7.5x55 Swiss with Hornady SST

[@PierreStMarie-wu8ig]

Johnny, go to the hardware store, buy a nut splitter with a large enough diameter to settle over the Ears on the front sight. Flatten the tip of the splitter shaft and you have a perfect site blade shifter for the Kar.31. Pierre St. Marie Swiss Products USA

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

Thanks for the tip and thanks for having these available on the market.

[@bimmers50e30]

That's what I do with mine. Use a little tiny heat too.

[@myanaloglife9450]

Same welcome back brother! Stay positive ignore negativity! You are awesome

[@JohnnysReloadingBench]

I'll be having a livestream tomorrow night (Mon 1/27) to chat about reloading and play some Metroid. Stop by and say hi. I will start around 6 or 7 EST and go for 3 or 4 hours.

[@givemethemusicd]

Love the vid. If you take measurements of the GP11 bullet designed by the Swiss for these rifles, there are drastic differences between it and what is available for reloading this cartridge. Effectively, all that is available is a .308 bullet with a nominal diameter larger than that of GP11 ammo. This definitely will impact chamber pressures. All of my 7.5 Swiss rifles shoot more accurately with GP11. Any commercially available ammo like PPU out there uses a standard .308 bullet as well. It isn't optimal. I'm down to my last 100 rounds of GP11. Makes me sad. There is some content out there with people smarter than me who properly explain why all of that matters.

[@givemethemusicd]

If I recall it is 306 forward of the cannelure. There is a small portion at 308. The theory is that impacts the pressure curve differently. I'd love to see you run some accuracy tests surrounding this theory.

[@luckyshotammunitiongunsllc2369]

Welcome back brother

[@kkduncanson]

Glad you're back..... I love the technical aspect of reloading!

[@luckyshotammunitiongunsllc2369]

If you don't like that ring from your seating stem, you can also take your dremel with some polish and a polishing tip ( kinda the shape of a projectile) , and I polish the s*** out of it and I never get the ring.

[@zebacake4683]

THE RETURN OF THE KING

[@kothliim6429]

Hell yeah Johnny's back! It's all thanks to you that I started reloading.

[@meanman6992]

Same

[@CrashRacknShoot]

This dude gave me confidence when I started out. First bullets I bought ended up having no load data to speak of, and of course my barrels seemingly had the tightest throats ever made lol. I was able to think my way through the process and be safe. 2 years and about 10 caliber die sets later, I can churn out proper rounds with just about anything that lands on my bench!

[@kothliim6429]

@@CrashRacknShoot I got tired of factory loads not being in the grian I wanted(75gr vmax for a 6Creed) so I finally bit the bullet and bought all the stuff I'd need. Did the measuring, including chamber etc, and picked a test load. 45gr of Superformance had bullets touching for me, and it's a varmint nightmare.

[@FMDad-dm5qo]

Same here. That “Light Recoil .38 Special” video from back in the day is the best new-handloader tutorial on KZbin.

[@CrashRacknShoot]

​@@kothliim6429that right there, making the tool you need for the job, is *exactly* why reloading rocks! Tailoring ammo specifically to your gun and to the project at hand, be it varmint, target, hunting, defense, etc. You can make the ideal round for pennies on the dollar. And the coolest part is that whatever you come up with can either be recreations of factory ammo but better, or it can be bespoke rounds you won't find anywhere on the market. It's just as much art as it is science. The perfect tinkerer's hobby.

[@BLINDDOGG357]

Welcome back Johnny. You have been missed.

[@stanhollowak3128]

HE HAS RETURNED!

[@EliTeTritton]

THE CHOSEN ONE HAS RETURNED! I’ve never clicked on a video so fast

[@kobbskyy]

There he is!!! Awesome to have you back johnny !

[@brianwursten815]

We all welcome you back. Your absence was felt by many and you were greatly missed. You owe us nothing, but I am here for whatever you want to upload.

[@rustyschackleford5273]

Soooo happy to see you posting again! Hope you’re doing well and looking forward to watching more from you!

[@JudgeSmails-ee2xt]

"I'm not gonna make you sit through the whole thing..." Sitting through the whole thing is why we are here! Thanks for posting this, and welcome back!

