Originally Posted by ayman76 (Post 4093877)

Hello, I am trying to get into reloading of my 30-06 sprg 180 gr cases, the factory ammo was Federal power shok 30-06 180 gr SP so my question is, can I use these federal cases and reload them with Barnes VOR-TX 30-06 sprg 180 gr Tipped TSX bullet type ?????

Are rifle cases interchangeable? If not why ?

Thanks for your input everyone.


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Originally Posted by colroggal (Post 4093879)

The 30-06 uses a .308 bullet. Same as the .308 winchester, the .300 winchester magnum and countless others. You can use your cases to load pretty much any brand and weight of .308 bullets you want.



I suggest investing a few hours on YouTube and picking up a few basic books on the subject. The ABC's of Reloading is a good one.



Colin

Originally Posted by colroggal (Post 4093879)

The 30-06 uses a .308 bullet. Same as the .308 winchester, the .300 winchester magnum and countless others. You can use your cases to load pretty much any brand and weight of .308 bullets you want.

I suggest investing a few hours on YouTube and picking up a few basic books on the subject. The ABC's of Reloading is a good one.

Colin

Originally Posted by obsessed1 (Post 4093911)

Short answer is yes. Long answer is get at least three reloading books / manuals and read them. It's a good idea to find a mentor to show you and work with you the first few times. Reloading is easy enough a 10 year old could probably do it but there is a certain amount of knowledge needed to do it safely. Not being rude but if you put handloading knowledge on a scale from one to one hundred, based on your your question you would be a 6-8. It's not a SLIGHT at all it's actually a good thing. you just don't want to jump right in building ammo without learning a bit more first. Accidents are real and can be life changing.

Originally Posted by Subaru297 (Post 4094173)

The Federal website has information on the 180gr trophy bonded tip along with seven different powders.



https://www.federalpremium.com/reloa...ing-rifle.html



You should compare this with at least one or two of your manuals to make sure it looks accurate. You can compare to another 180gr bullet using the same powder that you plan to use.



Always start with the minimum charge weight.

Originally Posted by obsessed1 (Post 4094248)

Forget trying to compare federal vital shok with federal power shok what matters is the individual components are what matters.

Case: All manufacturers cases are made of different thicknesses/ hardness. Occurring during the drawing process of the brass. Each case mfr will give different pressure spikes based on these differences.

Primer: each primer mfr uses a slightly different compound so they give hotter or longer ignition. Note there are std and mag which will further change ignition temp.

Powder: each powder has a unique burn rate and must be measured precisely keeping within the verified data for the cartridge and each bullet weight within that same cartridge.

Bullet: each bullet has varying length/ shape / weight. Bearing surface and jacket material is crucial info for safe loads.

Seating depth plays a role in pressure as does neck tension.

Generally speaking two type develop load manuals. Powder mfr and bullet mfr. ( it's good practice to compare 3-4 manuals for discrepancies)if you want a specific brand of bullet start with that mfr load data. Obviously hornady will not have data using a Nosler bullet and so on.

Simple way to describe it is

Choose your bullet. Then Find load data for that bullet or one that is very similar

Choose your powder and primer type based on the data found.

Start on the low end of the powder charge weight and load 3-5 rounds with each charge weight from light to heavy. Shoot those rounds looking for pressure signs and so on.