I am new to loading the .223 but not to loading. My question is , does it hurt to swage the primer pocket if it doesn't have a crimp. I have 1000 pcs to load and besides a good look to see if theres any cracks ect... I really don't want to sort by headstamp. My gut feeling is that it won't hurt...
I completed my first slug reloads last night and went to the range today and with great results I will never buy a commercial loaded slug again. Thanks to Ballistic Products Inc. I purchased Rio hulls and LBC Sabot slugs. My recipe for these were as follows:
Rio Hulls
Rio 209 primers
LBC...
I am trying to find out some load data for reloading some slugs for a rifled barrel. I have reloaded shotshells , handgun and rifle cartridges for the past 30 years but never would of dreamed of reloading slugs until today. I purchased a qty of 25 Brenneke slugs for the mear price of $8.99 a box...
Last night I went outside to water the garden. When I got outside and almost to the back yard the neighbors dog [pitbull] came running up to me snarling and growling , I yelled at him and in doing so he came to about 6"-10" from me and very apperant that he was not going to let me go peacefully...
I myself have a Remington 870 Express smoothbore in 12 Gauge and shoot Federal Truball slugs and can get a 6" group @ 50 yards. My son however has a Mossberg 500 20 gauge with screw in chokes [the Improved Cylinder choke in the gun] also shooting Federal Truball slugs and the groupings are much...
I bought a 505 scale here from a forum member and it doesn't work. I called RCBS customer service for replacement parts and she told me to pack it up and ship it to Ohaus for repair free of charge. I will be shipping the scale out tommorow and was wondering if anybody did this before. Whats the...
I had a problem on Friday with my slide not going into full battery. Problem was solved here on the forum , bullet not seated deep enough. So what I did is I made up 3 "dummy" rounds dropped them into the barrel until it seated correctly and then assembled gun and made sure they cycled by hand...
I just started to reload for my 9MM and the first 30 are no good. I took measurements all around and they all fall within the "spec's" in my Speer manual #11.
Here goes :
Factory Round = 115gr FMJ Independence - length = .556 , width = .353
Case mouth width = .374
Bottom of case width...
Looking for minimum [starting] and maximum [stopping] load for 9MM ,115 gr LRN & JHP with Unique lit by a Sm pistol primer ? Anybody help me out ?
Thanks
Tom
Has anybody tried these? Just wondering if they are any good?
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I just purchased a Lee 3 hole turret. The guy @ the gun shop thought it was shipped without the auto indexing parts so he sold it to me for $45.00 brand new [turns out they never came with it anyway]. I thought I could buy the parts from Lee but they discontinued them so I was wondering if...
Just got my pen on Friday and put it straight to work. I used it on my Ruger LCP and boy does the slide work great , better than any grease I have used in the past , also used it on my baitcasters !!!!!!
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