Recent content by *Kemosabe*

@ 481 - I stand by what I said. You apparently don’t have any experience with extremely loud noises and muzzle blasts in the confines of a small room and you don’t know what you are talking about. If the “auditory exclusion” effect were universal we wouldn’t have used flash-bang devices and we...

@ SteveC - You’re right about police depts. requiring authorized ammo. When we were carrying W-W .38 Spl 158gr RN Lubaloy bullets, a perp was hit 32 times and he was still shooting back. The rank and file voiced their displeasure and PD replaced it with W-W SuperX 158gr. LHP bullets that were...

@ bannockburn - Thanks for reminding me: Over 30 years ago a friend was evaluating Federal’s 185 gr., FMJ, .45acp match ammo to use in training for his DEA unit. He decided against it and gave me the remaining 2 boxes. I went to my ammo stash and found I had 1 full box left. I think the stuff...

@ rcmodel - Yes, I’ve had bullets passing from the front, back and sides of me simultaneously and if a C-5A galaxy could break the sound barrier that’s what I thought it would sound like. I’m sure that the heightened emotional awareness in deadly confrontations might have a lot to do with it...

@ Barry the Bear - As I already said, I had only limited experience with the 185 gr. bullet on human tissue and as such I am fully aware that my experience is anecdotal. I get it that any bullet can kill. Considering the number of deaths caused by the .25 acp that I and my comrades handled...

Cee Zee -@ I appreciate the time you took to give your thoughts to this. NOW DON”T SHOOT THE MESSENGER, but the only clinical experience I had with hydrostatic shock on humans was observing an autopsy of a perp that was shot with a 30-06 ball ammo at close range when I was a homicide...

@ moxie - I have a huge amount of experience with the 185 gr. and 200 gr. bullets. The last time I shot 230 gr. bullets (ball) was in Laos in 1971 and I’ve forgotten what it was like to shoot them. I guess I’ll have to scrounge up some 230 grainers to refresh my memory and skill level with...

I prefer a 185 gr. 45 caliber bullet traveling at 1100 fps as my SD round. That velocity, depending on temperature, puts the bullet in the supersonic realm with the attendant sonic boom. The maximum velocity loading for the 230 gr. bullet is approximately 980 fps and will not go supersonic in...

I’ve been fortunate to belong to ranges that have supplied me with tens of thousands of 45acp brass in just about every make. Loading these I’ve noticed that those with the dated WCC (Winchester Cartridge Corp.) head stamp were the easiest to resize. I’m pretty sure that these were only military...

@ boom boom - I appreciate your very informative response and I’m going to try the mica. I have a 150 psi compressor that I can wheel into the reloading room and pressure blast the sized cases to get the mica out. Like you, I’ve been depriming my fired cases first. Then I wash them in a small...

The answer is yes… from my expensive Forster and Redding dies all the way down to my least expensive Lee dies. I care for them and about them... that's why I asked the questions. Since your input didn't address the issues about mica's effect on the dies or the efficacy of the mica dip...

Mica? I've read about lubing the inside of case necks by dipping the entire neck into the mica. IIRC Midway had a mica tray for doing exactly that. I have two questions about doing it this way. 1 - The most important area for lubing the inside of the case neck is at the junction of the...

Anybody care about their hearing? Since safety glasses gives some protection from a tube of primers going off, I think wearing ear protection is important too. With my eyes and ears already on I can take my reloads off the bench and walk out to my back yard and test them without missing a...

I did something similar by scaling down the .22lr silhouette targets to an 8.5x11 sheet of paper so I could shoot them in my 25 yd basement range. I put a Leupold lens adapter on my scope and it worked out great… nice to go to the basement anytime you wanted to practice or play. However, I...

@ exbrit49 - Your perseverance is remarkable, admirable and inspiring. I’m glad that you took the time to respond… I picked up on a couple of things I didn’t know about. I appreciate the good luck wishes and thanks for the good advice; I be sure to use it!