[@jaycee30865]

I mean

[@em7310]

Oh my gosh!! We just got 9” of snow in south Louisiana….and today Johnny is BACK! Welcome back my friend!

[@charlesmullins3238]

I wondered how far down and how much y’all got..we got 6”-8” first rd then another 4”-6” ands been single digits a good week straight.. 20s for the highs. Eastern Ky

[@bayoumike544]

We got 10 inches in Metairie. I shoveled snow for the first time in my life.

[@bmstylee]

So how bad are people driving? We get they much in Cleveland and drivers forget it does that every winter.

[@bayoumike544]

@bmstylee Slowed down for a change. Tuesday I had to borrow a 4 wheel drive because my pickup just has a peg leg rear.

[@utdesertghost199]

Johnny will be back when hell freezes over, or Louisiana..😂

[@darinmislow9022]

It is wonderful to have you back Johnny!!🙂👍

[@ReloadingWeatherby]

Holy crap! You're back!

[@MTCKIE68]

Brother, it's Damn good to have you back !! Hope everything is going well with you and your family 🙏. Hasn't been the same without you doing videos !

[@sgt2025]

Hey there! Glad to see you back Johnny! I know we all missed you

[@lenzadlberger]

👍 it's a Happy Day The Talking Reloading Bench released a Video after a long Time

[@ethanrall2678]

The return we’ve all been waiting for!!

[@someguy2741]

Omg Omg Omg! JOHNNYS BACK! I have been running your old videos over and over. Watched the shotgun Christmas series many times and the squirrel hunt! It's great watching you figure out stuff by talking it out.🎉

[@jeffstewart3334]

Nice to see you back. Don’t blow your face off

[@dustinfransen3261]

Good to have you back

[@AllNicksOccupied]

Good to see you Shannon!

[@vomitingwithungodlyaccurac3218]

*slowly removes sunglasses* mother of God, he's back

[@sapago4166]

😂

[@diggernash1]

HOLY CRAP...He's back!

[@someguy2741]

DONT WORRY about the things you worry about in the videos. Its good to hear you working out your concerns and mistakes. There is a lot of learning in that. And don't worry about the camera or sound. It is really good! And because you talk about what you are doing while you are doing it then nothing is lost if it's a bit out of focus for a second. Just make videos about what you think is fun. The shotgun thing was really good. The 38/357 was fun. The reloading for super cheap was fun. Whatever you are doing it is fun to watch. You DONT NEED TO PICK unique or "special" topics because you are why we are here and we learn every time.

[@SnarkyPosters]

Exactly! I'm here to watch the process. The mistakes, the corrections, and the thoughts/concerns. I don't have a 7.5, 6.5, or a 300WM, but I'll watch all of them because he's doing his thing and showing us like we're in the room with him.

[@edouble9894]

The man every other reloading channel talks about trying to be. This is a good day friends!

[@Lethalmuffin87]

Damn 2025 is already a banger year. I ain’t even got a 7.5, but I’ll be damned if I don’t stop in to give the man props for dropping a new video. If you have the time or whatever that live you did with Metroid the other day was chill as hell man, feel free to do more of those.

[@westvirginiaminer3046]

So glad your back. Your channel is 100% the reason i got into reloading. The 300 blackout series and recreating the Black Hills 77grainers got me sucked in. Hope you stay after it.

[@bassetthound2008]

Glad to see you back. Even if you make 1 video a quarter, it will be very much appreciated. I know you mentioned in the livestream they you felt weird talking to a camera, but I now a lot of us will be there to watch.

[@dadmaxson]

Welcome Back You have been missed

[@sapago4166]

Nice. I fell asleep listening to JRB last night and woke up to a new video.

[@bmstylee]

I put on an old 300 win mag video and he spent about half of it just shooting. That was strangely calming to listen to. Kinda like The Dude in The Big Lebowski listening to bowling balls hitting the pins.

[@sapago4166]

@bmstylee Same. I fall asleep to the sound of shooting more often than not.

[@sapago4166]

​@bmstylee That's crazy. It's exactly what it reminds me of, too.

[@pocketbike698]

I thought that video notification was a joke. Man, it's good to see you back!

