Bushmaster MOE .308

[country1911]

That's a good one. I am using an old RCBS model my grandpa gave me. I have spent upwards of $100(4-5 years ago) on a digital scale and it was returned within the month. I could never get accurate measurements with it. If I poured the powder too fast it read heavy, if I poured it too slow it read light. I was very disappointed to say the least. Hell one cheaper scale i bought changed measurements based on how new the battery was. Within 2 weeks it would read 10% light... which is very dangerous when you are at max charge loads. I now use a traditional RCBS balance scale and have been very pleased. Maybe they have improved in the last couple years? All I know is I have had bad luck.

 

[independent]

Good to know. I just ordered the rcbs rock chucker supreme press on cabelas. Watch some vids on it and it looks great.

 

[KelJu]

That is a sexy firearm!

 

[country1911]

Good to know. I just ordered the rcbs rock chucker supreme press on cabelas. Watch some vids on it and it looks great.

You will be very happy with that. If you haven't already, check out midwayusa.com.

 

[s2h]

Anyone reload here? Any advice is appreciated.

My Dad reloaded....when I was a kid we shoot 100's if not 1000's of rounds in a day....guess who picked up all the brass??...my reloading now consists of going to Academy to buy some ammo...

 

[heavyiron]

Good to know. I just ordered the rcbs rock chucker supreme press on cabelas. Watch some vids on it and it looks great.

I built thousands of rounds on an rcbs rock chucker. Thing always worked great.

 

[heavyiron]

AR-15 is longer...CAR-15 has a collapsed stock...makes a diff.....I'm not sure our definition of tight groups may be the same...I'm referring to 38/40 in the bullseye....bullseye on those targets is 6 inches in diameter.....it was a tall task...

My AR also has a collapsible stock.....

 

[s2h]

Thats a familiar looking weapon.....nice shirt also..look good on the cover of SOF....

 

[jay_steel]

Yep...if your want solid groups over 200meters best go with the 34" barrel...its a pound or better heavier...shoots about like a regular M4 just with more bang..

34 in barrel? how are you going to carry that thing. We hit targets from over a 1000 yards with a 20 inch barrel no problem in the ran with a .223 round.

 

[s2h]

34 in barrel? how are you going to carry that thing. We hit targets from over a 1000 yards with a 20 inch barrel no problem in the ran with a .223 round.

It was a typo...I reposted later...the army I was in didn't shoot in yards...our targets could fit inside the lid of a coffee can...no full body targets at that junction in training...

 

[SheriV]

Compact is def easier to maneuver...and we didn't have the new LBE they have today were your weapons fastens to your vest.....that would have been nice...don't think you can go wrong with the shorty version....espc since you have a AR...

speaking of accuracy..funniest thing i ever saw and heard was at the range just fucking off with the handguns
indoor range and all of a sudden I hear BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM...like through my molded ear plugs..so I lean back in my aisle to see whats going on...and like four other people are leaning back to see what the fucking gun is/who it is...

some dude brought desert eagles and was making smiley faces on the targets..lol
I cant even get good groups with desert eagles

 

[s2h]

Wasn't or isn't the dessert eagle the largest handgun made?

 

[LAM]

both the DE and the S&W model 500 use .50 cal cartridges.

 

[Zaphod]

But the S&W uses a much more powerful cartridge. They are the same caliber, but the .500 magnum is longer and uses more powder.

 

[ALBOB]

Country1911 has given some great advice on reloading. I wholeheartedly agree that a single stage is best for rifle rounds if you're trying to squeeze the utmost of accuracy out of your rounds. They're also my suggestion for those new to reloading. Much easier to learn on a single stage than a progressive.

That being said, once you've got the experience, a good progressive press can churn out a LOT of very high quality rounds in very short order. The biggest variable in reloading is the powder charge. Just using round numbers, assume you're using 5 grains of powder in your pistol rounds and 50 grains of powder in your rifle rounds. If your powder dispenser varies by up to .5 grains, that's a 10% error in your pistol rounds but only a 1% error in your rifle rounds. In other words, it won't have as much of an affect on the rifle rounds. Bottom line is, don't be afraid to use a high quality progressive press to build rifle rounds, especially if you're shooting a semi-auto which goes through ammo like shit through a goose.

Last bit of advice for now; when you're in the development phase of building ammo, only change one component at a time. Want to try a new powder, different ammount of powder or different bullet? Change ONE, not all. Once you've wrung the most accuracy out of that one component, then you can change another and see how it works. And like has been said, keep a written record of all variables, including the group size(s) shot with that load.

 

[ctr10]

There are none with 34" barrels. Its 16"s

That's why it's a bush master, it's a brush gun for firing in close quarters, it's alot easier and quicker to swing that short barrel around and not hit a branch for example, great for the bush!!!

 

[ctr10]

this is gonna sound weird, my ex husband has that exact gun and its awesome...blows up bowling pins..

you will burn the shit out of your hand at least once thos handling it incorrectly after a cpl of rounds

sherri did you burn your hand on the barrel?

 

[ALBOB]

I almost forgot. This was the very first powder measure I bought, that was almost 30 years ago. It's still going strong and is INCREDIBLY accurate.

Bench Rest Powder Measuring Tools

 

[s2h]

That's why it's a bush master, it's a brush gun for firing in close quarters, it's alot easier and quicker to swing that short barrel around and not hit a branch for example, great for the bush!!!

I thought it was named after the snake....but bush for bush makes sense ...

 

[jay_steel]

Wasn't or isn't the dessert eagle the largest handgun made?

its one of them but it needs some serious smith work to it for it not to jam up on you. I would never rely on this gun. They are fun to shoot though.

 

[jay_steel]

my next two guns is going to be an alexander arms beowulf and grendle uppers. Not sure if i will share the same lowers or not because the grendle will be a sniper set up where as the beo will just be a fuck shit up destroy a cinder block set up.

 

[ALBOB]

its one of them but it needs some serious smith work to it for it not to jam up on you. I would never rely on this gun. They are fun to shoot though.

They're not very durable either. I realize they were never meant to have thousands of rounds put through them but I used to be a range master here where a huge portion of our business was renting to tourists. Those guns were constantly broken, mostly springs. The tourists would all freak over the big hand cannon and want to shoot it. The minimum purchase was a full box of ammo. After one mag or less most of them would give up and switch to something more mild. Guess who got to burn up all the unused, already paid for ammo?

 

[s2h]

My home defense piece is a pretty large automatic..50 cal is a bit of a overkill...you shot the bad guy and your neighbors 3 kids by accident all in one shot...

 

[independent]

Well my sons mauser came in today, kind of strange buying a gun from a private party sight unseen other than multiple pics. It ended up being really nice.

 

[LAM]

Well my sons mauser came in today, kind of strange buying a gun from a private party sight unseen other than multiple pics. It ended up being really nice.

there's tons of great guns out there from private sellers, it's amazing how many people purchase and never really use them. Most it's because people like us the buy guns all have several at the minimum and in today's world many people just don't that much free time to go shooting.