There were only a handful of stalwarts at the Ravenshoe SSAA range today. The run of tableland’s weather continues with leaden skies, gusting winds and mizzle. My goal today was to double-check on the sighting of my hunting loads in 223 Rem and 243 Win. The weather...
This morning dawned with a solid fog – the harbinger of a calm, sunny day. And so it was. It was a good day to be shooting groups at the range. My previous range session, last week, had been one of wild weather. I was keen to finalise the sighting-in of my adopted...
Nosler Projectiles in 243 Winchester The day dawned with gusting winds and rain. Undeterred by the vagrancies of the local weather, I headed off to the range to continue my testing of Nosler projectiles in 243 Winchester. More specifically, 90 grain Accubonds and 85...
Weatherby Vanguard HSP 223 Rem It was not an ideal day for testing handloads at the range. Typical tablelands’ weather had settled-in. That was, rapidly changing conditions from bouts of calm sunshine to gusting drizzle. The winds were highly variable, gusting...
Reloading the 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Silvertip in 223 Rem Today, I achieved some pleasing results with my test loads of the 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Silvertip in my Weatherby Vanguard HSP 223 Rem. I was using the ADI powder BM2 (Benchmark in the USA) and started...
Priorities The first task on getting home today, after a 03:30 start, was to load some ammo for a range session tomorrow. The mowing can wait. Another day, or so, won’t hurt. I have a lot of test loads to begin trying out on the Weatherby HSP varminter in 223 Rem...
