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I'm new to reloading and use the Lee Classic also. I bought the Lee Safety prime hand primer as seating a primer with the whack of a mallet made me cringe. The hand primer is much faster. Lee's case lube works well, though I mix mine with rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle instead of spreading...

I'm new to reloading myself and have mainly used AA#2 for .38 special.

I tried Powerbond's plated bullets for .38/357. I went through the entire batch and all mic'd what they were supposed to be. PB suggested using Speer's data for their plated and TMJ bullets to load PB's plated bullets.

I ordered some powder from them last month. No worries. A little cheaper than MW, plus they had what I wanted in stock. They must have quit asking for a copy of your DL as it was not required on my order. Would not have ordered if it were.

Browning HP. Lots of info on Stephen Camp's site here: http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/HiPowerComments.html

I hate you. Congrats on a fabulous find! My local pawn has a battered 3rd gen Cobra that he wants $700 for!

When reloading .38 special I use Accurate #2. I'm thinking of purchasing a .45acp and there seems to be enough data to indicate I can use it to reload target ammo for the .45 as well. I've read that Ramshot Zip is a good candidate also. Ultimately, pick one of several that you can find data for...

I believe Speer made the design of the their 135gr Gold Dot short barrel bullet with lower velocity in mind with regards to expansion. While their 125gr GD was loaded in .38 special, it needed the velocity of a longer barrel to reliably expand. Many jacketed .38/.357 bullets are designed for...

For those in the southern Ohio area, several vendors have various primers for sale at Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife show. I've seen sp, spm, sr and ss primers as far as types and Fed, CCI, WW and Wolf with regards to brands. The next show is on the 15th in Cincinnati. Olde English Outfitters in...

Thanks for the input so far. As I said, just trying to learn from those with more experience and this article seemed to fly head on into what I know is an accepted practice. I agree that in the litigious society we live in it would be hard to imagine the mfr of a product publishing unsafe data...

I know using various shotshell powders in handgun loads has been done for ages, but I stumbled onto this in an article on reloading in "Real Guns" and was wondering what some of you experienced reloaders think. An excerpt: Many published loads for metallic pistol cartridges include the use...

As a SP101 owner I wanted an LCR for something lighter for summer carry. I'm planning on getting a 442 instead as I found the LCR less comfortable when shooting the two side by side. The overly large, to me anyway, trigger guard on the LCR really dug into my middle finger and kept me from...

My SP101 is about 7 or 8 years old and it's barrel is ever so slightly crooked. I'd never noticed until I noticed the thread on the Ruger forum. Of course, now that I know it is, I can see it. Since the gun is very accurate and I think I paid less than $300 new, I'm not going through trouble of...

Hey guys, Thanks for the info. I did get the 800x since it was only $10 for a pound. I figured I could sell it to an uncle that I remembered did some reloading. He also told me about the Lee 2nd edition, so I'm ordering that and will try out the powder in the future. If I don't like it, the...

Hi folks, Long time lurker and new reloader with a question. I've just started reloading .38 special practice ammo. I'm currently doing it with a Lee classic loader as I'm really trying to do it cheap, plus I didn't want a large outlay of cash in case I didn't like it. I feel I made a good...

I don't have 9mm, but I purchased some of Powerbonds plated bullets in .357. This is my first purchase, but so far every one in the batch has been right at .357 diameter like they're supposed to be. I believe Powerbond does make a 9mm.