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The recent post on 9mm RN and bullet marks was serendipitous. (https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/loading-9mm-round-nose.878772/#post-11722122) I just discovered my 9mm RN bullet doesn't fit well with the RN stem I have. RCBS die set. Bayou Bullets 9mm 115gr RN. I chose this...

I'd like to get some input..... I shot my first .38 S&W loads today. The pistol is a Colt Police Positive; 4" barrel. Manufactured in 1912. 145gr MBC Hi-Tek coated bullet - .361 diameter. Hodgdon's site shows 2.2gr - 2.5gr of HP-38. I've had to load these cartridges short to get them to...

What do folks do with regards case trimming for AR plinking ammo? Do you trim everything to the same length? Or do you do the standard anything-over-1.760"-gets-trimmed-to-1.750" - and live with varying case lengths? I noticed recently I was getting occasional shoulder crushing. After a...

I almost (but not quite LOL) feel silly asking this question.....but I will. I'm guessing the answer is "Yes". I have a Browning Buckmark that came from the factory with Ultragrip. (It's a Buckmark Ultragrip RX Pro.....or something like that.) Will any Buckmark grips fit this? Again - I...

I recently inherited a Colt Police Positive Revolver. It's marked simply as ".38" - which I'm concluding is .38 S&W based on what I've read as well as the reloads that came with the pistol. I think I've got line of sight for getting ammo loaded for this cool pistol. I'd be interested if...

Yesterday I was shooting with some good friends. Pistols. When the squib occurred it just so happened one was shooting and the other three were watching.....standing right by him. Through my custom-molded earplug it sounded only like a failure-to-fire. I didn't hear a "Pfffft!" at all. But...

I've been struck at how there seems to be so much more 9mm brass on the ground at the club where I shoot. For reloaders that are currently buying 9mm ammo due to current low prices, do you pick up your brass or do you not bother? That's one thought I've had. Or maybe the non-reloaders are...

I recently struck up a conversation at the range with someone I didn't know. He told me he'd recently had a gun blow up. He said he hadn't been seriously hurt.....but there was a good amount of blood. He told me the details of what happened, but I don't want to share them here in case anyone...

As I was hunched over at the waist today....looking for those pesky .380 cases.....it hit me: There should be a phone app (that uses the camera) and beeps/highlights when it sees cases that you tell the app you want to find. On the one hand (even though I'm kind of a techie) I don't think it...

I'd like to hear what others do with regards to the following scenario. Although I've been loading and trying to find my "optimum" 9mm load for a few years, it feels like today was the first time it all came together: I'd settled on a load based primarily on chronograph data (little velocity...

I recently acquired a Colt 1908 in .380. It's a really fun gun. It shoots well. I am not planning on shooting it a lot. I got it from my father-in-law. I'm enjoying it for the history and to shoot occasionally. I've had issues with it jamming, so I came over here to learn more about it. I...

The first part of the title sets the stage: I'm new to loading the .380. In pistol I've been loading 9mm and .38 Spcl for a few years. The second part of the title is the question: What general input do folks have on creating a soft-shooting .380 load? Should I stay with the 95gr...

I bought some (just a sample - 60 bullets or so) 115gr RN Hi-Tek coated bullets from Chey-Cast Bullets. I'm loading for a Walther PPQ - which seems to be well-known (amongst PPQ owners) as having a short [freebore? leade? some other term?] - whatever the right term is. What I've loaded for...

When I made the switch to wet tumbling about 3 years ago I went the Harbor Freight route. It has, and continues, to work just fine. The small capacity kind of bugs me. But I have time on my hands and it has been able to keep up with my shooting volumes. That being said, I have been...

This is range-scrounged brass. This wasn't loaded by me. Is this what "primer flow" is? I saw reference to this term in another post. I'm just trying to learn what is going on here and what is causing this. It was quite difficult to get a representative picture of this. You can kind of see...

A while ago (last Summer) my son and I discovered that the sights on this old gun were off. I, finally, got around today to taking it to the range and seeing if I could get things adjusted. It was shooting high, which was easy enough to fix. The problem is windage. It's shooting to the...

I know there are quite a few places online to order steel targets from. But is there a "go-to" place that most consider a great vendor? I'm not looking for anything fancy.....just a couple of round plates. Thanks. OR

I'm almost 58 years old. I was surprised at the gutteral reaction I had when I pulled this out of the mailbox yesterday. I instantly thought "This is going to be so fun to sit down with and just turn the pages!" In this modern-day, online, website, have-it-delivered-tomorrow culture this...

[I debated putting this here or in Rifle Country. I decided on here because in my journey I've had to lean on you reloading experts the most.] Although I'm posting this as "Thanks!" - I will admit I'm also posting motivated by the fact that I'm simply giddy. I took possession a number of...

I believe I had an "A ha!" moment today. It was also a moment that confirms (I think) why we do what we do with regards to being thoughtful and careful. I load .223 only for plinking out of my AR. 99% of the time I'm loading 55gr FMJs. Normally I've been using brass that I *know* is once...