MY advice on this subject is to ONLY treat anyone's posted "recipes" as opinions.
Opinions are not backed up by science.
And, reloading has to be based on science if it is to be SAFE!!!
So, read any posted recipes, and check them carefully in the books before proceeding with any...
Sorry, but having been a reloader for 35+ years, I have grown partial to the Speer book, currently at Volume #14.
I have found it to be :
1) Well laid out
2) Pictorially complete (lots of pictures to describe the words they include)
3) Scientifically backed up
4) Logical (for me)
5)...
I coat my cast bullets with Alox2, and leave it on the bullets. I was previously filling the grooves with lube, and that didn't work as well as the Alox2 covering the whole bullet.
Keep in mind what the purpose of the lube is. . . . .
It's to lubricate the NEXT bullet down the barrel. So...
Here's how I teach it in my reloading classes:
Take a similar factory load that is known to function (regarding length) fine in your gun, and use that as the reference round for setting up your press. I have my students mark that reference round with X's on the sides (with a Sharpie), and keep...
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