mm PRC. After doing that I probably won’t buy a 7 PRC (which I was quite interest in) to add to my 6.5 PRC. Next gun will be a 300 PRC instead.
Thanks great info
Tromix had semi custom .475 tremor for the AR 15. It shot a 500 grain bullet at just shy of 1600 fps. More interesting imho is the 375 socom from teppu jutsu. Who originally made the 458 socom. Great info as always. Im excited for more fast twist barrel options.
With the forecasted Food shortages. BBQ Coyote , Roasted Racoon. and Prairie Dog pot pies might be a welcomed meal on a empty stomach .
Forgot Possum, squirrels, doves/pidgeon(but only if you can get a least 6 with one shoot) fishing etc.
The new 8.6 developed by gun maker Que has a 1:3 with a 338 bullet
On the coyote population, When the population gets too low, you get Jackrabbits overpopulating. Coyotes repopulate and remove the overpopulation of jackrabbits and again you get an overpopulation of coyotes. The cycle continues.
Thanks Ron. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just spent time today setting up a loading bench in my shop. Still need some supplies but I "think" I have the tools.
I love hand loading. Ben doing it a long time.
Actually the mash that is left after making alcohol has higher nutritional value as a feed for livestock than before making alcohol from what I understand.
Hahaha there you getting .450 Bushmaster and .458 SOCOM again :)
Ron, good video. I really like those sable bookends, look great.
One can start with minimal cost by using a Lee Loader in their caliber. This allows you to see if this hobby is something you want to do.
I would suggest buying a pretty basic press to start with, and spend the money you save on that on an electronic scale. It's the best investment I've made in my reloading gear. It's not that great for load development where you're changing powder out often, but for established loads or bulk reloading, it's awesome. In my experience, quality dies are more critical than an expensive press. As long as the ram is square to the dies, you'll be fine as far as press goes. If you're planning on doing bulk reloading, I'd also recommend a powered brass prep station as well. Your fingers will thank you after about 500 cases.
Great cast!!! Love them .
If the twist rate is too fast (say 1 in 3 like the new 8.6) many thin jacket bullets will come apart from the resistance. Very fast twist rates will require very heavy jackets or solid copper bullets.
case prep kit reamers primer pocket tool and case trimmer
Hi Ron, great video, could you make a recommendation on how to keep a lightweight sporter barrel cool when sighting in with a new scope.
Easiest way is to take a minute or two between shots. 2nd easiest is to drape a cotton hand towel over the barrel and soak it (be sure to dry and oil all metal parts at conclusion of you session.) Third is to keep bolt open so air can flow through barrel. Blow air through with compressor if you have one on sight.
@@RonSpomerOutdoors thank you sir, I didn't even think of a hand towel wetted down to drape over the barrel, unfortunately didn't have a compressor and there was no shade on the range to try cooling the barrel so I may have been rushing my shots alittle more than I should have
What can you tell us about 45 cal verse 50 cal smoke poles???
Hi Ron can you tell us what your go to calibre would be for a double rifle? I live in South Africa and would like to start pursuing dangerous game with a classic double rifle!
I feel for younger generation just getting into reloading. I have enough of everything to last my lifetime of hunting. But these prices of ammo alone will stop this generation from truly enjoying the sport.
Yeah.. I'm getting into my first loads at the moment and had to spend a significant portion of what I had saved up on just 100 rounds.. granted, they are Nosler AccuBonds and its for a .308, so they're not the cheapest... but it's still annoying.
Hi Ron love your work and listen to your podcasts regularly.
Could you please review a cartridge that we don't hear much of which is the Alaskan range one which is the 358 Alaskan it seems like a hammer. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Using food for fuel is referring to making corn into ethanol. But we produce more corn than we need to making corn into ethanol is just a good use of a resource we produce. Plus the corn used to make ethanol is not consumed by humans. It is “field”corn which is mostly just used for feeding livestock. Plus after it is used to produce ethanol there is still a by-product left over called distillers grain, which is still used to feed livestock.
dont grow it is the point. grow human food instead and use the excess for nature conservation
@@jeremymcadam7400 So. Give me some examples of "human food" farmers should be growing.
Except farmers need to grow it to make a living. The market is what determines what they will grow. If there isn’t a profit to be made they will grow other things. But it is their land and they need it to make a profit to make the payments and their lively hood. Nature Conservation doesn’t pay well. Perhaps all the people wanting the ground to be used for nature conservation should start buying ground instead of telling other people what to do with theirs.
