Recent content by pion68

Sorry I didn't respond for so long. We are having quite an ice storm in Northern Iowa and things don't work as well as they should. I very seldom pick up range brass and all of my brass is from either my Taurus or Springfield--and I have never separated those cases after shooting at the...

I started reloading about 300 9mm. reloads yesterday. About 10-15% of the cases are slightly expanded near the bottom of the cases. Resizing does not change anything. These slightly expanded cartridges will not slide into a 9mm. case gage, but they will slide into the barrel of my Taurus 9mm...

Sorry, it slipped my mind about the bullet weight or shape. I'm loading a 9mm 124g. RN--from Rainier. I like your advice on dropping a cartridge into the chamber--barrel out of the pistol--of course. Thanks.

I just bought a Ruger LC9 and would like to load some practice cartridges. Does anyone have the OAL needed for the LC9. I could experiment with the length but a better, quick answer would be appreciated. Thanks

I need some advice on where to purchase a carbon fiber cleaning rod for my AR. What brands are good? My joined cleaning rod just does not do the job.

Has anyone had a problem with .223 once fired brass having to be swagged? I reloaded 50 today and 3 or 4 of that number were very difficult to seat a primer that I ended up swagging them and then they seated fine. All of my 5.56 military brass has to be swagged but I've never had to swag...

I feel confident that the loads were well done--the reloader wrote notes with the type of powder, bullet, primer, etc. Still, I fully understand the idea of using reloads not done by me.

I have an opportunity to buy about 1000 rounds of 30-06 ammo from the estate of friend. It was resized, swagged, and reloaded with 150 g. ball. It has been stored in a cabinet in a garage since it was reloaded in 2006. The cases are tarnished but not corroded. I would use the ammo in my M1...