To achieve the highest levels of accuracy most benchrest shooters utilize the same 5-10 pieces of brass for an entire event, reloading at the range between relays.  Fischbach employed a technique not often utilized in the short-range benchrest world by pre-weighing charges into small vials to then be loaded at the range.  These charges were measured using Creedmoor Sport’s TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale.  The TRX-925 weighs down to the hundred (0.01) of a grain and Pascal credits this exceptional precision as a key element in his success.

“I have been shooting powder from 2019…it’s hotter and might also have a narrower sweet spot window, so weighing loads carefully is paramount,” said Pascal Fishbach. “I drop an initial charge with my electronic measure and then finely adjust with a trickler over the TRX 925 scale which is sensitive to a single kernel of powder,” added Fishbach.

Developed by the team at Creedmoor Sports, the TRX-925 was designed from the ground up to offer exceptional accuracy and value for shooters.  The scale uses grains as its native unit of measure to avoid the rounding errors many other scales experience when converting weights from grams to grains.  The TRX-925 also comes standard with three F-1 class calibration weights to help ensure consistency during each reloading session.

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This product incorporates the Adaptive Wedge^TM System which supports multiple die sizes, including 7/8” and 1 ¼”  at the time of this release. The Wedges allow the handloader to set up their dies one time and simply exchange wedge/die sets in the press head as needed. Like the Creedmoor Sports Enhanced Press Head^TM, this product is also a true direct drop-in upgrade that can be installed in a matter of minutes. Manufactured to exacting tolerances from stainless steel, these press heads offer a premium finish, higher corrosion and wear resistance, and a thread quality second to none.

“The Adaptive Press Head was born out of the desire to accommodate premier 1 ¼” dies on the standard Redding T-7 Press. The design and testing lead to the development of two different product lines, the Enhanced Press Head and the Adaptive Press Head,” said Jared Haehnel, Product Developer. “We set out to develop a premier product that will match the top-quality dies being produced and we met that goal by developing a product that can match, and in some cases outperform, presses that exceed twice the price of a Redding T-7 equipped with our Adaptive Head,” added Haehnel.

“Our Product Development Team has spent much of 2022 building a family of products focused on enhancing existing reloading presses in the market.  The Adaptive Press Head is the pinnacle of this product family, offering customers an enhanced user experience and quality that rivals anything on the market.  I’m incredibly proud of the team’s efforts and could not be happier with the finished product,” said John Teachey, V.P. of Operations and Marketing.

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with Wayne Dayberry

Making hits at distance with your rimfire (or any cartridge) includes understanding and minimizing the effect of the variables. Just like when developing your load data for centerfire cartridges, you’ll need to start with the ammunition basics: muzzle velocity, bullet weight, and the bullet’s ballistic coefficient. Bullet weight is readily published by the manufacturers, and you can gather your muzzle velocity with a chronograph, however the bullet’s ballistic coefficient is not always readily available for rimfire ammunition. And even if it is, just like when doing load development for their big brother cartridges, truing your own muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient over distance is a good idea. 

Starting with the end in mind, my D.O.P.E. (Data on Previous Engagement) for a 300yd 22lr rimfire shot is approximately 15mils, give or take depending upon the environmentals as well as ammunition brand and type.

So, making hits at 300 yards with your rimfire is going to be similar to the following (your mileage may and will vary):

• 6.5 Creedmoor with a 140 gr high BC bullet running at 2,700 fps yields about 1,310 Yards at 15mils and a 1.5mil holdoff for a 5mph wind.
• 308 Winchester with a 200 gr high BC bullet running at 2,400 fps yields about 1,100 Yards at 15mils and a 1.7mil holdoff for a 5mph wind.
• Rimfire 22lr with a 40 gr bullet at 1080 fps = 300 Yards at 15 mils and a 2mil holdoff for a 5mph wind.

We know the bullet weight, and if you shoot at least 10 rounds (or more) over a chronograph, you should be able to get a reliable muzzle velocity. Those two can become “fixed” in the long distance equation. Then, truing up the ballistic coefficient for your round is the exercise. We’ll explain more about this in an upcoming email!

