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I am very new to Semi-Autos. I've fired a few Glocks and a couple of other "plastic" guns and quite frankly the triggers were pathetic. I never thought I would own a semi-auto until I dry fired a few 1911's at the gun shop today. Now that's what a trigger should feel like. Why don't the other...

My son and I are new to semi-auto handguns. He is looking for a .45 ACP in the $500.00 range. We have seen some good reviews on Rock Island Armory. Any thoughts on this or other. Thanks.

In New Mexico, open carry is legal as is concealed carry of an unloaded gun. Concealed carry requires a permit. I have thought about trying the unloaded conceal in one pocket and the ammunition in another pocket. Anyone else carry this way?

My son went shooting today with his friends. It was his first time shooting without me hanging around. He is 18 and his friends are just slightly older. It was sort of bittersweet but I am proud of him. I never shot much with my Dad but often tagged along with my older brothers when I was 9...

Original Topic: What music do you listen to while reloading? What music do you listen to while reloading? For me, it's Country. For the most accurate loads you gotta add a little YEE-HAW. Some discussion was raised after this thread was originally closed as off topic, being that the point of...

I shot my first reloads in my 7.35mm Carcano. 128 grain bullets with IMR 4064. Out of 6 shots, 4 grouped in 3 inches but the other 2 spread the group out to 9 inches. This was open sighted over a sandbag at 100 yards.

I have a 2 die set for my 7.35 mm. The bullet seating die says to screw the die into the press until it touches the shell holder. If you want a crimp, screw it IN another 1/4 turn. If you don't want a crimp, screw it OUT 1/2 turn. I decided to crimp and the first one worked fine. The second one...

I was reloading 7.35 mm today and the reloading data that came with the dies was contradictory. The schematic of the cartridge shows the MAXIMUM length is 2.894. The reloading data chart says the MINIMUM length should be 2.893. (Not much room for error) When I set the bullets to the...

When I started reloading a few years ago, it was with the Lee Loader (uses a mallet instead of a press). The caliber is .308 and it's been a couple of years since I have used it. I decided to give it a try again, and after resizing the cases, I remembered that the cases cannot be trimmed after...

As a general rule, how many reloads can I expect from .223 brass fired from an AR15? I am on my 18 reload on some .45 Colt brass, but I assume this is probably not possible with the .223 brass.

Do you guys keep track of how many times your brass is reloaded? I try to do this but is it really necessary?

While my son and I were out shooting today, I decided to make a few snowballs from last weekends snowstorm and let my son test his Ar15 on them. They made a nice explosion and no mess to clean up. They are a little hard to come by sometimes though.

Currently I store reloads and brass in MTM plastic storage containers. As a woodworker, I thought it would be fun to build some 50 round, 100 round or larger capacity boxes out of wood. I'm not talking about a box to put the plastic boxes in, I'm talking about boxes designed to hold the...

I picked up around 500 WCC military .223 cases at the police range, cleaned them, removed the primer, removed the crimp with a 1/2 inch countersink, lubed them and resized them. They were fairly tough to resize and some had square shaped marks that I could see with a magnifying glass, evenly...

Will the various commercial gun cleaning products harm the plastic furniture on AR 15's?

Are there any factory .223 loads that should not be fired in an AR15? What about published .223 reloads? There are "Ruger Only" loads , are there any "never fire in an AR 15" loads? Just curious.

Keep in mind that I am new to semi-autos. My son and I just built an Ar15 and were testing the bolt release by pulling the bolt back with an EMPTY magazine in the gun and the pushing the bolt release catch. It seemed rather "violent" to me and wondered if this was hard on the rifle in the same...

I reload .45 Colt using Lee dies and .308 using the Lee Loader. I am planning on using a Lee 3 die set to size, seat the bullet and crimp for my son's AR15. I shoot a Blackhawk .45 Colt and an H & R single shot .308 and have no experience reloading for a semi-auto. Other than crimping and...

One of the local gun shops had magnesium lowers which I had never heard of. They were lighter, which is of little concern to me, but does anyone have any information on their durability. They were all he had and I would like to do business with him. He said they were stronger as well as lighter...

My son wants to build his own ar15. He wants the ability to mount a scope, iron sights, a good trigger, and an overall solid gun for around 800 to 1000. This gun will be used mostly for plinking. My brother in law has built 2 and said it wasn't difficult. I have heard others say that you need...