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Does anybody have a favorite 7mm Mag load for 162gr Hornady A-Max bullets? I've got a bunch of suitable powders, some bullets on the way, and I'm hoping to save myself some time. I'll be shooting them out of a new Savage 111 with a 26", 1/9.5 twist barrel. I'm leaning towards the slower end of...

I recently picked up a T/C Contender in this caliber. These rounds are made by expanding the neck on .223 brass, then fireforming to blow out the shoulder. I have a set of Hornady dies with a tapered expander that I've been using to expand the case mouths, then using the first reload to blow...

A crimp will help even out groups when you're using mixed brass (mixed headstamps, lengths, and # of times fired). I could find no difference between crimped and uncrimped rounds when my brass was sorted by headstamp, number of times fired, and trimmed to the same length. As far as increasing...

This is a bad idea. The .460 has a primer pocket for a rifle primer that is deeper than that of a pistol primer. If he seats a pistol primer all the way and still manages to get the gun to go off, the primer absolutely will end up flat because it will fly back into the breechface. There's...

Had you previously been firing .45 Colt or .454 Casull in the revolver?

I posted this on another forum a while back: One of my good friends lives in NH and has a coyote problem. He lives in a sparsely populated, but still residential neighborhood (3+ acre lots). He wants to be able to take out the coyotes without disturbing his neighbors, and has no interest at...

The corn cob kitty litter is a waste of money. It's not the same as corn cob blast media. Corn cob has three parts: the chaff, woody ring, and pith: Blast/tumbler media is made from only the woody ring part that (when dried) is harder than iron (on the Mohs' scale). It's also screened to...

Look in the load manuals. The type of primer is dictated not by the caliber or the firearm - it's the powder. Some powders require a magnum primer, some don't.

Freehand. The Weldon countersink has only one cutting edge and the point is dull. It's very easy to control the depth of cut just by pushing the case up to the bit, and there's no chatter.

I recently bought over 20K once fired Radway Green .223 cases with crimped pockets for a large (obviously) reloading project. I already had one of the RCBS swaging die sets so I tried it in a single stage press. It still left the cases hard to prime, and is way too slow. Next I tried the...

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Does anybody know where I can download one? TIA

I picked up a sporterized 1889 in beautiful condition last week and want to make some ammo for it. I have some boxer-primed 7.5x55 brass into which I seated a 150gr .308 bullet to test the chamberability (if that's even a word) and it went in fine with about 0.010 to the lands. I've read...

Crimp them harder. I bought 500 of those bullets and had a similar problem (using H4227) so I called Berrys and asked about the bullets. These have much thicker plating than the 'standard' Berrys bullets - and a cannelure - so they can be roll crimped. They can also be driven much faster than...

I'm about to start an epic reloading project (20,000 rounds of .223). Although I love my Wilson trimmer, I'm not going to trim 20K cases by hand. I've looked at both the Gracey and Giraud trimmers and they appear to use a similar theory of operation. The Gracey is significantly cheaper if I'm...

I have a pair of safety glasses with a dent from a primer anvil in the lens where my eye would've been. I always wear them.

I have 4 X-frames: A 4" and 8" .500, and a 5" and 8" .460. IMO, the 5" .460 has the best feel and balance. Like someone else said, you can load these anywhere from pleasant to punishing. I posted a bunch of my favorite loads on my website...

Here's some of my info: http://www.vintagepistols.com/500_and_460_load_data.html

Golf is cool. Just for the record, there's no "a" in pretty.

I have a couple of them. Depending on the round, shooting them can be pleasant or painful. You can do a lot if you load for it. (Not the least of which is "save money". $57 for 20 rounds? Ouch!) Here's some load info that I've used/posted...