50% of my brass comes from range pickups. Huge money saver, while time consuming. Accuracy is a major plus, you have an array of better bullet choices. I also cast my own .44 bullets from free wheel weights and make my own gas checks. I can shoot .44 mags for .05 cents. Not too bad son!
4064 was the most accurate powder I had for my now sold Savage 25-06 under some vmax's. yes it is temperature sensitive which is really too bad. I've got a full bottle of it that I have yet to find a use for it.
I've had nothing but bad luck with lee powder throwers. RCBS throws varget pretty good, but will cut some throws, lets say 1 every 15 or 20. I've had the best luck with my newer Hornady progressive.
Friend just got one and he loves it. I carry either a pf9 or when rolling deep in the ghetto a full size m&p9. With that said I find the recoil more "push" then snap, and obviously lighter and thinner then my m&p. I plan on selling my pf9 because to be honest I suck with it (not the gun). The...
While this doesn't answer your question and just my two cents I would stay away for an 80% lower. Your only saving like 30 bucks at most, and that's before you buy the tools, your time, and after you drill the holes you parkerize/finish the bare metal you cut. If you ever sell it you have to...
Made in USA! Extremely smooth action. However, I personally like Marlins looks, and I can't put my finger on it, but for some reason they feel like toys to me. I wouldn't buy one, but I wouldn't tell you not to.
When the demand drops the supply will increase and thus, the price. That sounds right out of my economics text book. If I had to predict, I would say one year after the next republican president gets elected, so who knows when.
Like others have said congratulations and welcome to the club. I started like you on Lee, and have slowly been upgrading my parts, most recently now using a Hornady AP press (really cant believe how fast I can crank out .44 loads).
I'll never forget my first shot of my reloads (.270 win)...
Post #5 is the way to go. I personally would pull the bullets, dumb/lose the powder and slowly back out the primers. That's just me, and just they way I would do it.
I try to clean between my 5 shot groups. 25 rounds of dirty barrel probably doesn't effect accuracy as 5-10-15-20-25 rounds of increasingly warm barrel. I like to think that when I clean I'm also cooling the barrel, even if just a little.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/121744/lee-challenger-breech-lock-single-stage-press-kit?cm_vc=subv1423081
Even though it's not currently in stock, get this and don't look back. This was my first press, but have since upgraded to a Hornady Lock N Load Progessive. For MANY reasons I still use...
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