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Note my expansion is less than .001, they are .0007 and .0008.

I drive the dog towns in my RZR and shoot out the front. I just drive closer, seldom shoot over 250 yards and use a 223 and 222 mag with 10 cent bullets. I shoot thousands each year, it's the most fun I can have here in South Dakota. If Hammer offers bullets in my price range I will jump on them.

Thanks, will do.

Dang it, I should have checked that now the cases are all mixed with the others.

I posted my results on the Share thread. I arrived at conservative loads of 50 gr Varget for the 90 gr at 3357fps. 48 gr of Varget at 3152fps for the 101 gr.

CALIBER: .______________7x57 BULLET:________________90 gr & 101 gr POWDER:______________ Varget PRIMER: _______________WLR BRASS _________________PPU COAL: _________________not recorded, loaded with first band exposed, no crimp BARREL LENGTH: ______22" TWIST: ________________12 Temp 55F...

This site has been very helpful and the people posting have been great. I'll share my loads and performance I as I progress.

So the heat won't anneal too far down the case? I'm assuming this is true or you wouldn't be suggesting eliminating the water.

Thank you for allowing me to join. First allow me to explain my handle Rapidrick is because I live in Rapid City SD and my first name is Rick. I've been reloading since I was 11 which was in 1964. I tend towards odd clamberings shooting a .284, 25WSM, 6mm, 222 Mag, 7x57, 375 H&H, but then...

Since we were talking about annealing, I was curious if you had a trick for drying the brass either after annealing or wet tumble. I'm always looking for better methods. I shoot thousands of reloads every year, mainly at prairie dogs, and anything that makes my ammo easier or faster is...

How are you drying your brass? I put mine on bake trays in the oven at 200F a while. I keep forgetting to pull them out on time. The heads remain hard.

I'll follow your guidance and start 2 gr lower. I like shooting this rifle and have the bullets and powder.

I've never annealed until my last batch of PPU brass and I had nearly 20% crack with the second reload. I double checked all my loading parameters and tried again with a small batch and had over 25% fail. I annealed the cases using the simple propane torch and finger hold until hot then drop...

I have a 7x57 with a 1in12 twist and purchased the 90s and the 101s. I found a 49 gr of Varget load for the 101s in "the" spreadsheet but nothing for the 90s. Is Varget a good choice for these bullets? My plan is to start ladders at 46 gr with the 101 gr and 48 gr with the 90 gr. The rifle...