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In another forum there are posts indicating that some of the guys are painting the boolets instead of ALOXing them. Anybody doing it. Oops, I see there are other posts but I didn't know how to delete this, sorry.

I almost bought a 3 inch NIB Ruger GP100 today. Then I noticed that there was no adjustable rear sight so I passed on it and got the same gun in 4+" bbl. Both are beautiful guns. The Hogue grips are nice too. I don't have any short bbl guns so I wanted that 3" gun. Did I make a mistake...

Hi, has anyone tried Trail Boss powder in their Lee Pro 1000 with Auto-Disk powder measurers? I am about to purchase some Trail Boss but first I want to know if it will measure as good or better than Unique. Loading with Unique it is difficult or impossible to see into the case of a 38 Spec or...

I have a load of .38 Spec. once or twice fired shells. Mostly I shoot .38's at the range, but I always like to throw in some 357's, just because I like to shoot them. I also have about 7 pounds of Unique powder. Normally I load 3.8g for the 148g LSWC's or 150g LRN .38's where the max. 4.2g...

I have been using liquid Alox to protect my guns from lead. It works very well for my 380's, 38's & 357's. Normally I have been firing LWC & LSWC. I now also have a LRN mold. I have been using only Lee molds. The bullets are fine and the accuracy of the WC & SWC is very good. I have not...

I've had my 3 hole Lee Pro 1000 press for many years of good service. Lately, while loading 38 Specials there is a minor but annoying problem. When I raise the shell into the sizer (first die) it seems to be slightly off center to the right, a gentle push with my finger and a tiny click as it...

I am looking at purchasing a .380 mold. I like the lee molds and they have a TL356-124-TC that I like for tumble lubing but I can't find a load for Unique which is all I have right now. I have the Lee and Lyman books and I've looked at handloads.com and M. D. Smith. M.D. Smith has a load for...

Who in NJ has a CC Permit? How did you get it? I will apply soon. I was told not to waste my time.

How Badly Did I Scrow Up? I have put together some .38's that I smelted. I used the TL357-148WC mold. Since I used once fired brass I ran them thru the sizer/decaper die first on my Lee 1000 3 hole press to decap them. Therefore, I thought that the sizing was correct. Yesterday I picked up...

I'm about (I live in NJ) to take possession of my new to me 8 inch Trooper MkIII with nickel plating. I know there are plenty of cleaning threads but I can't find one about cleaning nickel plating. Brake cleaner, carb. cleaner, diesel fuel, WD40, even glass cleaner, Dunk kit, lots of choices...

I know that when smelting boolets and when assembling them, one should wear gloves. So when using my press to assemble them, I wear mechanics plastic gloves, sometimes on only one hand. They are alright until I must place my boolet into a shell. I do it but it is unwieldy. As to smelting, I...

After trying everything that I could to get my Lee Pro 2000, 3 hole turret press to index, I called Lee. A nice lady named Cathy made some suggestions, and I told her that I had done all that, she said send it in and we'll fix it for you. I asked the price and she said if we don’t have used...

My 380 was getting a little restless so I took it to the range yesterday to give it some exercise. All was fine until I started policing my brass. I saw burn marks on one side of the brass. It went halfway around and about halfway down. I'm thinking it might not have been well crimped...

I managed to swap some Unique for 500 magnum small pistol primers. Are they OK for 38 cal? Richard L.

Hi guys, I'm looking for some advise. I have run thousands of 380's through my 3 hole lee press. During that time I never had to adjust anything on the machine. It came setup for the 380's and worked like a well oiled machine should. Now I have switched over to 38's (I got 3 new dies from...

I need some advise or at least some opinions. I mentioned in an earlier thread that I had started using The Lee Auto Prime instead of priming with my Lee 3 hole press. Doing it is not a big problem and retired men should never complain about time. So forget that it does take extra time for an...