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Creedmoor Sports is excited to announce the TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale, the newest introduction to our product line-up. Our development team set out to create one of the most accurate and precise scales on the market that directly meets the needs of reloaders who are looking for the pinnacle of performance. To achieve this level or precision and accuracy, the team focused on the needs of reloaders first and foremost, and worked to develop a high-performance scale that aims to be the premier reloading scale on the market.

To offer the highest level of accuracy possible, the team started by ensuring the scale utilized grains as its native unit of measure, maintained accuracy down to the hundredth (0.01) of a grain, and had a more refined level of calibration for exact and consistent measurements.

As reloaders, we speak in grains. Our specialized programming sets the Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 apart from other scales on the market. While measuring in grains may seem like the norm, the vast majority of scales on the market utilize grams as their native unit of measure and simply convert the measured weight from grams to grains by using a formula. Unfortunately, this method of behind-the-scenes conversion generates significant rounding errors that can affect the reported weight. The ability of the TRX-925 to read down to 0.01 grains, eliminating the gram/grain conversion process, and measuring natively in grains, were absolute musts to achieve the level of accuracy the Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 is capable of.

To ensure that the TRX-925 maintains the level of precision that serious reloaders demand, each Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 comes standard with three F-1 class calibration weights (2g, 10g and 50g). These precision grade weights are machined from stainless steel, and each come in its own protective storage case. The inclusion of the three weights and the multi-point calibration process developed by our team, allow reloaders to calibrate at their normal range of operation, which serves to ensure charge weights are consistent over time.

The Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale works with a level of precision offered only by a select few scales on the market. To do this, our scales are produced in an ISO9001:2008 approved facility and utilize laboratory-grade electronics. The TRX-925 also includes an anodized static-free powder pan, which has a 925 grain maximum capacity, and comes with a modular draft shield. The backlit LCD display allows the user to reload easily in overly bright, or low-light conditions without eye strain.

While the TRX-925 is a new addition, Creedmoor Sports has a long history of supporting the needs of precision shooters. Headquartered in Anniston, Alabama, Creedmoor Sports has over 40 years of experience in the shooting sports industry, with competitive and precision shooting being the core focus. We offer a complete line of Creedmoor Sports branded products as well as other leading brands within the shooting sports industry.

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Make your Redding T7 Turret Press like new with our Creedmoor Redding T7 Turret Press Upgrade Kit. Find it here: https://www.creedmoorsports.com/produ… Let us know what you think!

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Creedmoor Sports is pleased to announce Jared Haehnel has joined our team as a Senior Technical Product Expert. Jared brings over a decade of experience in shooting, testing and reloading for metallic cartridges. This includes working three years as a Research and Development Engineering Technician for a bullet manufacturer tasked with developing ammunition for long range hunting, precision rifle, and pistol ammunition. He has worked closely with industry professionals becoming well versed in standardized testing procedures set out by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Institute (SAAMI) and the Commission Internationale Permanente (CIP).

“Jared is a great addition to our team and will help provide our customers with a greater depth of knowledge in reloading and internal ballistics, while helping Creedmoor Sports expand our offering of innovative products. Jared’s experience in technical design and manufacturing combined with his experience in the industry and as a shooter will prove invaluable in bringing new and exciting products to market.  We look for Jared to make his mark on our organization and help us achieve our goals.” -John Teachey, VP of Operations

“With more shooters starting to reload, we want to make sure they’re getting exactly what they need to achieve their goals. Jared brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table and has a passion for sharing that information with other shooters. We’re excited to add another precision shooter to the team to help customers, provide solutions, and develop new products.” -Brent Books, General Manager

Jared also brings his experience in industrial design along with an engineering mindset to the team as Creedmoor continues to develop and produce innovative products that give shooters the competitive edge across many disciplines in precision rifle shooting and reloading.

Jared will be available to assist in all technical questions and may be reached at techsupport@creedmoorsports.com or by calling customer service at 800-273-3366.

We are excited to welcome Jared to the Creedmoor Sports family as a valuable resource for our customers and the company.

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I have personally done both neck sizing and full-length sizing over the past 35 years of shooting and found that some rifles seem to prefer neck sizing only while others seem (non-statistical valid data) to perform better with full length sizing. Key word is seem (again, not statistically valid), I’ve done both types of sizing in tight neck custom chambers and factory chambers. I was taught thinking that neck sizing was the best for accurate shooting and a majority of us used to do this in short range benchrest. Eventually most of us migrated to bumping the shoulder or using a traditional full-length die. I think the question really comes down to the type of situational shooting?

