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    Primer anvils??

    I bought a primer reloading kit and "renewed" a few out of curiosity. I believe I would go with flint locks or air guns before I tried to redo primers, a lot of work with very small parts...
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    Small or Large Pistol Primer

    CQB45ACP's pic is an excellent example. Not being a jerk, but "just look at them" is good advise. I have been a machinist/mechanic most of my life and I can pick up a case, glance at it, and toss it into the appropriate bucket, but I under stand I've had decades of practice. Determine which is...
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    Seems unlikely to find a good load for this

    Be fun testing to find out, if I had both barrel lengths. Running identical loads over my chrony...
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    Seems unlikely to find a good load for this

    My question is; how much, if any, velocity loss would there be from 08" "extra" barrel length? A significant, noticeable difference or just theory?
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    Wadcutters in 357 Mag Brass

    BTDT many times. No problems. Some were same 38 Special loads with Bullseye or W231. Have gone up to mid level 357 Magnum loading, no problems. I've used mostly CCI SPP and Winchester SPP. Have you any experience with the "dreaded carbon ring"? I clean my guns after each range session which...
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    44 spcl/mag lever

    Good advice. SAAMI specs. for 44 Magnum rifle barrels is .431" groove diameter, handgun barrels is ,429". Don't know why. My Puma in 44 Mag. slugs out to .431". I use a Ranch Dog design 240 gr or 26 gr. RNFP sized to .432"... For my PCCs I have always started out with, and mostly stuck with...
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    44 magnum, coal and finding lands.

    Finding the lands is the last, 5th step I use in developing accuracy for a rifle. For my PCCs I use the same dimension's used for the handguns. My revolver style bullets are all seated to the cannalure or crimp groove and somewhat disregard book OAL Semi-auto cartridges are all book OAL and...
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    What Got You Into Reloading?

    In the mid 80s I was shooting my first handgun, a 38 Special,h up in the hills above LA. As I emptied the cyinder of my gun I thought "I wonder if I can reuse these?". I knew no one who reloaded so I went to the library and researched. Bought a Lee Loader and have been reloadig since...
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    Primer pocket to big

    I have never tried to "save" any brass with bad primer pockets. Too big/loose and some too fight/hard seating all have moved to scrap bucket. I guess if the only brass available has oversize pockets I could find a safe way to keep primers in place, but today that is not the case.
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    .357 magnum load data

    FWIW; for 40+ years I have not used any load data from any forum (or gun counter clerk, good intended friend or gun shop guru). I have gotten 98% of my load data from published reloading manuals and a few from powder and bullet manufacturer's web sites. That being said, when ever I encounter...
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    FCD Swages Bullets? These pictures say otherwise.

    The only bullets I have heard or experienced being swaged down by an FCD is cast bullets. Normally cast bullets are a bit larger in diameter than jacketed or plated thus diameter reduction. I have experienced cast bullet swaging by FCDs (44 cal. 357 cal. and 9mm), but no jacketed or plated. If...
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    .38 Special with FFFg Goex....

    Has anyone a documented instance of a conventual powder igniting black powder? I have hear that warning but never a real situation. It never mattered to me because I used a powder flask and dippers for my black powder pistol loading. Jes wonderin'...
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    Half the servicos aventuras primers I have used fail

    I determined long ago "flush" and "below flush" don't mean much as far as my handloads are concerned. I seat primers all the way to the bottom of the pocket, and as long as the firing pin reaches the cup enough (which has always been the case), I get 100% firing. I got a ram prime in the late...
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    Economics of Reloading

    Besides all the advantages of handloading, I like handloading. I have no idea what my equipment costs are, nor are component costs heavily considered. FWIW, no one ever asked me how much my salmon fishing cost (equipment, boat, bait and licenses), and I never tried to figure it out, because I...
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    Filler for dummy rounds?

    I would try a few first to see if there is an issue...
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    A reminder…

    Personally I don't think the ammo manufacturers are "out to screw" reloaders. One should be able to tell, by sizing, is a case is brass, stainless steel or soft steel. Sounds like plain old "piling on" about "jerks". Did Sig say they were brass? What harm was done to any guns tools etc., from...
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    Resizing Ranier Plated 38 Boolits for 9mm

    Interference fit between .356" and .357" bullets is .0005". Meaning only .0005" more metal is engaging the barrel...
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    Ball vs Handle

    The straight, oak handle on my plastic mallet works great when using my Lee Loader(s)...
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    STARLINE BRASS??

    Personally, I like to start from a known "base line" Every case I reload, new, once fired, fired 20 times, gets treated the same. Clean, size/deprime, reload. But I like reloading.....
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    How Do I Use This Thing (FA Brass Tumbler)

    Just a thought; tumbling/cleaning/polishing brass is probably the most talked about but least important part of reloading...
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