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This discussion reminds me of a semi-joke I sometimes tell people when they laugh at me for tossing my 5" 9-shot .22LR revolver into the glove compartment when I'm going on a Sunday afternoon drive. I've had the gun about 25 years, fired tens of thousands of rounds through it. "OK, I'll make...

Some things well said in this thread. I've been in the same situation myself as a customer. While I've been reloading and shooting for almost 60 years, I have very little experience with some modern semi automatic pistols with their releases and safeties and "decocking levers" and whatnot, and...

I personally haven't handled a P238, but isn't it a SAO? If so, and correct me if I'm wrong, that means you have to carry it cocked and locked, and when you need it you have to draw and flip off the safety. Seems a little dangerous for a carry gun - you could bump against something and push the...

I recently started a thread about the empty cases being difficult to extract from a stainless .357 Blackhawk. I'm shooting a max (16.6) load of H110 and 158 gr. XTPs with SPM primers. I fixed the problem yesterday. I got a felt polishing tip for my Dremel tool - it's tip #422: These were the...

"I just had the same problem with my Blackhawk. I had been shooting lead 38spl and had left a ridge of lead in the cylinder. The extracted 357 brass had a ring around it where it contacted the ridge. I will not shoot 38spl in a 357 again. It took me several hours to get the lead out." I...

I'm not sure if it applies here, but in SOME cases, a powder that doesn't fill much of the case can cause inconsistency issues. The idea is that the powder sloshes around in the case and is in a different position for each shot... down at the primer end for one shot, down at the bullet end for...

Well, I couldn't find my powder dribbler, so I didn't mess with 16.0. I made half a dozen at 15.6 and shot them. 4 of the cases came out easy. The 5th required a firm push on the extractor, and the 6th was the same as before, requiring both thumbs on the extractor to force it out. I did...

Thanks for all the replies. Later this evening I am going to load some lighter rounds to see what happens. Then I will post back here with the results. ALL the chambers are usually difficult to extract; I'm not sure if it's a specific chamber that's sticking badly; that's a good question...

Interesting variations in the published max loads. Hodgon says 16.7. Winchester, 16.6. Sierra, 16.3. Hornady, 15.6! I'm going to carefully load some at 15.8 and 16.0 and see what happens.

Could be all kinds of things. It could be one of the factors mentioned here - lots of good advice. Or it could be too much headspace (distance between the bullet and the barrel), variance in brass, which can mean variance in case neck tension or length, wall thickness, primer seating depth...

GURU1911: I have already done everything on your list. And it's brand new brass, nice and clean.

I have a stainless 6 1/2" new model Blackhawk in .357. I've been using 16.6 gr. of H110, SPM primers, 158 gr. XTPs. 16.6 is the max load for this setup, according to Hornady and other sources. It works fine. Problem is, most of the spent cases are difficult to extract. There's usually at...

I think one thing people don't realize is that you will NOT get rid of feral hogs with guns, dogs, helicopters or any kind of shooting or hunting activity. A Texas wildlife biologist wrote last year that just to keep a population of hogs level, you would have to kill 70% of the population per...