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In pistol calibers, I'm currently reloading .380 ACP, .38 Special, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. I have Unique, Power Pistol and W231, but I was given four pounds of WST and would like to find a use for it if I could. There's not a lot of WST load data in my manuals, although I did find some on the...

I never see any gun ads/auction where the current owner says anything like "I've tried a dozen different types of ammo and it won't feed any of them worth a darn", or "I couldn't hit a barn from the inside with it", or "it's been back to the manufacturer three times and no one knows what the...

I'm toying with the idea of casting my own bullets, but I wanted to ask one simple question before I dive into the stickies: All the things I see about adding sawdust, candle wax, flux, etcetera - is that just for when you're smelting your alloy into ingots, or do you have add that kind of...

I'm depriming a bunch of .45 ACP brass before tumbling, and was wondering if there were any headstamps worth treating differently? Right now, I'm pitching the "TZZ" military cases, because there are so few of them that I don't want to bother with de-crimping them. There's no AMERC brass that...

I just picked up a Remington R1 Saturday. This is my first 1911-style gun that uses a barrel bushing (my Springfield EMP is a compact 1911, but it doesn't use a barrel bushing). I dimly remember reading something about sliding the barrel out of the slide a little ways before unscrewing the...

I just received my Dillon rifle case gauge for .223. Here's what it looks like: Just to make sure I understand correctly, if a fired case drops freely into the gauge, and both the head and mouth ends fall between the high and low surfaces, then I don't need to full-length size or trim the...

I have nothing that's chambered in .50 AE, but I have about 100 pieces of once-fired brass just staring at me... I can probably resist that temptation, but several thousand .45 ACP cases are really making me lean toward a 1911 for my next gun purchase. :D

This weekend, I went to my local range and sorted through fifteen gallons of spent brass in order to find five gallons that I wanted to buy. I got plenty of what I wanted (.38, .357, .45 ACP, .380 and a little .223). I even grabbed a few dozen .50AE and .45 Colt, even though I don't have any...

I've noticed quite a few entries in the Lee manual where the starting load and max load are the same. As an example, with a .380 ACP 95 gr FMJ bullet, the entries for W231 and Unique both have starting loads that are the same as the max loads. Does this really mean that I shouldn't go beyond...

The ammo used was factory, not reloads (I'm still working on gathering up a sufficient quantity of .380 brass before I start reloading it), but I figure you guys probably spend more time examining your spent brass than those who don't reload, so I thought I'd ask here. Most of my spent cases...

Just bought a 22/45 at the gun show yesterday, and after field stripping it a few times and cleaning/oiling it, I wanted to take it to the range today for a little break-in love. It's the "Hunter" model with the long fluted barrel. Here's a stock photo; mine looks just like it: I put about...

Just an idle thought that came up during another thread - can you legally convert a modern (post-1986) AR to select-fire using a drop-in auto sear or "lightning link", as long as the DIAS/LL was manufactured and registered prior to 1986 and you did all the applicable paperwork and paid the...

What are some of the factors that determine whether you get a fast approval, a slower approval, or a "delayed" response when a seller submits your information for a background check? During my last three gun purchases, the sellers have all commented on how quickly my approvals have come in...

When my skipper transferred to Italy and couldn't ship his gunpowder, he gave a bunch of it to me. I recognized the pistol powders and will have a use for them, but I don't reload any rifle calibers except .223. In with everything else was eight pounds of IMR4895 and sixteen pounds of WC860...

Both of these shows are in town this weekend - one in Norfolk, VA and the other just down the street in Virginia Beach. If you were only able to attend one of them (or had to pick which one to hit first thing Saturday morning), is there one that has a better reputation than the other?

This weekend, I put about 150 rounds through a .380 ACP Beretta 84BB "Cheetah". The gun is relatively new to me, but it was made in 1986 or so. Looking at the fired brass, there are fine scratches around the outside of the case, starting about halfway up the case and continuing to the case...

I've decided to stop worrying so much about the initial cost of the guns I buy, because I've realized that even with reloading my own ammo, it'll only be a few years before I've shot much more money through the gun than I initially spent on the gun. :D

My Beretta 84BB shoots about 2-3 inches above POA at 10 yards. Groups are nice and tight, so it's not a precision problem, just the fact that POA and POI aren't matching up. I tried three different brands of ammunition, and while some were better than others, they all shot somewhat high. With...

Last week, I received a speeding ticket (73 in a 60) while driving a government van full of military officers and senior enlisted personnel. I was as polite and respectful as could be, the patrolman was pleasant and professional, and I thought the whole episode was pretty uneventful. But when...

An FBI agent I shoot with let me borrow hers, and I fell in love with it. I used to see them on Bud's, but they appear to be out of stock there, and a quick search on gunsamerica didn't turn up any either. Is Springfield no longer making them for the FBI, or are they just no longer making a...