Videos tagged with Hodgdon Varget

This guide details the setup, calibration, and operation of the RCBS Chargemaster Link reloading scale. It emphasizes the importance of warming up the scale, ensuring it is level, and performing accurate calibration using the included weights. The video demonstrates both manual and app-controlled dispensing, highlighting the 'Auto' mode for efficient high-volume reloading and the necessity of using reliable load data.

This guide details the process of reloading .308 Winchester ammunition, emphasizing cost savings and accuracy. It covers essential steps from brass preparation and powder measurement to bullet seating and final inspection. The video highlights the use of single-stage presses and various tools for consistent results, drawing on the speaker's 20 years of reloading experience.

This guide details the process of reloading ammunition for the M1 Garand rifle, emphasizing the importance of specific components and parameters to ensure safe and accurate function. Key considerations include selecting appropriate primers, using a small base die for semi-automatic reliability, choosing powders with suitable burn rates (like H4895 or Varget), and selecting bullet weights and types (150-180 grain, flat base or boattail) that match the rifle's twist rate and barrel condition. The process concludes with chronograph testing for velocity verification before live fire.

This guide details the process of reloading ammunition for the SVD Dragunov rifle, as demonstrated by JaegerZ999. It covers brass preparation, including cleaning and induction annealing, component selection, powder measurement, and bullet seating using advanced reloading equipment. The video concludes with a live-fire demonstration of the SVD with the handloaded rounds. The instruction emphasizes precision and methodical steps, indicative of an expert-level approach to reloading.

This video details the personal journey of a father who transitioned from reloading for cost savings to creating quality hunting ammunition with his sons. He emphasizes the importance of family time and producing effective rounds for hunting, specifically highlighting the use of Winchester 6.5 Stable powder and Hornady CX bullets for the 6.5 Creedmoor caliber, which proved successful in recent deer hunts.

This video provides a comprehensive guide to reloading .30-06 ammunition specifically for the M1 Garand rifle. It details essential steps from brass preparation, including decapping, tumbling, and annealing, to precise case resizing, trimming, priming, and powder charging. The instructor emphasizes using M1 Garand-specific load data to avoid damage to the rifle and demonstrates techniques for bullet seating and headspace measurement, offering practical advice for intermediate reloaders.

This video provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to reloading the .22-250 cartridge, emphasizing precision for hunting applications. Instructor James O'Neill explains the importance of canceling variables through meticulous reloading processes, from brass preparation and trimming to powder charging and bullet seating. The guide highlights the benefits of reloading for optimizing rifle performance and achieving consistent, accurate shots.

This video details the process of developing a hunting load for the 6mm ARC using 90gr Sierra Game Changer bullets. The instructor tests Hodgdon LeverEvolution and Hodgdon Varget powders, aiming for velocities between 2750-2800 fps from an 18-inch barrel. The testing includes detailed load development, chronograph data, group size measurements, and ballistic gel testing to assess terminal performance, ultimately selecting a load for white-tailed deer hunting.

This video details the reloading process for the .223 Remington cartridge using 65gr Cutting Edge MTH bullets, IMR 8208 XBR, and Hodgdon Varget powders. The instructor emphasizes the unique 'seal tight band' design of the bullet, its impact on seating depth, and the importance of proper case neck preparation to maintain tension. Accuracy testing reveals significant variability, with specific loads showing promise for future development and ballistic gel testing.

This guide details the process of reloading 6.5 Creedmoor ammunition using Hornady 140gr SST bullets, Hodgdon Varget, and Hodgdon Superformance powders. It covers brass preparation, priming, powder charging, bullet seating, and range testing with a Thompson Center Compass rifle. The analysis focuses on group sizes and velocity data, offering insights for precision reloaders.

This guide details the process of reloading 55gr FMJ-BT bullets, specifically comparing Hornady projectiles with others using Hodgdon Varget powder. The expert instruction covers component selection, load data considerations, brass preparation warnings, and range testing procedures. The analysis highlights the superior accuracy of Hornady bullets and identifies optimal Varget charge weights for sub-MOA performance in an AR-15 platform.

This guide details how to assess the case capacity of Starline .223 Remington brass, a critical factor for reloaders. The video highlights that Starline .223 brass has a lower water capacity (29.3-29.6 grains) compared to Lake City brass (30.4 grains). This difference can lead to powder compression or overflowing when using maximum charges of certain powders like Hodgdon Varget, as demonstrated with a 27.5-grain charge for 55gr bullets. Despite this, the quality of Starline brass, including clean flash holes and consistent primer pockets, is praised.