Posted: 12/21/2004 12:29:37 AM EDT
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I am thinking of buying a Savage 110 (Police Sniper Model) and learning the trade of the sniper or precision marksman. Where my knowledge is lacking in this area is with the ammunition. As I understand it most good marksmen outside of the military load their own rounds for better precision, performance, and consistency. I would like some incite into the process. What equipment is needed? How do I stand to improve performance over store bought loads? Is performance predictable or does it require trial and error? What is done in handloading to improve performance over factory loads? What info should I seek out before starting? Most likely .308/7.62x51 I would guess performance consistancy is the primary goal in handloading ammo? If not what is? |
| My advice is to check out the reloading forum and get yourself a good reloading manual from Sierra, Hornady, Speer etc. to understand the equipment and process. |
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Just so you know, I purchased a Savage 110 FP LE1 just a couple of weeks ago, and took a precision rifle operator's course with it. I am no expert marksman, but I was easily hitting the 600 yard target with it repeatedly by the end of the day, with plain jane factory Remington ammo from Wal-mart. I am very happy with my purchase, which came in at about $700 for rifle, base, rings, and optics. |
Fix that for ya, we don't want NO riots around here.... 
You'll need Reloading Equipment, but I'd start at a place like this with some reading: www.reload-nrma.com/
This will depend entirely on your reloading skill, Federal Gold Medal ammunition is hard to beat in most rfiles and ya might find their GM loads are to your rfiles' liking......
All load development is trial and error, different brass, different powders, different primers, most of us start with a load from a loading manual and progress from there.....
See link information....
They are also good reloading books from most every bullet and ammunition makers, good reading habits are a plus.... good luck, Mike |