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Have a Walther P99c that needs very short COL. Trying to load Ibejihead 128RN, plunk tests is 1.075ish. My Sierra manual for a 130RN FMJ COL is 1.150 My Lyman 47 for a 130g alloy is 1.016.... Now I know if I use the sierra load data to back down start charge for shorter COL (and also...

Rifle is a Stevens in .223. When new it would shoot with hornady 55/60g vmaxes groups you could cover with a 50cent piece, with my handloads with hornady same bullets you could cover the groups with a quarter or sometimes a nickel at a 100yrds. For the last dozen or so range trips the groups...

Prepping some .223 brass to reload soon and some are 1.738 to 1.742...LC's/08. I was was just curious if there was a "too short to load" spec? Thanks, T

Hi all, Just started reloading for rifle, .223 with 1 in 12 twist, 200 Stevens. Picked up from Kemps- Sierra manual, Sierra 55g spitzer blitz (#1345), Wolf SR, and H335 & H4895. Once fired factory brass used to reload. Loaded 3 rnds of varying weight increments from the manual. Total of...

Finally have all the tools and supplies to load for the Stevens .223 model 200 bolt action received for Xmas. This will be my 1st attempt at loading the .223. So today I picked up the Hornady OAL gauge and shell, read the instructions and proceeded to measure. Using Sierra 55g spitzer...

I’m loading for a bolt action, Sierra 55G SPITZER BLITZ #1345 + H335+Wolf SR (all I could scrounge up) Going too: • Lube, DePrime/Size cases • Clean primer hole • Tumble the brass • Make sure all of the cases are of uniform length and under the case maximum length. • Prime the cases…...

First time loading these. Seating bullet so .075 of shoulder is above the case mouth. Gives me OAL of 1.070 ish. Drops in and out of M&P barrel, flush w/hood, works in mag. Using 3.8grs of Titegroup. loading up 2 mags worth. Just wondering what others OAL is Many thanks, T

Just curious, just trying to stretch a dollar...got a free jug of Power Pistol In a M&P 9, 4.7g for lead 125's worked fine, in a M&P .40 6.0 for lead 180 TC's worked well. Both pistols cycled, no FTF or FTE, no stucks. =================================== Haven't tried .45ACP , going to...

Hi all, This last batch of 50 9MM cartridges today the OAL was varying .012. Now I’ve probably have ~ 5,000 rnds thru the 9MM dies since I started a year or so ago reloading. Can’t remember this much of a difference. While I was loading this last batch and noticed this difference in...

Hi all, Been reloading now going on close to a year, and my quest for the “optimum” powders is continuing for the 9MM, .40, .45ACP & .38/.357…. I’m going to place a large order for small & large pistol primers soon and am looking to get more powder also. It seems pretty common that you...

Hi all, Been reloading now for ~10 months and am just about out of Clays, Unique, T-Group and W231. Found what works for these calibers in the M&P 9 and .40 and for the Gold Cup. So I thought I'd give AA#2 and T.B. a try....I belive reading past posts AA#2 good in the .45 to medium loads...

Found this Sylvania LED with a magnet base at Menard's (big box store). The mag base is nice if you want to pull it and use elsewhere...

Hi all, Well after 7 months of loading for 9MM, .40 S&W and .45 ACP all my ammo is working flawlessly for the last few months…So… I’m confident now to start loading for my Savage 10FP in .308. I have the LEE classic four hole press. The LEE products have worked well for me, so I’ve...

Just curious what m&p owners load this type of bullet to for col/oal? This is my first box of these 180 lead RNFPs. First ~ 400 rnds fed fine, mix of Unique, Titegroup. About halfway through 100 rnds of cartridge's loaded with 231 I had 1/2 dozen intermittent FTFs/jams. These were between the...

Like to put some grips by Esmeralda on, they only list for MII, they look alike. Anybody put MII on a MI, (circa ~1980-81) Thanks, Tom

Hi all, bullet is a Shooter's Choice 122grn hard cast truncated flat point. .547 tall. I've loaded 3 dummies of these, they seem awfully short...?? But they hold in the mag and feed/eject OK. (M&P full size) Their @ a OAL of 1.075, had to be to get them deep enough to just cover the lube...

Ok, after a succesfull run of almost 800 rnds of 9 MM I statred doing .45ACP's 200LSWC, ~125 of 'em, worked great. Now I'm tryin to do Raniers 230 TCJ-RN, and below is whats happening 1 or 2 good ones then 1 or 2,3 bad ones. All dies reinstalled numurous times by the book. Die...

Looking to have some work done on Colt G.C. Merrillville, Hobart, Highland, etc, areas or Chicago south subs.... TIA, Tom

OK, reloaded close to 400 rnds of 9MM and they work great,so now I'm moving on to Shooters Choice, .45ACP, 200grn hard casts L SWC's....sized .452 Last night read all the searches I could find on taper crimps, OAL's and how to check for fitments. Took the Gold Cup apart and dropped round...

Ok, Heres what I'm trying to do... Page 534 of Lee M.R. book:recommends start @ 4.8 grains of UNIQUE for a 125 grain jacketed bullet. Which in the 2nd next column for the A.Disk - to use cavity .49, which I lined up... I run the ram up, drop the powder in, remove case from shell holder and...