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I would suggest you get some primer pocket gauges. Also using a caliper you can measure both the width and depth of your primer pockets and the width and height of your primers. Ron

I sort of suspected you were using a Hornady Lock and Load Headspace Comparator. They work well for case comparison but there is a caveat. While we can measure a case before and after sizing the actual numbers we see are for comparison only. They are not true numbers. This link to an old thread...

Over 50% failures is not even close to normal. How did the primer strikes look? Next, as mentioned primers need to be seated below the case head. Looking at some primers, up close and personal, note how the primer anvils sit slightly above the primer cup. When the primers are fully seated the...

Otay and thanks for that. Haven't bought brass for over a decade. :) I can share this with you. Chamber headspace for a .223 Remington is Minimum 1.464" and Maximum is 1.470". Now if we look at the cartridge we get 1.4666" Max and 1.4596 Min. Not knowing exactly what your chamber is or what...

Depending on how accurate I want a powder throw I have several older scales, some electronic and some mechanical. Regardless of the scale I use I generally periodically check my scales using check weights. Most of my loadings these days I use my RCBS 1500. With powder it's a matter of precision...

I am not quite sure what you are saying. My interpretation in you take a case fired in your rifle and resize the case moving the shoulder back 0.004". I have no idea what the actual case dimensions are before and after? Will it matter if you set the case shoulder is set back 0.007" verse your...

Be it Cabela's, Bass Pro or similar there have been guns I bought as a great deal and guns I saw and thought they were joking. Then too, they never twisted my arm top buy a gun from them. As to gun prices? The other day I herd a fellow talking about good hunting rifles for use in Ohio. I haven't...

Well I was introduced to shooting at age 8 when a friend of my uncle gave me a Remington 510P. I was 19 in '69 when I joined the Corps and was handed a M14 but when I got to Nam in '72 was handed an M16. I had 9 years USMC and my love of shooting never changed. I turned 75 last week and my...

Thoughts and condolences and take solace in knowing he will live on in the hearts of family forever. Ron

Thanks Tark for starting this enlightening thread. I never gave much thought to the actual copper pellets. Interesting stuff. Ron

I wouldn't be too worried about it. However if it concerns you I would do as suggested and just put some heat shrink tubing on it. Ron

Years ago, maybe 10 years ago, I became the unexpected owner of a Kimber Ultra Carry II. A friend needed money and I got the gun ultra cheap including holster and mag pouch. I was going to sell it. Took it to the range and the little gun performed flawlessly. Never would have thought a 3"...

I was 8 years old, Thanksgiving weekend 1958. The rifle was a Remington 510P .22 LR single shot. The rifle on the top, I still have it and a few more. The rifle was my first and a gift from a good friend of my uncle. My first handguns came much later when I was 22 years old and came home from...

Yep I missed it and using their MV and bullet weight (mass) yep it plays out to be an ME of 548 Lb. Ron

My outdoor range is a snow covered frozen tundra but myself and a friend should be at the local Range USA on Monday. Older and retired Mondays are our pick day for shooting. :) Ron

I am really late to this party. :) Personally I would also consider a S&W Model 10. While none of my .38 Special revolvers is used for my carry or home defense I do enjoy plinking with them. Hand loads of wadcutters using 3.0 grains of Bullseye under a 158 grain wadcutter works fine for me but...

For a grand I would be taking it home. :) I have a 5" 29-5 and after shooting it with full house loads, as much as I like wood I put Pachmayer grips on it which tamed the recoil of the beast. Ron

Yes and when you size your brass you can size for the chamber of a specific rifle or you can size your brass to fit just about any rifle. The Hornady gauge is a comparator for use with a caliper, preferably a good caliper. Setting up your sizing die using the manufacturer's instructions should...

In the Reloading Library of Wisdom you will find a thread called Case Gauges which explains the use of a collection of case gauges. Just in the interest of terminology cartridges do not have a headspace dimension, headspace dimensions are reserved for chambers. The case gauges link covers for...

Only you can answer that. What do you think your late husband would have wanted? There is no written gun rule on the books covering issues like this so your decision is what goes. Ron