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I had the opportunity to handle a Kimber Pro Carry II 1911 clone--it's more a commander size than full size. It felt perfect, balanced wonderfully, I loved the trigger. I like it in .45 ACP. The only thing about it I didn't like was the Crimson Trace laser grip--I don't like where the...

I'm hoping and anticipating at some point I can build a house out of town limits where there is no water/sewer service. Well and septic system is what I want. I clean brass using a rock tumbler w/ stainless steel pins, hot water, Dawn dishwashing liquid, and occasionally Lemi-Shine. Brass...

I've been reloading .38 special to use in my Rossi R92 38/.357 Lever Action, in preparation for some Wild Bunch 3-gun stuff, and when I've been chronoing them a strange pattern emerges--the first round is far slower than all the rest. In a variety of loads, this is what I get: Hi 812 894...

Bought a Ruger LC9 for CC. I absolutely love this gun, am very accurate with it, feels right, and all the complaints I've heard (loaded chamber indicator, eg) are non-issues for me. However--however--I'm having ammo problems with my handloads. The primers show signs of pressure, or...

I've been doing a long-term experiment w/ the RCBS X-Die in .223, seeing how many reloads I can get from one set of brass. Short answer: 10-12. I lost a couple along the way, but 10-12 is what I feel I can expect. At 10 reloads, I started losing a few cases to neck splits. I did a little...

I was at an estate sale and picked up 1080 rounds of surplus .30-06 rifle ammo (Twin cities arsenal, noncorrosive). I bought it cheap with the intent of selling or trading it, but I haven't yet. I don't have a rifle that will shoot it (I have a couple m4s chambered in .223). But then it...

I bought several hundred new LC .223 cases, and one of the features of this brass is that the case necks have been annealed. Does this extend brass life when the brass is annealed before it's even fired the first time? I ask because I've been trying to determine the length of life for...

That's the lead headline this morning on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website. Here's the article: http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/93744194.html Note how the article ties together the action and the open-carry aspect. FWIW, this is the kind of reaction I believe the "in your...

I bought out a guy who was retiring from reloading, and part of his stash included 800+ .223 cases. Some of them have been decapped and resized, and they have a peculiar ridge or line on the base of the case, as shown on the left case in the pic. It almost makes some of the cases look like...

Resizing some .223 Lake City Brass from the late 80s/early 90s. I put some resizing wax on them, and run some of them through a Hornady full length resizing die. On some of the cases I'm getting weird dents. Not on the shoulder, which would suggest too much lube, but on the body just below...

I went out last weekend shooting up some of my x-die-sized .223 reloads out of my M4. Tonite, when I was sorting brass and inspecting it, I discovered a pattern I don't like: two small marks on the necks of the brass, like so: The scratches show that they were created, more or less...

Maybe this will tighten up some people's procedures. Bought some Hornady VMax bullets to do some evaluation of just how well my ARs can shoot. I'm working up loads using 748: 20 each of 25.0gr, 25.5gr, and 26.0gr. I've got them segregated in the loading block, two rows of 10 for each...

I'm thinking of laying in a goodly supply of bullets, and the Missouri Bullets have done very well by me. So I'm wondering this: What is their "shelf life"? More specifically, obviously, is that of the lube. I understand that keeping them in a hot place is likely to be NG; mine are...

I bought out a reloader who's retiring and as part of his stash I got 15# of Alcan AL-8 powder. It's old, but this guy swore by it as his go-to powder for .45ACP. So, I'd like to try it for that. If it works, I won't need powder for about 37 years, probably. Only problem is I can't find any...

I've been looking to buy some 45ACP 200gr FMJ bullets for reloading, but I'm having a tough time finding them for a reasonable price. I want a plinking round, so they shouldn't be something like the Hornady XTP. I know Montana Gold has some, but I consider them overpriced. I can get the...

When I started reloading .223, I couldn't find any H335, which many people apparently like quite well in that application. I did find some H322 which has worked wonderfully for me--accurate, good velocity, I like it a lot. Only drawback? Doesn't meter well. I also tried 748. Works well, meters...

I've been looking for a way to mark my .223 brass that I've run through the RCBS X-Die, so as to tell it apart from brass that hasn't been prepped for it. The X-Die allows you to repeatedly resize brass without trimming and chamfering each time. After a lot of great suggestions on THR, I...

Is there any way to stain or otherwise color-code the head of a brass case? I am using the RCBS X-die for resizing my .223 brass, and I'd like some way to distinguish it from non-X-Die brass, both among my own brass and if I need to separate it at the range where it mixes with others' brass on...

I've been trying to work up some loads for Hornady 147gr XTP, and was pointed to a Lyman load listed in the 49th--a load for the Speer TMJ 147 gr. What I'm wondering is if it's more like the Rainier Leadsafe plated bullets, which I load more like lead, or a harder shell more like a FMJ?

Grafs has Rex Powder on sale--$26.95 for 2.2 pounds, and if you buy five of those they'll pay the hazmat charges. They show some loads for it in the Grafs flyer, and Rex #2 can be used for both 9mm and .45 (which I have), so it looks intriguing. Have any of you used this? How was it? Meter...