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Got a new mold in today, a Lee C309-170F, and I am struggling to cast clean bullets. I put lead in the pot and the mold on top to warm up for about 30min. Started casting at 700F, super wrinkly. Worked my way up in temps in 50F increments. Stopped at 950F as I did not feel comfortable...

So i have decided to add to my list of reloading projects and ordered a lee .309 170g flat point bullet mold, a .309 sizer and some gas checks. They will be powder coated. Hoping to use them for some 100yd plinking. As i understand from my reading these need to be slower than traditional...

I have always struggles with keeping notes. Generally I work a load up in a couple stages, and in the end if I like the load I write it down on a 3x5 card and that is what I reference back to. I am thinking keeping a reloading journal would be helpful, but I am unsure of what data and notes I...

So I have been having lead buildup in a couple guns and have been trying a few dedicated lead removal products to try and make cleaning a little easier. so I bought NO-Lead to try, ran into an issue while reading the instructions. Well I have never tried wipe-out or patch-out, and im not sure...

The rifle is a 20in barrel Henry lever gun chambered in 44mag/44spl. The load will be a 44spl with a home cast, gas checked, powder coated, 285g wide flat nose bullets Bullet length 0.785 base (with gas check) to crimp groove 0.358 The powder will be Power Pistol. I have tried a couple other...

So I test most of my reloads at 100yds, as its the closest range I have. in the past I have generally had 12 to 14 power scopes which seemed to do well for the work in general. On my last outing I was shooting my 223 AR with a 2-7x33 scope on it. I had a poor choice of targets 1in black squares...

So I left my powder in my trunk in plastic bottles for about 2 weeks. Got busy kind of forgot about it. I grabbed it out today as I had cast some bullets. it was clumped up really badly. While it was in the trunk my trunk leaked during some bad storms, had about 1/2in of water in the spare tire...

so I am looking for some roll crimp dies for 38/357 and 44spl/44mag. I have Hornady dies and have had problems with some 44mag bullets starting the crimp too early and shaving lead and not seating to the proper depth. I had a 38spl get stuck on the crimp ring in my die today. Had to use...

So I have never had brass split while firing, only while sizing or loading. Had this piece of 38spl split on me today while flaring. What would happen if I loaded and shot it? I'm guessing it would split most of the way down the case, and it not seal properly and vent gas back out the cylinder...

Initial Premise I wanted to test several bullet profiles in ballistics gel out of my snubbie. In my case a Clear Ballistics 10% gel block. I wanted to test hollow points, semi wad cutters, and flat points. Based on my limited testing and experience wide flat points in particular seem to out...

Just found MarkandSam after work put out a video on pressure signs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVYSG8VO9EU I know I have seen some discussions in the past that stated pressure signs are not a valid way to check for pressure. I feel that there are some caveats like brand, lots, and the...

Talking to a fried that had a stuck barrel nut. he has an action rod that engages the lugs in the barrel. However he was looking at getting an upper action vise. My thinking was an action rod would be a lot stronger way to hold the barrel/receiver than an action vise as the lugs on the barrel...

Been trying to read up on the new military cartridg 6.8x51mm or 277 Fury. I have always been interested in military cartridges as, in time, the ammo seems to become prevalent and inexpensive in relation to commercial cartridges. But at this point i dont buy anything i cant reload for. I...

So I feel like I am really over thinking this. I started out with 55g bullets, the Hornady bulk FMJ as they seemed to be the most common weight, most available, and cheapest at the time. Both in bullets for reloading and loaded ammo. I am currently at the point where I need to, and seem to be...

Both are lee molds, they have worked great. 208g round flats, 248g SWC with gas checks. Sized to .430 been playing with the powder coating. using powder by the pound glass clear and Eastwoods ford light blue. first couple batches were coated with glass clear, and had some light blue sprinkled...

All sold Need to get rid of some odds and end .224 bullets all were sold Was doing an inventory for my .224 bullets and had some odd and ends I am probably not going to use. I don't have loads worked up for them and don't have enough to make it worth while. Figured some of you all might be...

So I bought some 75g Hornady OTM bullets a while back to test in 223. Saw in another thread here https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=614522 the OP was having good results with H335 with 62-65g bullets so I picked up 1lb to play with in addition to CFE223 and BL-C(2). Got some...

Trying to do some learning, and i feel silly asking but i feel like i dont understand this well. I have only tried a handful of powders over the years. So im Sure there are many i have not seen. Does powder shape have any relation to burn rate, or what barrel length it is suited to or is it...

Have been following the thread on gun oil for semi auto handguns. This made me do some thinking about carry or duty weapons. To me there are lots of good oils out there, however I feel the focus it too much on the "best" oil and not nearly enough on proper firearms maintenance. When I started...

so I happened to see a recent episode of johnnies reloading bench on youtube. He pushed some Speer Gold Dot rifle bullets at unintended speeds. It was of particular interest to me seeing as I accidentally bought 200, .308 150g Gold dots intended for the 300blk... for my 30-06. In this testing in...