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Im learning so much about shooting so fast its hard to remember all of it. I am the first shooter in my family and a young one at that. I find it helpfull if things are re-worded so I can understand them if I want o remember them.....so....heres what I understand so far. The Corilois effect can...

Hi guys! Im new to reloading and I was wondering what kind of brass this was. LC 74(With nato circle and crosshairs) IVI 70(Nato) WRA 68(Nato)-this one is unique. All others are crimped so I know there military, but this ones not crimped IVI 70 (Nato) WRA 68 (Nato) IVI 70 (Nato) there seems to...

A REMINDER TO ALL! Check your gear, stay safe THEN have fun! Last duck season, shot skeet all summer, got syked for duck season, left lead mod choke in the tube.....only shot 5 shotshells that day. Took me 8 hours of soaking in ALLOT of CLP, working and scratching the hell out of the top of...

To my understanding, both are very accurate bullets, the vmax is often used for varminting and the Amax for match shooting. Which os better for what? What bullets should I look for for paper punching? I want great results at 200 yards. Im no 1,000 yarder, but I wouldnt mind a bullet that can...

Ive read about moly coating where you polish the bullets, tumble it and coat it with this moly stuff. Whats the deal? What does it do, how does it help, wont it foul a barrel more? Thanks! Dave

Im planning on collecting range brass. Im curious. How do you guys do it? Should I get numerous containers and collect it a set each caliber in its own container, then sort it by headstamp and the Manufacturer whilst junking crap casings and oddball brands? Thanks guys! Dave P.S. I reload .308...

*Factory cheapo brass. Can I load Factory brass untill it shows signs that it should be discarded/after 4 trimmings like store bought brass or is this surplus stuff crap? (Isnt brass, brass?) *Whats up with the lube that I put inside the neck? Heres my steps...... Tumble cases Lube inside of...

I was wondering how to inspect a bore. I have been shooting for a while...but can only notice a clean bore by its lumps of residual sut on the groves and lands. When those are wiped away or the bore is shiny, a oiled clean bore looks the same as a solvented dirty bore to me. I try to use a...

Hi everyone! I was bored and I bought everything needd to reload. Set up my bench....and have to work to get more money to pay for my ingredients for my hand loads. Since That will be a while for shipping and getting the money....I Figured HEY! Why not have a little competition! My measurements...

Hi everyone! I want to bed my savage rifle, but the recoil lug is offset slightly up and to the left...before I permanetely bed the rifle so the lug has to be there for the rest of that bedding jobs life(Prob. the life of the stock) I would like to center it....How Can I do this? Do I need...

Hi everyone. Im buying this scope base for my savage 12 FV http://www.bigrivertactical.com/Farrell_Bases.html It says it has inletting for bedding compound in the base of the receiver. How would I go about bedding this thing? Heres how I would go about it. leme know if im wrong ;) *Clean scope...

Is this a good website in terms of price?

Hi all! Lymans 48th has a recipe for 55 grain jacketed SPT. In can swap this out for a FMJ of the same weight because it wont effect pressure or OAL in any way correct? same applies for hollow points and other jacketed bullets of the same weight as long as its not different like boat tail or...

Hi guys....a few questions on my new reloading bench. 1)why wont my .223 case trimming gauge fit into my cutter? My .308 screws into it fine...but this one, the part that fits into the cutter and allows you to only go a certain ammount into the case wont screw into the cutter. It goes about...

To start this thread...IM SO STUPID! SO AGGRIVATED! CANT BELEIVE THIS HAPPENED! ok good....now that thats out of my system allow me to explain:mad: Happy to get my new reloading set....but the hornady die set DIDNT come with a .223 case holder....I failed to put the right one in. Put a casing...

Lymans 48th edition says that full length cartridges are slightle smaller than chambers. This is why they reccomend neck sizing so the case if fire formed to the chamber walls. Anyways they say full length sizing is not only hard on the brass it says that the cartridge rests on the bottom of the...

Whats neck turning? P.S. I have a lee 3 die set for .308 win. The deck sizing die is longetr than the full length sizing die....Do I have them mixed up the book has the pictures next to the naes and I figured ful length would be longer...no?

Before we get started...I meant bullets...not cartridges. I unserstand why cartridges can/cannot be more or less accurate. Bullets are what I dont understand. Alright....to cover the basics I understand how people say, oh 6.5 ! Thats an accurate cartridge, or 7mm Thats a great round. I just...

What is sectional density? I read the formula in my lyman reloading manual and I would like to know how it applies to the shooting worls. Is it how dense the bullet is...giving the shooter an idea of how it will react on targets?

Im readint lyman 48th before reloaing, ive read abcs and 5th edition and other books. But this is the first to mention something about the type of brass being used. I was always under the impression that all brass was brass, the same rules applied for it...some is better quality but they are all...