Recent content by lgjhn

Bullet separating like that? Those bullets would be going into my lead furnace for re-casting into something reliable and useful.

+3 on the zinc depletion. Either too hot and/or too long. Some cleaning solutions will leach it out as well.

Nope, nope and more nope....better safe than sorry. I wouldn't trust em at all, but I'm always on the cautious side when it comes to reloading. I've learned the hard way over the past 40 years of doing it. I'd pull em, save the brass, primer and bullet. Weigh the bullets to ensure that they...

I was in a similar situation. There was no way was I gonna pop those rounds off in my revolver. So I just pulled the bullets, dumped the powder onto the flower bed, and saved the brass & primers. Melted the pulled bullets in with the lead I used in my next bullet-casting session.

I use it quite a bit in 5.56/.223...up to a 55gr weight bullet.

I use self-cast, powder-coated, 125gr SWCs in my Taurus 905 9mm revolver almost exclusively. I use em for load development, target shooting.....and yup, even for self-defense! Ya see those nice, round, concentric bullet holes in them there paper targets when shot with SWCs? Well, guess what...

I'm with frogfurr: I have both a 550B and the Redding T7. I load all my higher volume stuff; pistol/revolver, 5.56 and 300BLK on the 550. For my precision rifle rounds: .308WIN, 7MM-08, .260REM, etc. I use the T7 as I like to weigh each and every powder charge for them, and carefully examine...

Summit City Bullets has 20% off and free shipping on their bullets. https://summitcitybullets.com/ FWIW, I've used their hi-tek coated bullets quite a bit. Tip: IF you decide to try these, expand the case just a tad more than usual to keep from shaving the coating when bullet seating.

I had a primer tube stack containing about 70 or so LP primers go off on me way back in the 1990s on a Hornady Projector progressive. To this day, I'm still not sure what caused it, but it was a pretty darn scary experience. Had about the same results as those pics too....pretty ugly, but...

I use one...a Mighty Armory. I find it to be a an absolute beast for de-priming. I have it set up on an old RCBS Rock Crusher that is dedicated to the de-priming task as I always de-prime prior to tumbling.

Not shooting the Sierra GameKing, but a very similar 125gr bullet. I’ve been using 44 grains of the good old standby, 4064, with decent results.

Ditto. Mine’s a mid-90s vintage and has the same story as yours. Waaaay more accurate than the expected and/or designed for. It’s crazy. But I still do use mine for conceal carry rotation.

I have 3 or the Hornadys as well as 3 of Lee Auto Drums. For it’s price, plastic and simplicity, the Lees work quite well for me and will hold 0.1 grain. I actually use them quite often except for really fine grain powders (ie H110). As Kaldor stated above, “when polished and set up...

For high-volume bottleneck stuff, I use a Giraud trimmer. Once set up, it works well and makes quick work of the task at hand. For smaller batches, I use a manual RCBS ProTrimmer, but with the older-style shell plates rather than their new universal case holder style. I like this older shell...

I’ve been reloading for decades and have found RCBS to be 2nd to none when it comes to customer service. I can’t remember how many times they’ve pulled thru for me on stuff that I broke or ruined by mistake. I’ve always offered to pay for the pieces and parts that I needed, but they just ship em...