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I have a two year old Lee Classic Cast Turret that I just started doing 30.06 for my M1 Garand and I am having an issue with deciding how to get powder into it. If you are familiar with the CCT then you know it comes with the Auto Disk powder measure using disks. For those loads that exceed...

I just finished working up a 30.06 load for my M1 Garand and I was wondering if you track how many times you load a particular piece of brass? Right now, I pick up my empties, from Greek surplus HXP ammo, and dump them into a box to be cleaned. Is there a benefit to tracking how many times a...

I have been reloading some .223 loads for my Colt AR and want to rethink my primer use. I have read lots about folks using the CCI 400 Small Rifle primers but I see that there are also "41/5.56mm Military small rifle primer with NATO sensitivity" from their website. The question is, having...

I have an older Ithaca M37 12 ga. that I bought new in the early 70s with a long barrel (28"). I would like to get a replacement short barrel for this but was wondering if there is someplace other than Gunbroker and such for parts for these older shotguns? I know that they made an deerslayer...

I am on my second round of removing the military crimp on some .223 brass and my hands hurt. A search of this site turns up some nice products but does anyone make something that can be chucked in a variable speed drill? Yes, I know the Dillon 600 is the way to go but I don't do that much...

I am looking at machine pulled .223 bullets from http://www.hi-techammo.com/hitech.zkb?root&GENMENU6002&object-menu6. For punching paper and just getting range time, are these acceptable? I see minor handling marks so I am curious if any of you have reloaded machine pulled bullets and your...

Just to confirm that I am not an idiot, when using the barrel of my pistol as a go/no go gauge, I want the hood (I hope that is the correct term) to be slightly higher, or at worst, even with the base of the cartridge, right? I am talking about .45 acp and 9mm. I am having feeding issues with...

I am going to look at a Savage 1905 in .32 acp that is described as "incredible" by the gun shop. In addition, I have a Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless in .380 on layaway until I can drop in and buy the pistol. Does anyone have a book pricing for excellent/good/average examples? Thank you, Gary

I was at the LGS and saw a very nice Walther PPK/S for a fair price and it was almost LNIB. I did some reading online and here and found a variety of issues with some of the newer PPKs. However, I got confused with which of the iterations of the PPK are troublesome. Is it the Interarms...

And I got an email saying that. I click on the link and, yes, they HAD primers but limited each buyer to 500 and then you had to pay the hazmat fee. So their very nice price became ridiculous when I add in the hazmat. Why bother? My local shop has SR primers for $3.02/100 with a limit of...

I found a very nice, almost new, Bersa 383 DA, that won't fire in double action. The hammer stops just the slightest bit short of the firing pin, perhaps 1/16" or less. If you manually cock the hammer or rack the slide it will fire SA just as it is designed too. After pulling the trigger DA...

I decided that storing my pistol when I leave the house on business trips is not working. I have grandkids that visit so locking them up when I am gone is essential. Yes, I did do a search here and there are lots of reports on the Gunvault brand of pistol safes (and others of course). I am...

I have an 25+ year old Leupold VX III 2.5x8 scope that I want to mount on a new Colt LE6920 AR in .223/5.56. No particular reason - I just want to play aound with this rifle at 200 yards or more and see how it does. However (a big "however" though), I have never mounted a scope on a rifle...

My Lee CCT has never really worked well in the indexing mode so I ordered a new auto index clamp and two new square ratchets. To those of you with the Lee CCT, can you provide some answers? The auto index clamp is "wrapped" around the top of the ram, (obviously with the round projection up)...

I am helping a young neighbor set up his Lee Pro 1000 and I have to learn this tool before I help him learn to load .223 rounds. I have the Lee Classic Turret and really like it but this 1000 is causing me headaches. The instructions are marginal at best so I am looking for some experienced...

A friend loaned me his rifle charging die so that I can use my Lee Classic Turret to charge the .223 case with powder. I tried to adjust in a manner similar to their pistol charging die but it doesn't seem to work well. He doesn't have instructions so this is a hit or miss issue. Can anyone...

I have some questions concerning the care and feeding of my Leupold Var-XIII 2.5X8 scope. I had this on a Ruger M77 .300 Win Mag when I lived in Alaska but I haven't had this out except to clean it periodically in over 25 years. I just took the scope off of the Ruger and the optics are clear...

The local Cabelas doesn't have any primers (that isn't new) except for Magtech Small Rifle primers. I had read that CCI and Remington were the preferred SR primers because they have a harder cup and are less prone to damage from the semi-auto action. Has anyone used them in an AR, hopefully in...

I just got back from the range after my very first rifle reloading session and 5 cases had bulged bodies. This is a .223 round in a Colt AR. Excuse my failure at terminology but the bulge (it actually isn't a bulge but almost a collar or rim) occurred where the angled portion of the neck...

I spent a number of hours going over the archives and saw the numerous questions about AR and .223 loads, data inconsistency between published sources, etc so forgive if this exact question has come up. The rifle in question is a bone-stock Colt LE6920, 1/7 twist, powder is H335, bullet is a...