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    .357 Magnum and Hodgdon H110

    H110 needs a magnum primer to get reliable ignition in .357 magnum loads. I've experienced about 20-30% failure to light with WSP and 125 grain jacketed bullets using 110. WSPM give a 100% ignition rate.
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    52, 53, 55, 69 grain, FMJ, HP, BT etc .223, what's your most accurate powder/bullet combination??

    Actually, my best load is with a 77 grain Sierra match king over 24.5 of Varget in a Wylde chamber 24" 1:7.8 twist barrel. (Federal Gold Medal Match SR) For a hunting load, 65 grain Sierra Game King in a standard 1:7 twist (Armalite) 16" barrel, using Remington 7 1/2 and a max charge of CFE 223...
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    Powder Issue

    It's more like the rifle belonging to individual "a" shoots well with that powder while the one belonging to "b" does not. After you've been shooting/loading a while you will realize that all rifles are different and your load must be tuned to a particular rifle. I've got about 8 rifles in...
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    Hunting with an AR15

    As luck would have it, I just did a workup with those bullets. Using an Armalite 16" barrel AR-15, I worked up loads with Varget and CFE-223. Speer brass, Rem 7 1/2 primers. I found best accuracy at max listed load of CFE-223, with another node (not as good) at about .8 grain less. Varget was...
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    Thumler's Model B Tumbler

    My process now is sort, resize/deprime (with lube, for bottleneck cases), wet tumble with pins, dry for 24 hours or so, do other bottleneck prep (trim, primer pocket swedge, chamfer, debur), and then run through the progressive without resizing. I typically have batches of brass lying around...
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    Thumler's Model B Tumbler

    There are two motors available from Thumler; the one you want for brass is the high speed version. The low speed is for rock polishing.
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    Best gun deals?

    S&W 29-2 8 3/8 nickel in the original box, all accessories, a shoulder holster, and a box of ammo. $350. Remington 541X target .22 with peep sights and front and rear inserts, originally from CMP. $100. M1 Garand, all new wood, arsenal overhauled. $200 S&W 686, NIB, $350. I wonder what we'll...
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    Do you reload everything, or not?

    I reload all my handgun calibers (except .22lr) but have several rifles that I don't load for. I do load .223 (both bulk and special target/long range) and have dies for .308. However, the .243, the .270, the 7.62x39, the .30-30, and the Garands make do on factory fodder. The .243, the .270...
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    Favorite 380 load

    I'm partial to Montana Gold Bullet 95 grain FMJ over 2.8-3.0 grains of 231 with a Winchester small pistol primer. My wife's Sig P230s shoot very nicely at 2.8 grains.
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    bullet holes at 200 yards

    I recently purchased the 20-60 80mm Vortex Diamondback. It lists for $499 and the price is pretty firm across the web. However, B&H has it with a Vortex tripod and a $25 gift card for that price...
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    ProChrono and Digital Link FYI

    I was wondering about that; I went out Sunday AM to try the link for the first time and it wouldn't work. Nice groups from the AR-15, though. Better yet, I haven't shot the chrony (yet). 20 SEP: My iPhone updates from Apple included the new version of the Digital Link app. We'll see on the...
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    I had to tumble my tumbler.

    The rubber liner on a Thumler's B pulls right out of the metal can. There's even a vent hole to allow it to be removed easily. It's available as a spare, along with the lid gasket and wingnuts/washers for around $50. I had the opposite problem; I put my tumbler on a timer and then left it...
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    Good Powder Measure

    If you'll be loading a large number of common semiauto rounds (9mm, .40, .45), you could do a lot worse than a Dillon SDB. The included powder measure works well, even on Unique. It will allow you to crank out 400 rounds/hour or so and with one caliber you don't have to worry about...
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    Replacing Square Deal B

    Keep both SDB presses, leave one set for 9mm and one for .45; buy a 550 and use it for .223 and .308 . Since you don't do much .30-'06, continue on the Rockchucker. However, since you've got the dies for the '06, it uses the same shellplate and powder funnel as .308 so you'd only need an extra...
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    MOA is not 1.000" at 100 yards

    Let's not open that particular can of worms. I vaguely remember gaussian beams (an approximation to the distribution of light in a circular beam as from a laser) and just how fuzzy they were. About 34 years ago in graduate school...
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    Replacement Motor

    You are right. It's a 4 pole motor that doesn't have a chance of fitting the mounts. I also noticed the price; I can pick up a complete tumbler at Harbor Freight for less.
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    Replacement Motor

    Rotational speed for an induction motor is determined by the following: power frequency * 60 * 2 ------------------------------ * (1 - % slip) number of poles From this we see that speed is a function of the power frequency, the number of poles, and the % slip. For our purposes the...
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    Replacement Motor

    The speed rating of the motor is not important; in the USA all those little shaded pole induction motors run at about 3400-3500 RPM. The speed is inherent in the design of the motor. Of course, in Europe they'd run at 2800-2900 RPM.
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    Favorite wet tumbling solution

    All model B tumblers are *not* the same. There are high speed and low speed versions. The high speed uses a 3000 RPM motor, the low speed a 1550 RPM. For reloading (brass cleaning) purposes the high speed is better suited. Rock tumbling and polishing works better with the low speed version...
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    Powder recommendation for .223 Plinking Loads

    Well, let's see. A little arithmetic and the fact that there are 7000 grains in a pound of powder yields (the solution is left as an exercise for the reader).
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