Recent content by jacksgd

You save 30 grains of lead alloy for every 200 grain bullet you cast. That's 3 extra bullets for every twenty cast.

I agree with removing the expander plug and polishing it with emery and or steel wool. I also found that if I tumble the brass in corncob media with a little NuFinish car wax for a short time it seems to lube the inside of the case neck enough to help eliminate the drag.

Erich: I was just wondering when you purchased the ammunition. If it was just recently purchased then I would think that the store should be held to some level of accountability for having a recalled product on their shelves.

I have had nothing but good luck with Trail Boss in .38 spl. using 158 gr. SWC. I have noticed that you have to check each case very carefully for powder levels. Trail Boss will bridge in powder measures leaving an unsafe charge in a case. I have better luck if I use the universal powder...

I personally would pull them. My load for .38 Special with Trail Boss is 4.2 gr. That is with a case trimmed at 1.145. A Lee T.L. cast 158 gr. SWC with a length of .655 A COL of 1.450 That...

I personally would pull them. My load for .38 Special with Trail Boss is 4.2 gr. That is with a case trimmed at 1.145. A Lee T.L. cast 158 gr. SWC with a length of .655 A

I am looking for some ideas on what paint to use for repainting the front and rear sights on my Browning Hi-power.

175 gr. Lee tumble lube wheel weight cast with 5.8 grains Power Pistol, 1030 FPS with a 5" S&W M&P.

.004 deep, .008 deep, not seating hard enough or soft enough. Bronz colored, nickle colored. The debate goes on and on about Tulammo small pistol primers. It is interesting that there never seems to be as much talk about problems with Winchester or CCI primers, etc. I have tried their...

What is the paper work and back ground check procedure when purchasing a handgun from a dealer in Minnesota when the person buying the handgun is a Minnesota resident and has a Minnesota permit to carry?

Since the Phillipines are a U.S. Territory, does that qualify as made in the U.S. to the OP? If so then the RIA and the STI fill the bill. all around.

One option is to send a sample bullet to Lee and have them make a seating plug for that particular SWC bullet. Although there is a fee it is very minimal. That should reduce your variances in COL but it certainly won't eleminate it. There is to much of a difference in all the bullets to do...

After reading some of this thread I went and polished the expanders on my Lee pistol dies. What a difference it made!!! Smooth as silk coming off of the expander and now just a little shake as the expander sleeve hits the die body, just as it is designed to do. I realy do not think that...

Patsy, you have an extremely good die. Just follow the instructions as stated about measuring the loaded case mouth and subtracting either .001 or .002 and order that bushing from Redding. Redding also has instructions on their web site as to how to select the proper bushing. Another...

If they are not chambering because of case bulge, you can still debulge them with the Lee debulger. Although you will have to get the Lee crimp die, if you don't already have one, along with the debulging setup. I am not sure if the Redding debulging die can be used with loaded cases or not.