Recent content by Border Hopper

Welcome to the HighRoad and to reloading. This gift is worth more than you might think, and as mentioned, needs just a few more things to put you in a good spot for "rolling your own" ammunition. Others have noted the lack of a scale to measure powder, and the need for loading manuals to...

Hurry up and use it all. Then go buy some more if you liked the results. Our hobby needs to show retailers that we are customers and consumers, even though we may not be buying ammo. For inventory purposes, I generally scratch the month/year of opening on metal cans and put a big X on the...

The cheap electronic scales may not be the bargain that he wants. I have one, and use it to compare weights (cast bullets, empty brass, other stuff), not to measure powder. I shot for @ 15 years with only the RCBS 5-0-5 scale, a baby spoon and a trickler. Now that I have more guns and shoot...

Welcome home. Wow, you have arrived just in time. But don't get going too fast. To start, The ABC's of Reloading should be on your nightstand. Cultivate some shooting/reloading friends in your location, and when, depending on your activity, style, personality, etc., you start buying...

+1 to James2

For convenience, I also mark the cases with a Dremel and am able to keep things straight by the case brand and marking. The +P brass is about as available at Starline as is regular .38 Special brass, and I believe there to be no difference other than the headstamp. I am interested in the...

Sunray & Big N.... I've never had it happen to me (yet), but smacking an inertia puller on something really solid, like a rock or piece of metal can turn your puller into a dozen pieces. Normally I use an old scrap 2 x 4 or a chunk of a rubberized conveyor belt as my target when I am...

Obsolete sounds so final, but handloading is the only way for me to keep them shooting. .256 Newton .32 S & W .38 Long Colt 7 mm TCU .227 Hawk Wildcats and improved cartridges are a mixed bag. You can shoot some with factory ammunition (with a corresponding change in POI, fps, etc.)...

Without worrying about the "game" aspect of lighter loads, I have been loading the .38 Long Colt with 105 gr Missouri Bullets for my wife's use in my .357 Vaqueros. The other dies were too long to put the crimp on the cannelure, so I "short-stroke" the crimping die for the .38 S & W. Making a...

125 gr vs 158 gr With a little (and I do mean little) math you can figure out the approximate value of the recoil. Very roughly, use the Power Factor. PF= wt. of bullet in grains X velocity in fps 1000 So, 158 X 1075 divided by 1000 Vs. 125 X 1325 divided...

Hi, Bison. Without getting into the list of questions you had, I'll suggest that the "too long, not long enough to knock out the primer" query has a quick answer. Consider using a universal depriming die, which allows you to deprime without touching the brass case. They are @ $10 and...

IMHO, there is not much difference between the sexes, but there is quite a bit of difference between breeds. Choose a hunting companion for the job you have in mind, and remember that the hunting season only lasts a few months and the time they spend with you and your family goes 365/year. A...

Hodgdon referred to 3 shotgun/pistol powders in a confusing fashion, I think. Hodgdon "Clays" is a very fast powder, much like Bullseye. "International" Clays is fast, sort of in the same neighborhood as Green Dot or AA#2. "Universal" Clays is a medium-burning pistol powder, like Power...

levergun Welcome to the High Road. SASS rules allow the 30-30 only on the long-range (150-300 yds) side matches. Main match guns should be chambered for a pistol cartridge. As mentioned, lots of choices out there on actions and brands. I have been pleased with Puma M-92 (.45 Colt)...

PantsOn, Please re-read the posts from Art Eatman (#11) and sappyg (# 6 & #9). They (at least) collectively have the experience and wisdom you are seeking. Learn to shoot with something that is "slow" (I should say "deliberate"), cheap to buy and shoot, and has a newness that you can...