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I was looking at purchasing an expander die and mandrel from Sinclair to remove the dents and dings I find on some new cases. If I use this coupled with full length sizing... should I remove the expander ball from the decapping rod and just rely on the mandrel for forming the case neck...

Thanks Ants. Yes, I have more than a few reloading manuals. I have never seen this combination of powder and bullet weight nor would I expect to. Thanks again Ants... I will look at my Lyman manual... I must have missed that.

I would like to find an acceptable powder charge (or charge range) using H4831 with 150 grain bullets. I know H4831 is a slow burning powder and not a good choice for pushing bullets this light. I use this powder for 180 grainers. My reason for wanting this load is because I have a...

I just moved to the Carlsbad/Oceanside area and haven't found any local stores that sell powder and bullets. Any help???

Thanks for everyone's input I will probably just keep the primers. And... I would have my brother buy them locally, but Federal 210 Match primers are pretty hard to come by right now. :(

I have 500 primers that I would like to take to my brother. Will airlines allow me to have primers in my suitcase? Would they just treat them as ammunition? If I asked someone at the airline... I trust it's not likely that they will understand what a primer is.

Has anyone purchased a custom rifle from Darrell Holland (http://www.hollandguns.com)? I'm curious to hear what your experience was in dealing with him. Thanks!

I want to have a custom rifle built and I need to supply a gunsmith with a left hand Remington 700 action to start the project. What is the best way to get one? Remington doesn't sell them... nor does Midway or Brownells. In addition, Remington this year stopped making the SPS and BDL in...

The media is available in a small 3mm bead size. I was thinking about using this product on 30.06 brass. DS

I understand when you use a manual powder measure (like RCBS' Uniflow measure) that some kernals of powder will inevitably be crunched or crushed while dispensing large extruded type powders. With that... am I correct in assuming that some automated tricklers or dispensers (like the RCBS...