In the Reloading All Day podcast, team member Lou Smith (TheAvidShooter) and Phillip Velayo (ModerDaySniper) discuss Mental Game when shooting, Training, Wind Holds, Reloading Mentors (Someone Get Solomon to listen to this…), Reloading tips, Viability of Factory Ammo in the Precision Rifle Comps, Variations in Powder Moisture Content, Parallax, Picking Kernels, Why he shoots a BRA, and Finally… Phillip's Reloading Processes. It's another 2h long podcast, buckle up, prepare your brain for that Knowledge Dump, it's a good one.
TIME STAMPS:
00:00:10 Beginning Of Podcast
00:00:29 Phillip and Lou's History
00:01:31 Phillip Velayo Intro
00:04:05 Phil's 2018 PRS Finale
00:05:10 Phil talks about the Finale's effect on his mental game
00:05:53 Lou Talks about nerves while shooting matches
00:07:54 Phil talks about the 2021 PRS Opener in Texas
00:09:16 Lou and Phil talk about the rising level of competition in Precision Rifle matches
00:10:48 Lou and Phil talk about what to train for
00:13:37 Lou's Build and Break Shot Process
00:16:04 Phil comments on his Shooters Checklists
00:17:48 Phil talks about what he does when he trains at the range
00:18:53 Phil talks about wind holds
00:20:09 Lou talks about wind hold with a head wind & tail wind conditions
00:22:25 Phil talks about shooting an angle array of targets in the wind
00:24:15 Phil talks about being a Marine Corp Scout Sniper and the ammo and rifles used
00:28:16 Phil talks about how he got started reloading
00:30:45 Phil talks about the reloading steps he learned from Solomon
00:35:05 Phil talks about his method for finding the distance to the lands
00:38:35 Lou talks about his plans for testing
00:39:26 Lou's opinion of Erick Cortina
00:41:26 Phil talks about some of the advice Erick Cortina has given him
00:43:13 Lou talks about break-in issues he experienced with a 7SAUM
00:47:18 Phil advises hunter students who take barrel cleaning advice from competition shooters
00:50:45 Phil talks about hard on soft contact rifle support
00:52:49 Phil talks about the rifle cartridges he's reloaded for
00:54:39 Phil talks about the viability of factory ammo in competitions
00:58:04 Phil talks about buying components in bulk
00:59:25 Phil talks about his experience with variations in powder moisture content
01:06:25 Phil talks about how good shooters know when to make adjustments
01:07:23 Lou talks about Andy Hawkins advice on zeroing your rifle
01:08:49 Phil talks about the affects of marriage and actual target elevation
01:12:31 Phil talks about adjusting parallax
01:13:52 Lou talks about Tod Hodnet's method of removing parallax movement from your sight picture
01:18:13 Phil talks about the compromise between setting length of pull and eye relief when shooting prone and upright
01:23:17 Lou talks about some of the significant changes in reloading from the past 5 years
01:24:58 Phil talks about his lessons learned picking kernels to perfect powder charge weights
01:28:30 Phil talks about running a mandrel in case necks
01:30:00 Lou talks about what he use to do before going to a mandrel process
01:34:45 Phil talks about why he shoots the BRA instead of the Dasher
01:37:09 Lou talks about reloading manuals and words of caution when developing a load for a rifle
01:39:38 Phil talks about advice he received from Soloman about sharing reloading information
01:42:15 Phil's powder charge workup process
01:44:46 Phil talks about his seating depth test process
01:46:18 Phil talks about choosing a powder charge / velocity node
01:46:43 Phil tells us how many shots he shoots per powder charge
01:49:01 Phil talks about shooting factory ammo
01:50:30 Closing remarks from Lou and Phil
01:53:10 How to get ahold of Phil for training
01:55:39 The End
