ButchA
Well-Known Fanatic
Confession: I have nothing.... No equipment, no press, no dies, no anything at all. But at least I DO have the giant Speer manual that I bought a while back (still has current data).
I was on Midsouth Shooter's Supply (Midway USA is too expensive), and looked up this, looked up that, and decided to make up an Excel spreadsheet and have it do all the calculations and whatnot for me.
Nothing fancy... Just a common, garden variety, 150gr .308 bullet with 43.5gr of IMR 4064 (according to the manual).
Does this look right?
To buy all the supplies for 100 rounds, it would cost me: $171.35.
A 1lb bottle of IMR 4064 actually computes to 7000 grains of smokeless powder.
For a cross reference, I recently bought a box of Hornady American Whitetail 150gr .308 rounds (box of 20).
I was on Midsouth Shooter's Supply (Midway USA is too expensive), and looked up this, looked up that, and decided to make up an Excel spreadsheet and have it do all the calculations and whatnot for me.
Nothing fancy... Just a common, garden variety, 150gr .308 bullet with 43.5gr of IMR 4064 (according to the manual).
Does this look right?
To buy all the supplies for 100 rounds, it would cost me: $171.35.
A 1lb bottle of IMR 4064 actually computes to 7000 grains of smokeless powder.
For a cross reference, I recently bought a box of Hornady American Whitetail 150gr .308 rounds (box of 20).