[@JacobFishburn-n3h]

Johnny's back!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@PatriotPaulUSA]

Johnny is BACK! Merica! 🤠

[@fernandoromo2243]

Got the notification 23 seconds ago and clicked on the video right away lol it sure has been awhile since your last vid. Glad your back and look forward to watching your future videos

[@zackeryking3395]

Awesome to see a new video!!

[@M.H.D.actual]

Glad to have you back, and this soon after the live stream the other day is even better. Your channel is the best when it comes to reloading content, no one else comes close.

[@davidgrier3377]

Thank you for coming bsck you through resin I reloaded now

[@andrewrickerl]

So glad you’re back my man! We’ve missed you!

[@chrisp2096]

wow, johnny is back! hooray! thank you! glad to see you again after all!

[@rmbettac]

Nearly sprained my clicking finger when I saw this notification

[@andrewnichols1470]

Now I have something entertaining to watch on my flight home from SHOT Show! Great to see you back JRB!

[@HunterDave]

Miss these videos, my favorite reloading videos on KZbin.

[@wesjwaandrews7524]

Awesome to see you back. Haven’t seen that bench since high-school almost 5 years now! I’ll have to get back into Reloading!

[@guardianminifarm8005]

So glad to have you back. These Swiss rifles are impressive in so many ways. My has a 1900 version 96/11. The Swiss watch comes to mind. They are smooth & strong. Accurate and just impressive actions.

[@craigbraswell4269]

MAN! It's so good to see another one of your reloading videos! So glad to see you back!!!

[@highboostcreatve]

I have been looking forward to this notification that you have uploaded for a long time!

[@biggabear8]

Welcome back my friend, nice to see you made a video.

[@BigBeavrSlayer]

Yeeeeeessssssss WE ARE SO BACK!!!

[@billyarnold6633]

Here's Johnny! You've been missed

[@Daniel_Benitz]

Glad to see you making videos again, would love to see some more 6.5 grendel videos 😊

[@meanman6992]

YOURE ALIVE!!! We missed you sir!

[@austinellefson8987]

So happy to see you back on KZbin hope you’re doing well

[@jonathanrogers9961]

Oh snap! So good to see you at it again! Enjoyed your livestream the other day.

[@bivi_6.646]

Welcome back Johnny!!!

[@halfdollar86]

He’s alive!

[@Marcus-jg4jb]

Hot dang, that's some darn fine irons shooting Johnny!! Stoked to have a new video, stoked to hear production went smooth! I think the minimum expansion velocity on the SST is 1800, plus the SST is known for rapid expansion. At the velocities you're getting I think that would be a deer slammer.

[@ewathoughts8476]

Maybe we are going to have a good year since JRB is back, and honesty has returned. I would like to point out one thing about the K31. It has the latest 7.5x55 chamber, that is quite different than the previous Swiss models. The K31 has a .3063" freebore, and we are feeding the rifle with .308" bullets. The G11 bullet is a tapered shank design with the forward end of the "shank" being .306" and the rear about .3075" +/-. Thus the .308 bullets hit the beginning of the freebore instead of the lands. The G11 bullet can be seated longer due to its tapered shank. Both the G11 and straight shank bullets get swaged down as they are fired. This very tight arrangement is one of the reasons the K31 is so inherently accurate, but the G11 taper shank requires a certain type of crimp that most of us cannot reproduce. With straight shank bullets there is no way to chase the lands (so to speak), what happens is we chase the freebore erosion. There is little to worry about when seating the bullet to touching the beginning of the freebore since the initial bullet movement is just swaging the bullet to .3065" before it hits the lands. Normal land wear is to be expected.

[@CplSkiUSMC]

Welcome back! We've missed you. Good to see you again, looking forward to your next installment.

[@josephbailey4225]

He’s back! The hands have returned!!

[@nosyarg1997]

You're the reason I got started reloading and the reason I haven't blown my face off. Really happy to see a new video from you. Start some kind of merchandise for sale to make it worth your time or promote patreon, subscribe star or something so your loyal watchers can help offset the cost of powder, bullets and primers and hopefully enough extra to get new stuff and gadgets for the channel. We will make it worth you time. New MK262 video with some of the new offerings would be cool.