Really enjoy your podcasts and would really like to see your opinions on the Lithgow 101 rifle.
Ron, please tell me how I can get LR Primers, had my reloading equipment for over a year now with approx $500 wrapped up in it. But yet I have not to date been able to source primers locally, or at any of the major suppliers online. I’ve seen SR primers come and go just about as soon as they show stock. But never any LR primers! I’m very frustrated and don’t know what to do. Are they ever coming back, or should give up and sell my reloading equipment? 😩
Thanks Ron, love your channel.
Try on line auctions. Brand Used Works is a place you might find primers but you will have to bid on them. Over the last year a friend and I placed just under 200 firearms and ammunition to go with it and everything sold rapidly at every auction. When the auction starts it doesn't take long to find if you win on any lot you bid on.
Was it this account when u said about we love angels and i was wondering if a Hornady book would only give instructions for Hornady. Could you load a nosler bullet and case
We use food as fuel because we produce more food than we need. It’s a price support to keep farmers from going broke in a bumper crop year. Other years we, or other countries around the world, have crop failures for various reasons. Keeping farmers solvent and farming seems like good policy and in years where there is excess yield, using that to turn into fuel seems like good policy as agricultural fuels are carbon neutral (somewhat) and can help ease the need for exploration and exploitation of fossil fuels we may need in the future. It sort of works as best as any policy I can think of that our government pursues.
I can't wait for this one ! I'm thinking about getting into reloading so this is perfectly timed.
Edit. I was wondering what you're stance on air gun hunting was, good to know you think we'll of it.
Yea I’m just hoping we’re still able to get the needed supplies; who knows how easy it’ll be to find everything
@@S1kron It's not, and when you find it, you're not going to like the prices.
Air guns make perfect and silent ways to shoot small game, grew up on a .177 and think a .22 is a better choice, you can get the performance of a .22 short or target 22 LR from an Airgun, and step up to larger Cal. Rabits/Hare/Pheasant/ Duck/goose sized game well within the power cap of .22 airguns, If you can hit a quarter at 20 yds you can make a head shot on game
The hardest component is Primers, I got Casses(used from Gunbroker) New from Midway as well as powder, Bullets are plentiful, There are many options as to Reloading press Kits, my Faw is Lee, and prefer the Clasic 4 hole Turret Press, manual not automatic, simple, reliable and can reload several 100 cartridges in a couple of evenings,and switch cartridges instantly, Once you get the hang/knowlege can upgrade to wathever your pocket can afford, Im still using the older 3 hole after 30 yrs
Air guns have come a long way. The British folks have really developed some beauties I guess because they are not considered a firearm. Pre charged air guns of up to .50 cal. exist I believe. One which is .38 cal. can launch a 158 grain pellet at 1000 fps., that's better than a .38 special can do. Air guns are here to stay.
Please find out if any new ammo will come out in big rifle caliber. If the world needs a new type, u think they might try 8mm. I'm Daniel spiteri who hunts in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Ron I have a great question,what are your thoughts on the 375 Weatherby mag,I'm a reloader, cartridge collector and all around ballistics junky, it fell off the radar years back but it started to make a comeback somewhat because many hated the horrendous recoil of the 378 Weatherby mag, it seems head and shoulders above many cartridge of it's ilk, it has the same trajectory as the 3006, what are your thoughts as I never hear much about it?
Lonesome George is George Thorogood from the Delaware Destroyers 😐
Hey Ron have you hunted with a flintlock if so what are some of your stories if not you need to even if it's doe hunting go for the challenge it will definitely challenge you lol
Just caplocks. Working on a muzzleloader video tomorrow.
How do they measure the exact chamber pressure on a rifle?
There are several different methods, but the modern ones use barrels with electronic pressure sensors installed in them. An old method measured the amount a cylinder of copper was deformed by the pressure. Some methods actually put a hole in the case and measure through that while others measure just past the case mouth. Most civilian weapons in the US use methods detailed in the SAAMI standards. The US military method is slightly different than the SAAMI one and both differ slightly from the European CIP method. This caused some confusion since the exact same cartridge would show a slightly different MEASURED pressure under each method. When you google a cartridge and see different pressures listed, that is usually the reason.
Get check weights for your scale, no matter how nice of a scale you have you need to check it against a known weight
Where can primers be found today? No store within 100 miles of me has them. All the online retailers who used to sell them are out. That includes large/small pistol, large/small rifle, and even shotshell primers. The last place who had any primers at all had a few Cheddite shotshell primers, but they are long gone now.
