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Between Natchez and Cabela's and coupons and shipping specials I managed to restock the reloading cabinet pretty well. It all came today. 8 big pounds of Titegroup ought to keep me going for quite a while.

I am expecting some DBBWCs to arrive soon from Penn and am having trouble finding load data. I've been using 3.5 grains of Bullseye under 180 gr. LRNFPs, but these full wadcutters are going to sit a lot deeper in the case and I'm thinking they will require even less powder for a nice...

The primers have been there for a while, but I've been waiting for powder to spread the hazmat fee. Now they have Titegroup in stock.

If you haven't seen these already, please take a moment and check out the Safelert system from Liberty Safe. It relies on an internet connection to warn you if someone is opening or disturbing your safe, or if the temperature inside is rising. Opinions...

I just bought a plastic-framed 22/45 as another plinking pistol and cannot get the bolt to go forward on an empty chamber, whether or not the magazine is in, the safety is on/off or by pressing the bolt catch (which only seems to function when a round is in the magazine). So I am stuck with the...

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I've been looking for the lightest load possible for my Springfield Range Officer (for Bullseye competition) and at today's match observed something I have a question about. I moved down to 3.5 grains of Bullseye under a 185 gr. LSWC and swapped out the standard 16 lb recoil spring for a 12 lb...

If you think this is too much analysis, you are probably right, but I'm a numbers/charts guy and I like doing this kind of stuff. I've been able to accumulate a fair assortment of handguns and decided to break them down in a number of dimensions to see what I might need to fill in any holes...

I reload and shoot a 180 gr. LRNFP over 3.5 grains of Bullseye through my 3" S&W 24-3 .44 special (Lew Horton model). It makes a very accurate low recoil load at 25 yards for our club's snubby match (Bullseye format). My .45ACP Model 625-3 loves a 185 gr. LSWC, also pushed by 3.5 grains of...

Has anyone noticed that Walmart is now selling small metal ammo boxes? .30 cal size I believe. They have a Blackhawk sticker on the side and look to be newly manufactured. Price is pretty steep at $17, last time I picked one up from the local reloading store I think it was $7 (used). I don't...

I might have an opportunity to buy these and am interested in approximate values. I don't have any history on them other than they are very likely to be 1950s vintage or earlier. The one with the red grips has a very nice black holster that also holds an extra magazine. Both looked to be in...

I ran into this box of ammo over the weekend while looking at some old guns. I believe it is fired from some type of Derringer and was renowned for its weakness as a defensive cartridge. The Peters company went out of business in 1944 when they were bought by Remington.

In a recent visit with an elderly relative, I casually mentioned that I have an interest in handguns and wondered if she would like any help figuring out what her late husband (passed away nearly 40 years ago) may have left and what they might be worth, thinking she might have some 30s and 40s...

I shot a Bullseye match with my new Springfield Range Officer 1911 pistol today and did OK, scoring on par or slightly below what I usually shoot with centerfire revolvers. I'm very happy with the way the gun performed, and attribute my less-than-expected score to it being the second match of...

I've been shooting Bullseye with iron sighted revolvers for almost 4 years now, and have gradually worked my way up to high Sharpshooter (~800) scores using double action shooting for the timed and rapid fire segments of the matches. Today I decided to shake things up a little and used single...

I'm planning to shoot a match this weekend so I wanted to make sure my ammo will go through my new Springfield Range Officer without issue. I found that the supplied Springfield magazines are VERY hard to load with my 200 gr. LSWCs - the follower was sticking repeatedly going down the length of...

Not that I'm considering a new branch of the hobby, but I'm curious as to what fraction of reloaders also cast. Many of the guys at my range reload but I don't know any that cast their own bullets. If not, why not? Lack of time, not enough volume to justify, hard to find lead, fear of lead...

I bought a partial box of old-style CCI Stingers today and immediately noticed a difference in the bullets as compared to recently purchased rounds. The older bullets have a pentagonal hollowpoint as compared to a round hollowpoint now. The boxes (old=blue, new=clear) are also different, and I...

Bought some ammo from a friend of mine today who was selling it for a neighbor, and he showed me a gun his neighbor's deceased father made at some time in the past. I've never seen anything like this, and thought the pics might interest someone. It appeared to be about .45 caliber, with some...

A friend of mine was selling some shotgun shells for a neighbor so I took the opportunity to take them off his hands for about .25 each, based on what birdshot is running at WalMart. Probably not old by most standards, but certainly have a few years on them. Any "extra" value to any of these...