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I am getting different webbing thickness across the different manufacturers. And my brass prossesing is 1)decap resize 2)trim 3)chamfer 4)De-crimp 5)mark bottom of case

doing multiple headstamp swaging here. I have noticed that some of the cases meet the bottom of the plate and some don't. I can adjust the ram and tighten the nut for each headstamp or I can remove the nut and just finger adjust it so that it bottoms out. Also my eyes may be playing...

There is a EAA witness limited(full rail) that is tempting me at the local gun shop, used for $675 but I believe they would take $500 for it as it has been sitting there for almost a year. Caliber is 38 super though and it only comes with one mag, I could get a 40sw and barrel for though.

So my local club's 3 gun that they put on about 5 times a year has two classes for pistols, open and limited. I currently have a CZ75 semi compact(compact slide full frame it was my first pistol) with 5 mags. I don't have a holster or mag pouches for it. I have aquired a fair amount of 40...

Been thinking about buying a conversion kit for my 550 as single stage loading can only go so fast. I have heard that you tend to loose accuracy with progressive reloading but this is relative term to me as one persons feeling on accuracy may be different from another. So....will I start to...

Rite now I use a 1911 single stack in USPSA shooting. A couple of guys there shoot revolvers and they seem to have a fair amount of fun. They shoot 625's and they have said it is easy to load with clips. I am looking at the 625 but I am also looking at the 327. One of the advantages I see...

Yes I have cleaned the sizing die.

I will look in the lube problem, I have kept the lube away from the shoulder. Been using imperial sizing wax. The die a is hornady new dimension die.

When I first started loading I followed the instructions that said "Adjust the die until it touches the shellplate, back off the ram and turn the die once more in." When I did this with my once fired cases I would crush the should of the case and it would mushroom out. I solved this by...

I have noticed that the hornady and lee require a bit more extension on the downstroke compared to the rock crushers.

This is something I am starting to get curious about. I have a 550b set up for large primer but I have considered the 223 conversion kit as I allready have the X-sizer die, lee seater and FCD. I decap, then trim to 1.740, lube and off I go? I will probably do some on on my rock crusher...

What powder works really well with the Dillon powder measure? I hear varget is difficult to work with in dillons.

does anyone have bore pictures of bad leading?

Got my lead loads out this weekend with my missouri bullets and 5.7 grains of unique. Any way to reduce smoke or do I just live with it ;) Is one powder less smoky then others?

I received the order today and I went to start loading them up. I have been using rainier 230 grain bullets before with an OAL of 1.267-1.270 and crimped at around 0.469. These bullets would pass my lee 45acp go-no-go gauge I then tried the softball 230 grain loads and my OAL was 1.267-1.270...