Reeder Custom Guns - I have some .355 GNR dies in the wrap I need to swap

for .280 GNR for Doug. I loaded up his African rounds with 160 gr. Nosler Accu-bonds. Finally settled on IMR4895 which I never loaded that heavy a bullet with it. Looking at a Hodgdon manual I thought we'd try a starting load for the .280 Ackley Improved. We will need to test them and fit every cartridge in the chamber for proof.

I resorted to some "other" 7mm ctg. dies to neck size the formed brass after trimming to square the mouths. Seating the bullet is not really an issue. They look good.

I did find we had several brass with split necks. Probably more relative to the brass being old or stored in varied temps. For such a important trip you want each ctg. a little jewel.

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departure date so you don't have time to dick around trying to find someone that wants to trade. Doug needs to make sure these loads shoot well in his gun, then you have to load him 50 rounds and make sure each one fits in his barrel, so you are about out of time. I will get my set out to you in the morning.

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worked in Africa in years past. We used that load with the 175 grain Partition and it did great. If Doug is going after larger plains game you might move that load up a grain or two.

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I have some .355 GNR dies in the wrap I need to swap

I will loan you my 280 GNR dies. We are now 2 weeks from

and try the 55 grain load with 4350 for the 160. It