Recent content by Hey_Allen

I wonder if it's the 40mm casings they're referencing, rather than 42cal... That being said, those are aluminum, not brass.

At my parent's place in Saint Helens Oregon, the Wallmart is two places in town that I've found primers, and in keeping with the other place's prices. They also carry plenty of smokeless reloading parts, but I've never seen any black powder parts there. The ones up in the Tacoma, WA area are...

I can't say anything about the new RC's, but my pair of older presses neither have any notable play, or side to side deflection on operation.

I found out that you have to be careful in your choice of cleaners in your US as well (or at least not forget a test batch of brass in the cleaner for a few days...) I had a couple .38 special cases come out DARK brown after a few days in the cleaner, when I forgot I'd loaded it for a test run...

The only problems I've had with any brand I've gotten my hands on was caused by the gun, not the primers. That excessively headspaced revolver prompted me testing a good few odd brands of primers, as well, before finally tracking down what the issue was! Wolf, CCI, Winchester, Federal...

Buy a basic case gauge that you can file over for trimming, buy cheap bullets, but invest in a manual or two. Personally, I like the Wilson trimmer, it's cheap and solid. Lee makes the Zip Trim, cheaper by far. I know nothing about it personally though. Bullets can be had in a variety of...

You might also look over at FiveseveNFN forums reloading section... http://www.fivesevenforum.com/viewforum.php?f=19 I found that a while back while I was looking for some info a friend was interested in.

I'd agree on buying locally, but the local shops are playing the pricing game to the detriment of the buyers. Last I looked a bit over a week ago, they were still asking $49 per thousand, and even more for shot shell and military rifle primers. This is what prompted my finding a not so local...

Highorder: If you would actually have use of a vacuum motor for your forge, I have one that I salvaged from a neighbor's shop vac that they'd destroyed. If you want it, it's yours for the cost of shipping, and it looks like it'd fit in a USPS flat rate box. Jmorris: How did you couple your...

The only PPU I have I went out of my way to acquire. 7.62x54 in reloadable brass is a pain to get though.

When I started working up loads for my XD in .45, I found that the starting 185gr JHP loads in the Lyman 49th would barely start to cycle the slide, not even far enough to stovepipe, much less eject the case. The first three loads wouldn't eject, though they started to stovepipe. It wasn't...

I wonder if they were trimmed down for someone shooting 9x18? Of course there's always the possibility that they didn't have a clue... :D

Looks good so far, but as already mentioned, be careful with the loading for the military rifles. I'm cautious with my M1A Scout Squad's loads, and have heard other concerns from local competitive shooters regarding the burn rates of powders in the M14/M1A action as well. Just read up before...

MichaelK, Is there a source for the swaging press and dies that doesn't value them near the national profit of some smaller nations? I've looked at a couple of vendors offerings, but haven't been able to justify the outlay versus the cost of jacketed bullets due to the steep entry price.

Hear, hear... Even though I have and use a LnL AP, I just picked up a second Rock Chucker that I couldn't pass up for the right price. Great for using on small batches, test loads, forming...