[@AlexWhyte901]

Would def buy a hat or shirt to rock while reloading and shooting!

[@WylieWiggins]

Good seeing you return!

[@benergish1206]

Howdy stranger. Miss your vids but still watch the replays.

[@davidwelden8470]

It’s awesome to see this channel back, it was the first channel I watched that peaked my interest and desire to reload

[@augustfrost2763]

This just made my Sunday

[@kaymio6547]

Johnny is back! Wohoo!

[@eamieva02]

He's back. Welcome back

[@jabbaone1652]

Johnny great to see you back, man. Was just going to re-look at some of your older vids on 6 ARC. And BOOM, there you are!!

[@dennygee5323]

Glad to see you back..

[@mdingess]

This year just keeps getting better and better JRB is back!!!!

[@LaGuns-yo9be]

buddy, it is so good to see you back. I’m loving this.

[@WillFlyForTips]

Yay! I just picked up a K1911 and have been preparing to reload for it. This is great timing!

[@Indica_Cobra]

Im so glad you're back. I've missed your content. You've gotten me into reloading. Specifically, the 77 grain SMK series. Im going to start with some 75 grains hornady's

[@SammyMoore-tg5gs]

Me too! That and some 80 gr eld-ms for hunting ammo. What loads are you trying?

[@Shoot_Reload_Repeat]

Hell yes I have missed your videos so much and I would say your backlog kept me busy but I have gone through your entire backlog twice now. I hope you keep them coming.

[@LDR1100RS]

So good to see you again, Johnny. God does like your channel. My Mk262 clone ammo is shooting great!

[@mitchellmiller1990]

Glad to have you back man. Great motivation for me to do some loading today.

[@TDANiXoN]

Good to see you again…pulled my k31 out a couple weeks ago, hadn’t shot it in years

[@markblake1371]

So glad to see you back making content. Love watching your videos. Watching for Prichard Wv.

[@tmurray1972]

Thank you for making another video, we missed you man.

[@chandlerjohnson8229]

The asset has returned!

[@justinlinscheid813]

welcome back man you inspired me when I first got into reloading your videos really thought me alot

[@coltonkay9000]

YESSSSSSSSSSS Have been hoping for this K31 video for a long time Glad you are back JRB. I rewatch your content quite often.

[@shanerhodes925]

Oh my good God. Johnny. I have missed you old buddy. I am very close to see your back in business. Love your stuff.

[@shanerhodes925]

That 4320 looked like a winner. Better groups than the 4350. I think.

[@MrJeronlewis]

Thank the lord! He's back in business. 😎

[@tylerebeling8090]

He’s back! Hopefully back to stay.

[@chriskazik4121]

Man good to see you back at it love the videos

[@harlyjock1]

Just turned 75 been reloading 43 years, Love your videos and process. Moreover I'm learning from you. God Bless!

[@burville100]

Hey it's been a while! Glad to see you back and a double bonus for me as the K31 is my favourite rifle to shoot and load.

[@justinestle5330]

He's back!!

[@Maierusa1]

Glad to see your back!!

[@admetuss4273]

Awesome video! So glad to have you back on here. I need more of your 6.5 Grendel videos to give me motivation to finish my 6.5 build

[@DwaineMace]

Hail to the King baby. Welcome back! I realize it's a 5 shot group, but the SD on that IMR4350 with the 150's was silly low.

[@knighthawk6633]

Missed ya. Glad that you are back

[@BeaterJeep]

Yes yes yes!! The return!!

[@circuit_stu]

Long time no see! Welcome back, JRB!

[@SammyMoore-tg5gs]

Return of the King!!! Glad to have you back Shannon!

[@aaronneumeyer5572]

So glad to see you back. Your videos are so relaxing to watch.

[@thatguyoverthere2288]

OMG EVERYONE CALM DOWN ITS HAPPENING! IM NOT FREAKING OUT YOU ARE!

[@josephhomen]

Lol 😂

[@forrestb6970]

Welcome back, I got started reloading a few years ago and learned so much from your videos.

[@youreright7534]

Heeeeeres Johnny!! Lets go! I knew there was hope when i saw the livestream!