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Outstanding post. Almost all politicians could take a lesson from this.

I load a lot of steel loads and you need to stay away from the steel in the 410 unless you have the correct wad and powder/load. Steel is a lot lighter than lead, so your perceived 1/2 oz load will probably be less than 3/8 oz. The published loads are for 1/2 to 3/4 oz lead. If you try to stack...

Welcome. You're going to be pretty close to that with 9 gr of Unique, assuming you can even find Unique. You might have a better chance finding Big Foot! The Lee 2nd Edition is also an excellent book with lots of conservative load data in it. I have a lot of manuals, but I still tend to...

I used plastic tote boxes, with the same results as the 5 gallon pail above. They worked great, but sometimes in the cold, they would shatter. The plywood does work out pretty nice and does not shatter. I was wasting a lot of lead before I made this!

I use a plywood box, which is probably 24" x 24" x 30". I use a rubber paver in the front and rear of the box, with plywood behind the rear paver. The box is filled with rubber mulch. I empty it in 5 gallon pails with a oval ice cream container after shooting, so I can lift it easy. I think...

I guess I never really thought about it, but there are some folks who take their appearance in bird hunting farther than most. In Northern Wisconsin, the brush is pretty darn thick, and mixed with thorn apples, so usually all I carry is a single shot. You're really only going to get one shot...

"Please notice the difference between "There are better rifles out there for the money." and "Your rifle is junk.". The two sentences are not equivalent. Trying to disprove the second is simply setting up a strawman as no one made that claim." I did not say "junk" Please notice I said...

Well said Cee Zee. I am in the very crowd you discuss. I put meat in the freezer every year with my inadequate guns. I guess I have just been lucky for all these years. I think some would be surprised how fast those of us who choose to hunt with break actions can reload. I would venture to...

Uncountable numbers of buffalo were dropped at long range with 45/70 single shots. The 45/70 has nothing to prove. Buffalo are not wimps either. Undoubtedly, shot placement trumps theory.

I do agree that there is potential for a bolt to be more accurate than a break action in the strictest sense of the word, however, a bolt with less than optimal clearances will most likely be as accurate or even less accurate than a break action with a good, tight, lock-up. If everything with...

I have to know why some feel a bolt tends to be more accurate by their "design"? A break open has a barrel that locks up tight. It has a firing pin that strikes the primer, and, walla, the bullet heads down a rifled barrel. Just like the bolt action. Quite simply, that dog doesn't hunt in my...

I have several of these and probably 10 additional barrels in different calibers and I am wondering if those of you having troubles hitting the targets with these rifles maybe have other issues that are not the responsibility of the rifle. I shoot mostly cast out of mine and they are all very...

Worst part of military brass in my opinion is that darned crimped primer that needs to have the crimp removed. Now that makes my old fingers hurt!

I wish they had a picture of that high priced gadget. Surely it can't be as simple as a sizing die! Wowsa! You can really crank them out pretty quick with what I said above, but a drill and three jaw chuck would also work. Didn't RCBS market something similar? I thought they did a few...

Either hook 'er to a drill, or maybe look at the Lee Zip Tri with a 3 jaw chuck. As chincy as it looks, that darn thing works pretty good!

Your on the right track. 223 definitely needs to be reamed. I have both the .309 and .311 reamers and use have settled on the .311 , because I wanted a little bit thinner neck. I only shoot cast bullets, so it allows me to use a larger reamer because of going a tad over the slugged barrel...

Pretty much what I thought. It should most likely have a magnum primer. It does do a stellar job in the 410, though. I read a post from one of the Alliant techs themselves claiming it is not the same as H110/296, but it sure looks and acts the same! It's surely a kissing cousin if it's...

Maybe a magnum primer might help the problem? I use it in 410 shotshell loads and have had no issues. I do think I read somewhere that in metallic cartridge load that some recommend a mag primer, but I could be wrong. Might be worth checking into.

You don't need to size them if they do not need a gas check. As long as they chamber, you're good to go. 6 cavity aluminums are actually pretty light to handle and really spit out the bullets. For rifle, I use 1 or 2 cavity and for pistol, the 6 cavity are nicer. If you keep the mold temp...

The zip trim is also nice because it works with the Lee trimmers and cutter. Makes for kind of a no brainer. I put mine on a board that screws into my bench to allow me to move it out of the way when not needed.