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    Do you change your SD ammo during winter months?

    I carry the same thing year round. I know it works in my carry gun and I'm not going to go through the trouble of checking another just because the seasons change. I don't change every (or any, really) time a new whiz-bang bullet is introduced either. Having a round the functions 100% in your...
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    Is "Ed's Red" really any good or is it just an old wives' tale?

    My variation on the solution is 25% ATF, 50% Mineral Spirits, 25% Acetone. I've been using it for at least a dozen years. It's cheap and works very well. Sometimes the acetone will evaporate out in storage but that's easily remedied by just pouring a bit more in.
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    Are you content with your collection?

    I'm content for now. But when I see something that tickle's my fancy that will change. Until I get it...
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    RIP RC Model sad news

    I'm sorry to hear this. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family. RIP, RC.
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    First stuck case!

    Am I the only one who opened this thread to see if it was another One Shot lube story? I hope you've got the case out with the good advice given. But I feel compelled to ask, what lube was (or wasn't) used here?
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    Bye for awhile

    I don't read it that way at all. My dad is a WWII vet and retired from the Air Force Reserves. He's basically had free health care ever since which has included heart surgery, back surgery, a hip and two artificial knees. He makes no apology for the care he earned and neither do we...
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    Do you trim 223 every time

    After sizing all my .223 brass is dropped into a Lyman case gauge. The ones that show to be too long are trimmed. The ones that won't drop in are sized again or (more likely) the extractor burrs are filed from the rim. No case makes it to the next reloading step without passing my case gauge checks.
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    WADCUTTERS and the 45 COLT...?

    Depending on what you're defending yourself against, these may do the trick. 185gr SWCHP
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    swage vs ream 223?

    I chuck a Hornady reamer in a drill and remove crimps about as fast as I can pick brass up from one bucket and drop it in another. If you want to swage offer cwal64 $50 for his Dillon swager. Sounds like his is gathering dust now. :)
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    Clean burning 44 mag powder recommendations?

    I agree with the others. "Cleanest" is jacketed or plated bullet on top of a proper charge of powder. You're going to be very hard pressed to find any combination that leaves your gun clean after firing. If your revolver is hanging up I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest it's not crud, but...
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    Is This Excessive? - Dirty Powder or Not?

    I'd say it looks good for another 1000 rounds or so too. My guns aren't hospital-clean before shooting. I don't worry much about how clean they are after. But then I don't have any guns that exhibit function problems with my annual cleaning ritual.
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    I need several volunteer SME's (Subject Matter Experts) to proof read...

    In light of your last post there is nothing we can do except comment on spelling. It seems you want to map out how you reload. We can't say whether or not you illustrated your method correctly. That said, in section "B" I think you mean "Deprime, Resize, and Expand". Case lube shouldn't be...
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    HELP!!! Media stuck in 223 cases

    Try holding them neck down over the running tumbler and let the shoulder ride against the side of the bowl.
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    Filling 124gr 9mm hollow point with lead shot and wax

    My gut feeling is no. Target bullets aren't designed with any expansion need in mind. The lead hardness is of no concern and may vary as will jacket thickness. Your modified bullet might expand but it could just as easily break apart or stay together like a FMJ.
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    Discount for second-hand primers, unused, less than a decade old

    After reading that I'd be suspicious of all the "second hand" primers. How do you know any of them are actually what's supposed to be in the box? They may be spilled primers that were reboxed and put on a shelf in the back so they wouldn't be sold...
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    Where Does the Barrel Point When Round Fires?

    So what was the correct answer?
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    223 reloads won't chamber in AR

    If you feel you must crimp invest in a LEE Factory Crimp Die. You can mash the case mouth as deep as you want into the bullet without collapsing the shoulder back. I have several that came with die sets and they worked well. But the only rifle loads I still crimp are for my lever guns.
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    Down side to wet tumbling

    Or get a cheap single-stage press to deprime on and don't worry if it gets grungy. Or put a pistol decapping pin in your drill press and decap over a 1/4" hole in a piece of hardwood. Wouldn't need to move them in and out of shell holders that way. I've been depriming on all my presses for...
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    Pistol Primer for Rifle - Not a Good Idea

    Since .45 Colt takes a large pistol primer using rifle primers really isn't an option. Use standard primers for the 14k loads and magnum for the 25k+ loads and you'll be fine. Large rifle primers may not seat below flush and would give you all kinds of problems you don't want to deal with...
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    Which is more effective?

    Wadcutters work well in a .38, but don't expect great results if you have to stuff more of them in the cylinder quickly.
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