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I took a friend to the range on Sunday. Guy is a fellow vet with an interesting service history (a cook attached to an SF or Ranger unit), and once he shook the rust off, demonstrated some impressive skills with an AR. I mention this to say he has experience with firearms. But with pistols, he...

I'm considering getting some sort of wet media case cleaning system, but I keep thinking about how to dispose of the used water. It's likely to be contaminated with lead from the primer compound. I'm on a septic system on a small acreage. I and all of my neighbors get drinking water from...

I've already got Lyman 49th. It's obviously a great manual. Is it worth getting Lyman 50th? I'm interested in new powders and bullets, but I'm also looking interested in updates to time tested classics. I don't cast boolits, but sometimes I load lead for .45 auto. I load for pretty typical...

I was planning on testing Red Dot with some 115gr Hornady HAP bullets. Plan was to test between 4.1 and 4.5 grains based on Alliant data from 2002 and 2004 (thanks RC Model and BDS), and seat bullet to 1.075" However, this powder seems very low density, and even 4.1 grains fills the case to...

A recent thread brought up the well-accepted idea that the original military ball ammo load for the 1911/45 auto is a 230 grain bullet over about 5 grains of bullseye powder. (JMB wanted 200gr; Army brass wanted 230gr). I've also heard that Jack O'Connor' classic load for 270 Winchester...

The main power cord insulation managed to vibrate itself apart. Now, you'd think it would be easy to get in there and wire in a new one. The catch is the springs that vibrate/ support the upper part are glued into place. Anyone ever disassembled one of these?

Looks like my range/club is finally getting into the 3 gun game. It looks like fun and I've always wanted to try it. I've got the pistol and rifle side covered, but all my shotguns are geared towards either turkey hunting or upland bird hunting. I've got a Mossberg 535 I was thinking about...

I did my first IDPA match in august, and I'm planning for more next season. I'm new to the idea of loading to make power factor. Most of my favorite loads for 9mm are with 115 grain bullets and were just loaded to be reliable and accurate for range fun. To make power factor, 115 grain needs...

My local hardware store has someone's reloading equipment and supplies on consignment at really good prices. I've been ignoring it for at least a year because I figured it would be overpriced. Last night I finally looked at the prices and they are very good. I bought some ramshot Silhouette...

I was decapping range pick up 223 brass and ran across what looks like a primer with a copper cup. Picture compares more typical nickel plated and plain brass primers compared to the copper one. Anyone know what brand of primer this is?

My girlfriend carries a Cz52 in 7.62x25 tokarev as a saddle pistol/ woods gun. Amazing caliber, interesting pistol, terrible trigger. Anyway we want to work up a load that would have more effective terminal performance than the factory fmj ammo. I was planning on trying Hornady 90gr XTP and...

I've been thinking about ways to minimize some of the processing steps associated with reloading 223, or any other bottle neck cartridge. I'm talking about practicing/ plinking loads for an AR, not high precision bench rest ammo. I have a Lee Classic turret press. Right now I lube, size/...

My Lee .380 sizer die is probably the first Lee product I've been disappointed with. I was unable to get acceptable neck tension with it. I started researching solutions and discovered 2 things: Many people have the same problem with the Lee 380 sizer die. They often solve the problem by...

A few months ago I tested charge variance with a few powders in my Lee pro auto disk. Green Dot and the Pro auto disk was a bad combination, especially charges applicable to 380. Pretty significant bridging was the culprit...

Mods: this might be better off in "rifle country." Wasn't sure. Last few weekends I've been working up some .270 loads with Hornady gmx 130s, IMR 4350, IMR 4451, and H4831. I went bananas on load development. I had a great time, and even found one (yeah only one) consistantly sub moa load...

Tried out some 100gr Xtreme Plated RNFP loads yesterday and thought I'd share my results. Kahr CW380 CCI small pistol primers Mixed brass Oal .950" Bullseye 3.0-3.3 Power Pistol 3.7-4.0 All the bullseye loads cycled the pistol well but we're very sooty. I was impressed with accuracy and...

What rifle brass do you think is the best value? Currently, I use all different kinds of once fired and range pick up brass for 270 Winchester. I use it in my favorite deer/eIk/steel sillouette rifle I recently ran into an issue with loose primer pockets with federal brass. It had only been...

This is my first time reloading .380. IMR PB powder Berry's 100 grain plated flat base CCI small pistol primers Mixed brass OAL: .980 Fire arm: Kahr cw380 (fairly new- has around 450 rounds through it with no major problems). Loaded 14 rounds each with the following changes: 2.5 gr- would not...

In a previous thread I asked about using Green Dot in 380. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/green-dot-380-data.820769/ Many people suggested that I might not get consistent throws with my Lee Pro Auto disk. I decided to do a comparison between power pistol bullseye IMR PB and Green...

I'm going to start loading for .380 and I've had this container of green dot sitting around for a couple years. Anyone have load data for green dot with 100gr plated bullets?