Sons Of Liberty 26: Reloading, AK Tips & Tricks, and Thanksgiving

I run hand loaded 200 grain Nosler Partitions, and 220 grain Cor-lokts out of a Rem 742 in .30-06 for Elk and Grizzily. Go easy on it’s action by avoiding maximum pressures, or use slower powder. We have far too many Griz and are likely to bump into them day or night. These heavy for caliber loads will also bust through brush, if there is something in the brush. That is usually where the Griz are if you are going to run into one.

Appreciated the technical discussion most today. It is good to use the opportunity to educate. I also reload. Although I would advocate that we should use common caliber ammunition, if I am hand-loading, and already have a fine and accurized rifle to load for, one can make an argument for using odd cartridges such as 6.5×55. 6.5CM duplicates the 6.5x55SE that I’ve been shooting though Swedish Mausers for the last 3 decades. These old war horses tend to be sub-MOA with handloads. I have yet to glass bed the latest addition that happens to have a pristine barrel dated 1905. 6.5×55 brass is far less expensive and plentiful than 6.5 CM. However, it is not nearly as plentiful as .308/7.62 NATO. If I can afford any grade .308 Win bolt gun, I should also have one of those as well. And do not forget .30-06 either, as there is tons of brass floating around out there, and it uses .308 projectiles. Last year I picked up 900 twice fired M2 Ball cases out of a M1 Garand in the original cartons for only $20 bucks at the local show. We can duplicate 6.5CM performance with a 200+ grain bullet out of a .30-06. And reloaders can use .30-06 cases to make a variety of cases for not so common calibers. And then there is the .260 Remington that uses a 6.5 bullet, and can use .308 cases when they are neck turned, or we can use a .243 or 7mm-08 case. .260 Remington can punch out a 6.5mm 120 grainer at 2,900+ fps. Super flat shoot cartridges, such as the forgotten .25-06 can have an advantage in that our, on the fly ranges estimates, can be generous or mostly non existent.

It is good to be aware of our options. And I would too would recommend Tiboraurs Rex’s 94 part training video series. Download them all for future training secession’s. He is indeed an exceptionally talented, a brilliant fellow, in several fields. He is likely endowed with an abnormal IQ. Brains over brawn is called for, however most important, as Maj. Dick Winters of WW2 advised, is that we need to be mentally prepared most of all. I would use any opportunity to that end. And all of us need to stretch ourselves beyond our comfort zone to meet the challenges ahead. The first step is to check the ego and flesh.