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Mine likes CCI Standard Velocity, Norma Tac-22 and the high-dollar Eley stuff. The cheap Aquila ammo also shoots surprising well, for cheap ammo. Federal, Winchester and Remington all shoot like crap in mine. For me, TAC-22 is probably the best tradeoff between cost and accuracy. You can find...

My local Scheels store, in central Iowa appears to have a bunch of reloading components on sale, and actually have stuff in stock. I don't know if it's just this store, or chain-wide. Varget $48.44, H4350 $48.44, H335 $37.39 CCI #500 SPP $67.99, Remington #7.5 SRP $67.99 Hopefully they will...

I will echo the "Load 'em until you lose 'em" replies. I've been loading the same batches of 9mm, 38 Spec, 357 Mag and 45 ACP brass since the early 1980s. The 38 Spec in particular have probably been loaded close to 100 times and are still in good shape. Occasionally I will have a case split...

I started reloading in the early 1980's and at that time carbide pistol dies seemed to be a new thing, commanding a premium price over plain steel dies. I don't know when carbide dies became available, as I wasn't paying attention to reloading equipment before I got started. The guy who helped...

My CZ 457 works well with Norma TAC-22, which is often available on-sale direct from Norma. The last batch I bought was $3.48 / box of 50, with free shipping for orders over $150. That's cheaper than most crappy ammo I find locally. The high-dollar Eley stuff shoots a little better, for...

My experience with Blue Dot in .357 is that reduced loads result in unburned chunks of powder. It seems like I need to be well above the minimum load to get a clean burn.

I've found it at Home Depot, in the cleaning products isle, although it's been 6-12 months since I bought any there.