My .45 ACP self-defense loads were handloaded in the 1990's. I still use them; testing a few each year and finding they still chronograph just as...
RG-25. 25 ACP. Had to replace the magazine and clean up a lot of corrosion/zinc-pest to get it to work.
A Ruger Blackhawk in 30 Carbine. Gotta use up those old reloads somewhere.
I have a Savage Axis in .223. Took me forever to find a decent optic at a price I was willing to pay (those of you who know me from the Reloading...
You made the right decision to go home. You can shoot when things warm up. I stayed up in my detached garage as the temperature went to "minus...
Sorry I missed this previously. My Mini-14s are 181 & 182 series and don't mar the brass at the loads I am using, so I have not done (or had...
As soon as I get caught up on my .223, I will switch to 9mm and then 5.7mm Johnson after that.
Lately, .223 Remington. My son was here over Thanksgiving. I set up targets, handed him some magazines and told him to have fun - and what's...
5.7mm Johnson. 40/45 grain .223/.224 bullet at nearly 3,000 fps from about 11.5 grains of IMR 4227.
Just goes to show that one has to look beyond labels like "American Freedom" or "For Patriots" if they want to avoid being seduced into buying...
Finding out where something is actually made requires going further than the headstamp on the case. The US makes cases that bear foreign...
All of the advice offered above is correct and worthy of following. But, on a personal note, I have been reloading for two Mini-14s since the...
.223 Remington with 60 grain projectiles. This has been a "standard load" of mine since the early-1980s. Three different powders (IMR 4198,...
20.3 grain IMR 4198 23.0 grain IMR 3031 24.5 grain IMR 4064. All have worked well for me. But then, I don't claim to be a MOA/sub-MOA shooter.
Pretty much all the makers of powder balances have moved off-shore. I have specifically asked via postal mail and/or e-mail where many...
My process for brass is to: Sort cases by headstamp and clean dirt and trash off of them Decap Wash for 15 to 30 minutes in a solution of hot...
My oldest powder is approximately 42 years old. I have not had any powder "go bad" in the sense of giving off sufficient acidic fumes to...
In recognition of the fact that once I retired, my income would drop by 54%, I purchased all the reloading components that I could reasonably...
I would say don't mix sand with the media. It corrupts the media for any other use. You CAN use sand as a tumbling media. I have used...
Get a collet-style bullet puller and break them down. You will get resized cases with primers. You will get bullets whose weights are easily...
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