Anyone using A Dillon 650 for 308 for an A10

[sold7]

Have a single stage for my 308 bolt and a Dillon 650 for my high volume 9, 38, 357, 45ACP and 300 Blackout

Just picked up 2 new A10s a M&P10 and a Sig 716 and they can really eat the ammo. Only trying to do about 1 moa ammo for the A10s

Is any one successfully using the Dillon for 308 ( I don't mind a two pass run of decap and size then tumble and then progress load )

Let me know any good ideas or how to make the powder measure on the progressive more accurate.

Using XBR or 4895 powder.


Thanks for any advice.

 

[b.a.customkydex]

My suggestion is 8208 for powder.....it meters excellently for me.....but when loading rifle on a progressive as long as your load isn't near max, a variance of a grain of powder seems like a lot, but it's really not for general blasting ammo. Most times you might get a .3 variance which is completely acceptable

 

[sold7]

My suggestion is 8208 for powder.....it meters excellently for me.....but when loading rifle on a progressive as long as your load isn't near max, a variance of a grain of powder seems like a lot, but it's really not for general blasting ammo. Most times you might get a .3 variance which is completely acceptable

Yea that's what I am seeing on my test run. Need to get to the range and be sure the mid power loads cycle both guns

the trick will be finding more 8208 when I run out

 

[b.a.customkydex]

Im loading 75 and 69's with 8208, I've been buying it 8 pounds at a time

 

[sold7]

Sorry one other question about how many loads will the 308 brass make in the AR10? 4 seems to be what most are saying on the internet

Using Winchester or Hornady Brass. Saving the Lapua for the Bolt

 

[sold7]

Im loading 75 and 69's with 8208, I've been buying it 8 pounds at a time

yea got 9 pounds but would like to find another 8 lber or 2

Seams most powder is just not out there right now

 

[b.a.customkydex]

I never ran a gasser 308. I always ran a bolt. I know it's a pain in the ass but I liked LC brass

 

[Twitch2120]

Gassers tear cases up. I'm on load 10 on some win brass in my bolt gun. Pockets are near their end though. My friends old pof was on load 6 but it had a match chamber and I could measure the headspace and size just enough. Win brass

 

[Clarke123]

My FNAR loves 147 - 150 GR FMJBT over H380 regardless of the head stamp!
I'll have to check, but as I recall, it's the minimum (and most accurate) loading for that projectile, according to Lyman #49
Oh, and H380 meters extermely well and accurately.

 

[Smiley]

I haven't used a progressive for my rifle rounds, but I can say my 716 didn't like the Hornady dies. I switched over to the AR series RCBS and they have been working good. I have had trouble with the Peruvian milsurp brass not sizing back down to spec, but everything else has been running good. I bought several 50-round boxes of the CBC/Magtech and have just reloaded my first box, so far so good, we'll see how long it lasts...