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I think all handloaders should know about the good experience I had with RCBS. I have a bench Auto Primer System (APS) since they first came out, and I have no idea when that was, but it has been a while. The primer plug got jammed and I had to remove the top plate that accepts the shellholder...

I bought a box of 120gr in .25 caliber for my .25-06 and they look pretty sleek, appearing long for caliber. But not much info on the box other than it being a method of bonding lead to jacket and that one needs to go to a Speer site for loading info that is specific for these bullets. I...

For years I've set my dies so that a resized case sets the shoulder back 0.002" from the fired size, the idea being it prevents excessive case stretch while improving accuracy. Tonight, I'm perplexed. Cases fired in my .223 AR-15 measure 1.460" using a Stoney Point Headspace gauge on my...

I have night sights on my Kimber TLE-II .45 ACP. I went to my first IDPA match and I didn't do badly, but my 7th decade eyes can't see the front sight in daylight as well as I'd like, so I sent away for a fiber optic Kimber front sight. Can anyone tell me if this is difficult to change and...

I have night sights on my Kimber TLE-II .45 ACP. I went to my first IDPA match and I didn't do badly, but my 7th decade eyes can't see the front sight in daylight as well as I'd like, so I sent away for a fiber optic Kimber front sight. Can anyone tell me if this is difficult to change and...

I'm resizing .45 ACP's tonight and just happened to notice what looked like a large flash hole in a "once fired" Winchester case. It easily accepted a 1/8" drill bit. A new unfired Starline case passed a 5/64" but not 3/32." So I began paying closer attention. 8 Winchester cases all passed a...

I'm just getting into reloading .45 ACP. All my reference books list Fed 150 as the primer, which I can't find anywhere nearby. I'm using CCI 300 without apparent problems but I wondered if there was anything special to Federal 150?

I just received a gift of a .223 Panther AR15 rifle, new to a guy who has a 55 year history of revolvers and bolt-actions. I sent an e-mail to Panther, but failing a response, I'll ask here: There is a spring-loaded button on the right side of the receiver, angled toward, but below, the bolt...

I received a .223 AR-15 as a gift and here it is, 2 days after Christmas, and 8 miles away is Cabelas....no brass, no loaded ammo. No Winchester SR primers. I checked Midway, Nachez, CheaperThanDirt, Starline, Weidner's, and MidSouth on the Internet- all out of stock. Wow! Is everyone stocking...

I bought 500 new .270 cases in 1995 for $73. Now they are over $400, forcing me to look to load other brass I have. I've always used Remington cases. I have Winchester, Hornady and Federal on hand. I understand they may all have a different internal capacity but if one is not a bench match...

I burned out the barrel of one of my .270 rifles so I re-barreled it to 25-06 with a 26 inch barrel. I'm aware that the most accurate load is not always the one with the greatest velocity but I was able to get a 1-inch group at 200 yards with my .270, using a 130gr Hornady SST going 3000 fps in...

I have a digital electronic RCBS scale, the plug of which is connected to a small surge protector before it gets plugged into the receptacle. There is no draft or significant air current in the room. When I zero the scale and remove the pan, I'll get a reading of 99.4gr, which is, of course...

I fired some reloaded Hornady XTP 200gr bullets out of my .45 Colt/.410 Judge with a 3-inch barrel. Used 6.7 gr of Tite-Group and CCI 300 LRP. Bullets grouped 4" to the left of my point of aim. Some of the cases were extremely sooty. The Hornady box labeled them .451". Would things improve...

Anyone have any .45 Judge loads? I'm not talking shotshells. What case can I use (.45 colt -also known as "Long Colt)? Can I use the .454 cases? I hve a 3" barrel - can I load cast bullets as low as 215 gr? Which powder? Thanks......

I'm toying with the idea of buying another gun I really don't need....a 1911....stirred up interest by reading about the Ruger addition. Remington has one, too. Along with a host of others, the price of which is generally distracting. I'll just use it for target practice, no competition...

Does anyone find the relative powder burn rates useful? They are available on Hodgdon's website. I realize they are only "relative" to each other and not absolute. That is, for sure, #1 is Norma R1 the fastest and the slowest is #144, VihtaVuori 20N29, but within the list I understand one...

Does anyone know where I can obtain information regarding the foot-pounds of recoil energy for common rifle loads such as 120gr 25-06, 150gr .270 win, and others? Cardiothoracic surgeons who are not shooters have a difficult time clearing a shooter who has had open heart surgery for firing a...

Let me hear it. What's your favorite out of these two calibers?

IMR 8208 XBR and Hodgdon's Hybrid 100V - has anyone used them? Any advantages over what's already out there?

I worked up some loads for my .380 Auto using Unique, HP-38 and Titegroup. All functioned well but I noticed Titegroup produced fired brass with soot marks on only one side of the case starting at the mouth. Any problems with this? I was also firing 9mm Luger and as I picked up my brass I...