Siwash Report post Posted July 18, 2011 I have a friend who pulled a cow tag and has an old ( I believe 50's era) Remington semi-auto Woodsmaster 740 chambered in .30-06. He has a young child and wants to shoot copper bullets so the kid can enjoy the elk without any worries about digesting lead. The gun cycles Remington Cor-Lokts just fine but I am going to dial up some 180 Barnes TSX-BTs and give them a try this weekend. I'm going to start with 46 grains of IMR 4064 as that is the mide-range from Barnes load data. I know reloading for old semi-autos can be tricky...should I lean towards light or heavy loads to get started? Anybody have any suggestions with OACL or load density? i'm not expecting sub-moa from an old autoloader, 2-3" at 100 yards would be great. I'm mostly just curious if anyone has had success hand loading for this rifle. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffro Report post Posted July 18, 2011 FL size your brass. You can use a light crimp, just dont bulge the case or it will not feed Dont jam the bullet into the lands Work up a load based on reloading data. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted July 18, 2011 If not to digest lead is the reason hes switching to copper bullets, he has a few screws loose.... But, great bullets none the less! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffro Report post Posted July 18, 2011 If not to digest lead is the reason hes switching to copper bullets, he has a few screws loose.... But, great bullets none the less! That just cracked me up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Siwash Report post Posted July 18, 2011 Good starting points, thanks. FL size your brass. You can use a light crimp, just dont bulge the case or it will not feed Dont jam the bullet into the lands Work up a load based on reloading data. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