First the differences; with neck sizing dies (whether bushing or conventional) you are only resizing the case neck, and with most setups, not the complete length of the neck. When full length sizing with a properly setup die, you are pushing the shoulder back .002” to .003” ideally (some reloaders shoot for only .001”). Also, you are sizing the case neck and the body of the case.

Let’s chat about the advantages of each.

Neck Sizing Advantages

Neck sizing has two main arguments that some reloaders will make in favor of it.

– The first argument is that the case, having been fireformed, now has a close semi-tight to tight fit in the chamber providing better alignment of the case neck/bullet to the chamber. I believe this argument because the fireformed case should align better in a close-fitting chamber. But, does it materially improve the accuracy, especially when the bullet usually has only .000” to .020” of bullet jump depending on the load tuning?

– The second argument is about case hardening and case life. Neck sizing works the brass less than full length sizing. By neck sizing, you keep from working the body of the case and in some situations may get an extra firing before needing to trim. But eventually you will have to full length size so you can extract the brass without beating on the bolt handle.

Full Length Sizing Advantages

Full Length sizing has one major advantage – easy extraction of the fired brass.

– If you are competing in a sport such as F-Class, service rifle and even benchrest, being able to cycle the brass quickly without disturbing your position or the gun allows you to shoot in the same wind condition. I used to neck size my 6 PPC brass for short range group benchrest shooting and significantly disturbed my rifle position on the rest after a hard bolt lift to extract the brass and then lost several seconds in re-acquiring my aiming point. In a position rifle such as service rifle you could actually disturb your NPA (natural point of aim) due to extraction difficulties.

Any of the precision rifle action-based sports, such as PRS and NRL, would also be negatively impacted by a stiff bolt cycle.

– Rapid fire competitions and hunting are also venues where full-length sizing is critical.

My Humble Opinion

My personal position is that I will full length size my fired brass every time I shoot. I setup my die to push the case shoulder back approximately .002”. I use a bushing style threaded die most of the time. On rifles where I have fully turned necks, I’ll use a specific bushing to obtain the desired bullet grip. On non-neck turned brass or brass where I have turned just enough to clean up thick spots, I’ll use a bushing that sizes all of my brass just enough so that the inside neck dimension is slightly smaller than the diameter of my expander ball. By doing it in this manner, when I pull the brass out of the die and over the expander ball, all of my brass will have approximately the same inside dimension (i.e. bullet grip/tension).

I full length size mainly for the reward of not having to wrestle with my bolt on the line whether in position, shooting F-Class off a bipod or rest or shooting short range benchrest. Any perceived gain in accuracy is just not worth the aggravation or the impact to not running your shots in a condition. If you full length size, you can concentrate more on reading the wind, focusing on position fundamentals and maintaining your natural point of aim.

If you chat with most highly competitive long-range shooters, most of them will feel the same way and these are folks that would go to great lengths for a little bit more accuracy. But they know the impact of losing a wind condition or the impact a distraction of a sticky bolt can make on their performance.

Best wishes and good shooting,

Bill Gravatt

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Here is an excerpt from the article:

From 1920 until the mid-1950s, full metal jacket (FMJ) bullets remained the epitome for high power competition. Handloading was not common, so competitors relied on government arsenals for match-grade, .30-06 Spr. ammunition for use in the National Matches and other shooting events. Arsenal match ammunition was considered state-of-the-art and was perpetually in short supply. Ammunition lots performing particularly well were carefully hoarded, traded and fired judiciously. Naturally, government arsenals made what they knew best and had tooling for—FMJ bullets.

By the mid-1950s, improved match rifles were better than arsenal ammunition. This dilemma spurred improvements in ammunition and led many competitors into handloading. Sierra Bullets began offering match-grade, hollow-point boattail rifle bullets which offered significantly improved accuracy over FMJ bullets. As records tumbled, hollow-point boattail bullets increasingly ruled high power competition.

The complete article can be read at NRA Shooting Sports USA.

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