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I see a lot of people in the videos shooting without eye protection. Shooting glasses may reduce eye relief slightly, but they can prevent a lot of damage to the face.

1. Springfield 1911s are very happy with SWC 2. Bullseye 3. 200 grain hardcast works well for me 4. The 45 ACP headspaces on the front of the case, not the rim, so 4 die sets are common, with the 4th die being a taper crimp to just remove the bell in the case.

Squibs Your powder load for that bullet should have been fine. Sounds like a squib to me. I always take a wooden bbq skewer with me when I go shooting and if anything sounds or feels wrong with a shot, I wait 30 seconds or so and then run the skewer down the barrel to make sure it's clear...

Since you got the scope as a trade, there's no telling where the previous owner left the windage and elevation adjustments. I would suggest you re-zero both of them and try sighting-in again. The re-zeroing instructions should be in the section of the Leupold manual labeled "Centering windage...

I've been using 240 lead SWC (0.430") with 10 gr of Unique in my Marlin with microgrooves. I don't see any leading after 75 rounds. Lyman's 49th manual says that load ought to have a MV around 1300 fps. I've seen a number of other suggestions that lead bullet diameters should be closer to...

Carbide dies Before someone else points it out, let me add that I'm talking only about handgun cases, not rifle cases.

Carbide dies Since carbide resizing dies came out, I don't lube before resizing at all. But I also don't tumble brass to clean it before resizing, so I suspect the powder and other residue from shooting acts as a sort of lubricant. I can tell a difference in resistance between a new brass...