Riomouse911
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I had a few hours to spare this afternoon and I decided to load up the 100 brand spankin’ new nickel plated Starline .454 cases I have sitting in a MTM cartridge box.
I have plenty of H110...bullets, primers...all set!
I set the sizing and belling dies in my single stage and all went swimmingly...
Then I grabbed the last 100-box of Win Small Rifle primers... and it’s short 25! I don’t recall ever using any since it’s only .454 I load for that uses them, and I’m very good about adding a “-5” or “-20” on the box if I do use 5 or 20 primers out of a box rather than all 100. I think it was shorted at the retailer.
Then, to top it off, the label says the Sierra JHP bullets I have max at 1,400 FPS for revolvers. No probs! I have a box of XTP-MAG I bought a year ago. But upon closer inspection they’re only XTP with a max of 1,500 FPS for revolvers!
DOH!
So much for free time... now I’m hoping my LGS has .452 XTP-MAG bullets (or something similar) and Small Rifle primers in stock tomorrow or I’m ordering online and waiting another couple weeks to get some time to load them...
Stay safe
I have plenty of H110...bullets, primers...all set!
I set the sizing and belling dies in my single stage and all went swimmingly...
Then I grabbed the last 100-box of Win Small Rifle primers... and it’s short 25! I don’t recall ever using any since it’s only .454 I load for that uses them, and I’m very good about adding a “-5” or “-20” on the box if I do use 5 or 20 primers out of a box rather than all 100. I think it was shorted at the retailer.
Then, to top it off, the label says the Sierra JHP bullets I have max at 1,400 FPS for revolvers. No probs! I have a box of XTP-MAG I bought a year ago. But upon closer inspection they’re only XTP with a max of 1,500 FPS for revolvers!
DOH!
So much for free time... now I’m hoping my LGS has .452 XTP-MAG bullets (or something similar) and Small Rifle primers in stock tomorrow or I’m ordering online and waiting another couple weeks to get some time to load them...
Stay safe