Recent content by fatmanonabike

I have the breechlock press. I've loaded 2000ish .45 rounds, 100 or so 30-30 and a few hundred 9mm. Lee stuff works well.

There is no doubt that any gun shoots better than I do. These two targets are I believe 115gr FMJ Hornady's over 4 gr (left) and 4.3 gr (right) of Bullseye 10 rounds each. I was hoping to duplicate that load in lead. But no luck, yet. I guess plated would be the the next step.

Well I have no real reason to complain about the trigger pull other than length. It is fortunately smooth. I'm shooting probably 4" at 7 yds. Which is capable. But not really grouping at 7 yds.

That makes sense. I only have 2-300 rounds through it. Reloading FMJ IS an improvement over factory, but the lead not much.

New to 9mm been loading mostly for my SR1911. Just not yet grouping well with the 9. 115 gr lead RN over 4-4.3 gr BE. So far only 115. FMJ. Seems to shoot better but a little hard on the wallet. I'm gonna try Unique before I give up on these bullets. If I gotta shoot FMJ it's gonna cut into my...

That's great tnx for the info.

Yeah that's what I ended up doing. I'm trying to get to the range for load developement and I didn't want an extra variable.

I just pulled 25 bullets from a bad batch of 30-30. Do I need to resize the casings before reloading them?

I'm guessing pill bottle labeled "Large Rifle" was mixed stock.

Thanks all for the info. Yeah the colors are different. That was the tipoff. That and some really poor grouping on paper. So I'll sort by color then get them labelled. Thanks again.

Yeah I'm an idiot. Looks like I may have some of both in the same tray. Hate to pitch'em all. Any dimensional differences I can use to differentiate?

I like mine but it wasn't without its issues. Ruger made it right. If it doesn't have the conical guide rod assembly, I'd hold off. There still may be some debugging left to do. See my tale of woe below. http://rugerforum.net/ruger-pistols/111650-lc9s-problems-factory-trip.html

Thanks so much for the feedback. That saved me some disappointment.

Uniquedot that was essentially my question. I didn't phrase it well. So the RCBS or Hornady powder measure should fit on my Lee powder through expander die, correct?

I'm currently using a Lee not exactly perfect powder measure. I found an adapter at Unique Tek that let's me drop powder through the expander die. Is there an RCBS or Hornady powered measure that will let me keep my set up? Or asked another way are the threads standard at the powder drop?