Good day at the range.

[Marauder]

Finally finished with some load development for my NM service rifle. The load is a Hornady 75gr BTHP with Winchester 748, shot real good off the bench at 100 yards. Now to load some more and start practicing offhand, sitting and prone and see how the load does.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

Nice shooting. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work!

 

[shaddydan]

Nice group!

 

[Blaster229]

What service allows their soldiers, airmen, marines or sailors to use their own reloads in their service rifles?

 

[Marauder]

What service allows their soldiers, airmen, marines or sailors to use their own reloads in their service rifles?

http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.pdf

 

[Deep Creek Rock]

748 has been my go to powder for .223 for many years. That stuff throws remarkably well too. Good powder for volume reloading, but it always seems to print on paper well too.

 

[armed ferret]

What service allows their soldiers, airmen, marines or sailors to use their own reloads in their service rifles?

 

[Mooseman]

What service allows their soldiers, airmen, marines or sailors to use their own reloads in their service rifles?

I though the special forces loaded their own. I may be wrong.

 

[armed ferret]

You are. SF doesn't do handloads.

Depending on which family in the SOF community, they'll use anything from standard green-tip M855 to 77-grain Mk262 style awesomeness.

 

[Pinecone]

They do not use reloads. But they may use special loads, not available to or used by most troops, from non-standard ammunition suppliers.

Sort of a commercial version of handloads.

 

[DocAitch]

Fantastic group, Marauder!!
As you did, I interpreted Blaster 229's post as him inferring that "service rifle" refers to the rifle assigned a member of the armed forces rather than the competitive classification Service Rifle in which anyone who owns a stock M1, M14 (M1A), or M16 (AR15) meeting the rules in the CMP reference above can compete (and load their own ammo).
I do seem to recall a show on Marine sniper students loading their own.
DocAitch

 

[FlatsFlite]

748 has been my go to powder for .223 for many years. That stuff throws remarkably well too. Good powder for volume reloading, but it always seems to print on paper well too.

Shhhhhhhhhhhish! Move along, nothing to see here

It also runs cooler for those who spray and pray.

 

[armed ferret]

I do seem to recall a show on Marine sniper students loading their own.
DocAitch

Just because they said it on tv doesn't make it true.

No handloading in any branch of the .mil for service ammunition.

 

[Magnumite]

" Now to load some more and start practicing offhand, sitting and prone and see how the load does. "

This is how I final test a load that does well in development testing. I figure if its going where I'm calling and still grouping well its a keeper. Gotta shoot it the way you use it.

 

[Marauder]

748 has been my go to powder for .223 for many years. That stuff throws remarkably well too. Good powder for volume reloading, but it always seems to print on paper well too.

Yeah, I've been finding out how well 748 is. Now I need to find some more.

 

[Marauder]

Fantastic group, Marauder!!
As you did, I interpreted Blaster 229's post as him inferring that "service rifle" refers to the rifle assigned a member of the armed forces rather than the competitive classification Service Rifle in which anyone who owns a stock M1, M14 (M1A), or M16 (AR15) meeting the rules in the CMP reference above can compete (and load their own ammo).
I do seem to recall a show on Marine sniper students loading their own.
DocAitch

I gave Mr. Blaster a link to figure that out! But you explained it well.

 

[Bolts Rock]

What service allows their soldiers, airmen, marines or sailors to use their own reloads in their service rifles?

USAMU and the Marines both load their own match ammo.

 

[armed ferret]

USAMU and the Marines both load their own match ammo.

i sure hope you're talking about for informal competition. nobody uses handloaded ammunition in theater.

 

[Magnumite]

For formal competition

 

[armed ferret]

the individual was discussing combat scenarios, not competition on a one-way range.