So, if anyone is actually reloading today, how are you obtaining primers? One friend has about 500 small rifle primers, as well as 1000 large pistol primers. He keeps them locked in a safe 24/7 until such time as he has to use them. He says that, due to total lack of supply, he wouldn't consider selling them for less that $1 each, and that would be if he was facing starvation.
We here in Alabama are plaqued with coyotes! They are overly abundant and take a huge toll of prey species as well as farm poultry. There is no love lost if they all were suddenly gone.
Thair are more now shooters then normal and they do not pick up after themselves or keep their old brass I have collected many pounds of brass this week .is this just happening around me or do you all find this as well . I have not seen brass left in the woods like this in over 20 years
I just got a nice supply of .223 brass from someone that must have been shooting a black rifle. Brass scattered everywhere. To my surprise it was head stamped .223 but had crimped primers.
@@russellkeeling4387 ya i found 223 556 but mostly 9mm. Hand full of others but not in any quantity over 20 lol
That is why I don't like to hunt with semi-auto firearms. It's just too darn hard to find my spent brass in the leaves and brush or grass in the fields.
Also, with the idea of faster twist "standard" calibers, manufacturers would be taking away from their newly released cartridges and lose sales. If I could buy a fast twist 270 WSM there'd be no need for the 6.8 Western really. So, the ammo and rifle manufacturers would gain sales for the fast twist older calibers but possibly/probably lose sales of the more recently released calibers. That's just my opinion.
You need to take action and magazine length into consideration too. The cartridge was designed around the bullets it was expected to be used with and the OAL reflects this. Some Winchester short actions for example, are barely long enough for the original 2.860" 270 WSM OAL. Some of the longer, sleeker bullets you would prefer won't fit. The beginning of the ogive would be in the case neck. The 6.8 Western, on the other hand has a slightly shorter case AND a longer OAL of 2.955" which, in fact, won't fit in many "short actions". There is, of course, nothing to stop you from making a fast-twist 270 WSM in a longer action. You might also want a custom chamber with some freebore, since the SAAM 270 WSM doesn't have any. When you read about WSM's being used in competition, they almost always have modified chambers with sections of tight freebore.
@@jfess1911 I understand that but most, I don't know the number, but I will say it's way over half the people who hunt with the 270 WSM are going to be shooting at distances where they'd never really see the benefit of the longer, higher BC bullets. The long range niche has caught on and everyone is jumping onboard and cartridge designers saw that and took advantage of it. Perfect strategy for them and good for them for seizing it. I just don't think that the majority of people who hunt, especially on the east coast where I am, will ever take shots at distances to benefit from the newly designed long range cartridges and bullets. Will they be able to shoot longer, heavier bullets if they desire to? Of course they will. I like the fact that new cartridges come out and give people options. I don't own either of those calibers we've discussed but who knows, I might end up with both! Thank you for the response and reminding me about COAL, that completely slipped my mind.
The best coyote control has proven to be the reintroduction of wolves.
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As for the coyotes... when they become so overwhelming.. they need to be thinned.
They are a constant source of concern .
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Primer pocket cleaning and reaming tools are cheap and should be used.
I reload because manufacturers are so focused on popular calibers, that they back-burner everything else....for years. And many have now sold out...took the money & ran.
And they would start screaming if someone else started making their product...even when they aren't....🤨🤨
Kinda like the music industry when everyone started downloading for free, and they cried over theoretical lost money...for stuff they hadn't produced in YEARS. And never would have made any money on because they were to preoccupied to actually make product.
I would not eat coyote but I'd gladly proses it if someone was willing to give it a try. But thay do have a good coat
I have a friend that is a real mountain man. He has eaten just about everything but he will not eat coyote or a crow. I have seen coyotes lay dead until they completely rot away and nothing will touch the carcass.
@@russellkeeling4387 sounds about right 👍
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Chickens ,sheep , piglets, calves, are not the concern, it is cottontail, pheasant, and even deer that coyotes kill that are the reason I favor hunting them.
hey ron, chris is wrong food farming is more destructive to wildlife than livestock farming
The problem is wildlife won't feed the world.
I have a solution to coyotes.
Coyotes endangered? Yeah no, I don't think so.
That first “correction” screamed ideological vegan.
This response screams can't process info and gullible