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buckfever5 · December 17, 2008, 06:55 PM

I apologize in advance if these questions have already been asked.

Potentially boring read:
To make a long story short, I've inherited a pretty good amount of reloading equipment. I had planned to get in to reloading for rifles/handguns, but not this soon.

Right now I'm working on reloading .223 Remington for coyote hunting. I will either be using these in a Ruger Mini-14 or a TC Contender super 16 barrel.

Soon after I intend to reload .30-30.

The loads that the previous owner of this equipment used were all 24.0 grains of Winchester 748, regardless of bullet type.

Questions:
1. Is 748 a poor powder choice for .223 and/or .30-30?
2. Would this powder charge (24.0 grains of W748) work with the Hornady 50gr V Max?
3. Is this bullet good for coyotes?
4. Would any of the below powders be more suitable for .223, or should I invest in some different powder?
5. I have some nickel cases. Is there anything different about reloading these? Does the nickel affect the resizing or anything like that?
6. Sierra 69grain HPBT bullets: good for anything besides target shooting?
7. My .30-30 die set only has 2 dies. Is this normal or am I missing a piece?
8. The .30-30s will be shot out of a Winchester Model 94. I'm assuming that round nose bullets are the only option I have here.
New Questions:
9. I have a little over 3000 Remington 6-1/2 Small Rifle Primers. What is the difference between these and the 7-1/2's?
10. As far as manual data is concerned; is a 50 grain bullet a 50 grain bullet, regardless of point type?

These are the powders I have on hand:
Winchester 748
Hercules 2400
Unique
Blue Dot
Hodgdon HS-6
Lil' Gun
Alliant Bullseye
Accurate 5744
No 5
IMR 700x
IMR 4064

December 17, 2008, 06:55 PM	#1
buckfever5 Member Join Date: December 17, 2008 Posts: 23	Noob with questions I apologize in advance if these questions have already been asked. Potentially boring read: To make a long story short, I've inherited a pretty good amount of reloading equipment. I had planned to get in to reloading for rifles/handguns, but not this soon. Right now I'm working on reloading .223 Remington for coyote hunting. I will either be using these in a Ruger Mini-14 or a TC Contender super 16 barrel. Soon after I intend to reload .30-30. The loads that the previous owner of this equipment used were all 24.0 grains of Winchester 748, regardless of bullet type. Questions: 1. Is 748 a poor powder choice for .223 and/or .30-30? 2. Would this powder charge (24.0 grains of W748) work with the Hornady 50gr V Max? 3. Is this bullet good for coyotes? 4. Would any of the below powders be more suitable for .223, or should I invest in some different powder? 5. I have some nickel cases. Is there anything different about reloading these? Does the nickel affect the resizing or anything like that? 6. Sierra 69grain HPBT bullets: good for anything besides target shooting? 7. My .30-30 die set only has 2 dies. Is this normal or am I missing a piece? 8. The .30-30s will be shot out of a Winchester Model 94. I'm assuming that round nose bullets are the only option I have here. New Questions: 9. I have a little over 3000 Remington 6-1/2 Small Rifle Primers. What is the difference between these and the 7-1/2's? 10. As far as manual data is concerned; is a 50 grain bullet a 50 grain bullet, regardless of point type? These are the powders I have on hand: Winchester 748 Hercules 2400 Unique Blue Dot Hodgdon HS-6 Lil' Gun Alliant Bullseye Accurate 5744 No 5 IMR 700x IMR 4064 Last edited by buckfever5; December 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM.