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I ran across some 115-gr JHP .355" bullets at a show. They seem reasonably consistent; >90% of them are within .6 grains of spec. I'm going to try some in 9mm Luger and some on 357Sig. Has anyone ever tried them or any Jusda bullets?

A lot of THR threads discuss the element of surprise in a self defense context. Especially prevalent is the concept that a person who carries openly is surrendering the element of surprise. Some posters ask, "Surprise whom, and how exactly?" Military strategists, sports coaches, and marketing...

These gun give-aways hit my mailbox every few months, and I almost always take the time to complete the forms and mail them back. I realize my chances of winning are slim, but it's fun to research the firearms on offer, weight the pros and cons of each against each other, and dream of owning...

This turned up in a bucket of range brass. It's nickel plated and Berdan primed. Any idea what the markings mean?

The first rounds I ever handloaded were some relatively tame .38SPL 158-gr LRNs. I had built a batch of fifty, before I knew better. The first chance I got, I hit the range. I had Lane 7 of 7, and the closest shooter was way down in 2 or 3. I loaded five into my 642. The first trigger...

Inspired by the current $1000 to spend on a gun thread. If you had no gun at all but had $300 to spend, given current market prices and assuming both the gun and suitable ammo would be available, and the ammo would be reasonably priced (or you could roll your own ammo, again for reasonable...

I'm loading bunny sneeze .380 rounds, 100 grain PFN from RMR, and I'm concerned about seating depth, not so much because of OAL itself but because of how little bullet bearing surface is inside the case once they are seated to the "prescribed" depth. Here are the numbers: OAL...

Easy pick for me: Anything and everything involving CNN's version of Jerry Springer, one Piers Morgan. Nothing he has to say matters to me, nor should it to the protection of RKBA. He has an audience, but it is already mostly anti-2A, so he's not convincing anyone of anything. He says the...

This is odd, and frustrating. Fired my BDA today, put some Tula steel case ammo through it and did have one FTF on the last round of the first mag. Second mag did not duplicate the problem. Now I'm trying to take down the gun, and the slide is locking about a half inch forward of the...

Thanks largely to advice received here, I've been successfully handloading for almost two years. Today I loaded the first lot of my 14th different cartridge, the notoriously tricky .357 Sig. Speer cases, CCI 500s, Hornady 124gr XTPs over 8.2 grains of HS-6. A perfect batch! Only 18...

I did a search on "modern sporting rifle" after perusing the thread on the heavily boycotted and now all but canceled Eastern Outdoors Show: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=696041 There are many news stories about this, but here is one from The Washington Post, dated 24...

Any of you guys and gals heading to the SGK show in Hampton after the march on Richmond this weekend? I don't plan to buy anything unless a smokin' deal leaps off a table at me, but I thought it might be fun to go watch the madness, commiserate, etc. Thought I might take a gun or two over and...

I'm an NRA pistol and rifle instructor. I reload a dozen or so different cartridges. I own semi-auto pistols and magazines with more than 10-round capacity. I'm all in for saving our RKBA and I support and defend the Constitution (especially the Second Amendment in the context of this question...

I don't know if anyone else has has this experience, but I did today and thought I'd share it. I built some PMC brass .45ACPs with Rainier 200gr plated SWCs (OAL = 1.234" and they passed the plunk test) and was having trouble getting them to feed. Specifically, the first round would not climb...

I have found the most redundant and unneeded tool on my reloading bench is the ubiquitous powder tricker. Here's why: They're not tall enough and don't have enough horizontal reach to trickle powder onto the pan of my scale. If the thing can't drop powder where I need it, what's it for...

Another thread in general discussions... http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=686724...bled over into this topic. Which semi-auto pistols allow for manually loading a round into the chamber then releasing the slide before inserting a full mag? The purposes of this, of course, are to go...

For this discussion, we're talking about brass that doesn't often show up free for the taking at the average range. Assuming it's offered at a fair per-round price and would be shipped in a flat rate box appropriate for the number, what is the minimum number of fired brass you would consider...

It's Thanksgiving again, time to get together with friends and family, eat too much, watch football, and maybe even give thanks. So, for what things related to shooting are you thankful? For me, it's: 5) the great advice I get on THR, and the right to freely take part in the give and...

Recently I ran across a number of Winchester stamped .40S&W brass that have a distinct "ring-style" crimp. I was not aware that any .40cal was being sold in the US with crimps. They decrimp and load just fine. Has anybody else seen these? Any idea what the original load was and how it's...

Discussions in the reloading forum often focus on finding ways to complete the various the processes in less time, and that's fine to a point. But when a thread degenerates into something like, "I can make 1,000 rounds before breakfast" and "Oh yeah--well I can make 2,000 rounds on my lunch...