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If so you will probably appreciate this... I recently inherited a Remington 1903 from my grandpa. It was originally chambered in .30-06. It is now chambered in the .30 Ackley short magnum #2.
The action is very smooth on it, and I was given enough brass to make approx 130 rounds. about half are fire formed to the chamber, and the other half of them need to be.
I'm using 7mm Rem Mag brass since it's almost impossible to find .300 H&H brass. The one on the left is the normal 7mm Rem Mag, and the one on the right has been sized to .308 and fire formed.
Here's a top view. I know I have to re-size the neck before I take it out to fire form, just haven't done it with the rounds I have because i'm still getting used to the annealing process (it's new to me).
Here's the .30 Ackley short mag next to a .30-06 springfield. (.30 Ackley is on the right). This is a sample done by my grandpa to use as a guide when reloading.
I'll be starting out with 165 gr .308 bullets with 60 grains of IMR 4350. Any tips and/or tricks you guys have please let me know!
I know it's a lot of work to get the rounds made for this rifle, but it's something I enjoy and I know my grandpa would appreciate it since i'm carrying on one of his favorite hobbies. I've got all of the original papers that were given to my grandpa from P.O. Ackley. And I'm probably the only 25 year old in the world that thinks this stuff is cool as hell, but I don't care because i know there's nothing like reloading rounds, pulling the trigger, and knowing you did a damn good job!
Now I just need to get out there and tag an Elk with this thing



The action is very smooth on it, and I was given enough brass to make approx 130 rounds. about half are fire formed to the chamber, and the other half of them need to be.

I'm using 7mm Rem Mag brass since it's almost impossible to find .300 H&H brass. The one on the left is the normal 7mm Rem Mag, and the one on the right has been sized to .308 and fire formed.

Here's a top view. I know I have to re-size the neck before I take it out to fire form, just haven't done it with the rounds I have because i'm still getting used to the annealing process (it's new to me).

Here's the .30 Ackley short mag next to a .30-06 springfield. (.30 Ackley is on the right). This is a sample done by my grandpa to use as a guide when reloading.
I'll be starting out with 165 gr .308 bullets with 60 grains of IMR 4350. Any tips and/or tricks you guys have please let me know!
I know it's a lot of work to get the rounds made for this rifle, but it's something I enjoy and I know my grandpa would appreciate it since i'm carrying on one of his favorite hobbies. I've got all of the original papers that were given to my grandpa from P.O. Ackley. And I'm probably the only 25 year old in the world that thinks this stuff is cool as hell, but I don't care because i know there's nothing like reloading rounds, pulling the trigger, and knowing you did a damn good job!
Now I just need to get out there and tag an Elk with this thing