What did you do in the reloading room today?

[TheBelly]

Finally got around to running some subsonic 308 ammo over my chrono. I cut back one of my AR-PSR 308 barrels down to about 18 inches and I put my Thunderbeast can on the end.

A spoonful of Trailboss under a Sierra 175 goes about 1070fps and is incredibly quiet. Low ES/SD and accurate. Very happy with the combo.

Now I have something to do with all those 175 pulls I bought.

I did this with a 208 AMAX. 11gr TrailBoss kept it nice and quiet. We hit a couple hogs at ~245-ish yards with it. Dialed up so much I thought we mortared them piggies.

[Zombie Steve]

Finally got around to running some subsonic 308 ammo over my chrono. I cut back one of my AR-PSR 308 barrels down to about 18 inches and I put my Thunderbeast can on the end.

A spoonful of Trailboss under a Sierra 175 goes about 1070fps and is incredibly quiet. Low ES/SD and accurate. Very happy with the combo.

Now I have something to do with all those 175 pulls I bought.

So you've duplicated a .40 Smith & Wesson?

[Hoser]

So you've duplicated a .40 Smith & Wesson?

Yup. And it is a 40 S&W that is accurate enough to hit an orange at 300 yards that you can not hear if you are more than 20-30 yards away. Or I can load the same bullet up to 2700 fps. Not many 40s will hold together at that velocity.

[Zombie Steve]

As far as I'm concerned, one needs no more justification than "it's fun".

I plugged in a 175 SMK into a ballistics calculator. Surprisingly, it only loses about 100 fps at 300 yards...

[Alpha2]

Put my two pounds of new Varget on the shelf in the Gun Cave! Big score at Cabela's in Thornton. I kept wiping my eyes, couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[Zombie Steve]

Sometimes when I'm all alone I like to sniff Varget.

[Hoser]

Killed my RCBS Chargemaster last night/this morning. I didnt use it that much all in all, but it was handy to have on the bench for small batches of stuff when I did not want to screw with my Prometheus.

Error code 02009. Called RCBS and it turns out it is a fatal error. Being more than a year old they told me I was SOL. No biggie. I get that. Electronics die and they dont make them. They just stick their label on them.

Time to get a new one from Brownells.

[Joe Manco]

Killed my RCBS Chargemaster last night/this morning. I didnt use it that much all in all, but it was handy to have on the bench for small batches of stuff when I did not want to screw with my Prometheus.

Error code 02009. Called RCBS and it turns out it is a fatal error. Being more than a year old they told me I was SOL. No biggie. I get that. Electronics die and they dont make them. They just stick their label on them.

Time to get a new one from Brownells.

Same EXACT thing happened to mine two weeks ago. Same code, same answer from RCBS. I'm now using my 25yr old Lyman balance beam, no cord and the batteries never wear out.

[brutal]

Killed my RCBS Chargemaster last night/this morning. I didnt use it that much all in all, but it was handy to have on the bench for small batches of stuff when I did not want to screw with my Prometheus.

Error code 02009. Called RCBS and it turns out it is a fatal error. Being more than a year old they told me I was SOL. No biggie. I get that. Electronics die and they dont make them. They just stick their label on them.

Time to get a new one from Brownells.

I looked up error 02009 = programmed end of warranty failure mode.

[Great-Kazoo]

Killed my RCBS Chargemaster last night/this morning. I didnt use it that much all in all, but it was handy to have on the bench for small batches of stuff when I did not want to screw with my Prometheus.

Error code 02009. Called RCBS and it turns out it is a fatal error. Being more than a year old they told me I was SOL. No biggie. I get that. Electronics die and they dont make them. They just stick their label on them.

Time to get a new one from Brownells.

RCBS had said the same thing regarding my 750, SOL. Asked them how can a company that touts their products as being some of the best , tell me SOL? Guy said ok we'll send you a new one. Sure it's not the top of the line like your's, figure they'd at least offer a discount.