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I am just checking to make sure as I will be for the first time reloading for my 35 Remington Pump. Will the Hornady FTX (flex tip) bullet work in the magazine? It appears that it will but thought I would check to see if anyone has used them. I haven't looked at any load data yet so I am...

I have to admit for as long as I have seen this I thought it was overprices and just something you do not need. However for some reason today after reloading 2,000 9mm I sure wished I had one. I am talking about one of the most overpriced and really made for the lazy reloader. Yes I can't...

Reloading for the AR 15 can appear simple just like reloading any other rifle. However because of it being a semi-automatic there are some extra caution or steps you should take. AR 15s are a little more sensitive to pressure and bolt thrust than a regular bolt action. In addition there is also...

It is now time to find a better solution to securing my rifles. I am probably one of the last traditional gun cabinet people. This has worked but has been a pain since I have a gun lock on every gun. While it works great for keeping children safe it really isn't much of a deterrent against...

I don't have to go over how hard it is to try and finder your favorite gun powder. Primers I have but gun powder is on the low side so when I saw a 4 lb jug of Red Dot for $60 on a shelf I did some research. Yep I can load 45's with it and even some other pistol calibers. So back I went and I...

I feel a little bit stupid today. Last night I taught someone how to safely handle their new pistol. The pistol was given to the person by his son who is in law enforcement. Everything went well as we moved through the safety aspects of shooting and having a gun. Then a problem developed which...

I bought my first AR style gun back in the early 1990's. The main purpose was for competition. For 17 years it has performed wonderfully and it all that time it only failed to feed one time. It was a simple operator error I let it get a little dry. A few drops of oil and it was back to normal. I...

It took me years before buying my first Glock then even longer to get my first XD. I am glad I bought these and they have made me a believer in the plastic frames. Both are great guns. The Glock was new but the XD-45 was used, in fact the fist used gun that I bought. I have given it some time...

I have been reloading for over two decades now. I'm not sure how many rounds I have done but lets just say it is far over 10,000. How important is a chronograph in reloading? Most of my experience is in pistol, rifle experience is only two years. The only problem I ever had was when I misread...

I really don’t know how long the Springfield Trap Door has been in the family. I know it has been 81 years plus. What I do know about this gun is interesting. First of all they are known as the 1873 Springfield 45-70 Trap Door. Though mine was made in 1884, they are easy to date because each...

I just started to reload for my 45-70. Things started off slowly mostly due to operator error. Thus I had a few crushed cases. It was a case of new brand of dies and not reading. This was the first time for Hornady dies for me. In any event I have everything going well except for the crimping...

The nice thing about a Dillon press is if you want to go the extra mile there are more than enough after market products to outfit your reloader. There is nothing wrong about any stock machine. However the auto industry has made another whole market for people that don't like stock cars and...

I have been giving some thought to mining my lead from the range. I have over thousands and thousands of lead bullets shot into the bunker. I'm not ready to get into bullet casting but I thought I would at least melt the lead down into bricks or something like that. Do I need to wash the lead...

I'm not sure if this is an issue for all of the Hornady brass but it is for their 45-70 LEVERevolution brass. The issue is that this brass is shorter than standard 45-70 brass. The average length is 2.035" which is .060" short of the S.A.A.M.I. cartridge trim length of 2.095" for this cartridge...

Well I have wanted one of these for a long time and now I have a Marlin 45-70. I should be able to make good use for the 1,500 pieces of brass that I have from shooting my Springfield. I have never reloaded the 45-70, I have been thinking about doing it for the Trapdoor but just never got...

I'm just having a little fun the 2.5 is for the 2.5 gallon bag and the time it took me to load them. These are once fired cases compliments from the local law department when I qualified with them. So the cases were free toss in some Winchester primers and some WAP and the total cost to reload...

I knew the day would come when I finished my last WAP, Winchester Action Pistol gun powder. I loaded the 2,000 rounds today which claimed the last few pounds that I had. I thought it was a very good powder and used it in both my 40 and 45. Now I have to transition over to Silhouette. I just...

When I was searching for a single stage press Lee was not on the list. After all how could something so much cheaper than the competition be better? However a few posters made some nice points and the long story short as most of you know I bought one. So now I have loaded just over 1,000 rounds...

Today I sat down to figure out how much I spent to reload 1,000 rounds of 223. The total cost was $213.50. this included the cost for the bullets, primers and powder. The brass was given to me which I have been lucky over the years to have a free source for once fired 223, 40 & 45. Now...

Dillon takes a pretty good rap when it comes to expensive caliber conversions. If most people are like me they already have more than a few. I have 6 to be exact. I started reloading a few new calibers and one of them is the 223. At first the single press did well however when I made the move...