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It loads, it goes bang, it ejects, but any sort of reliable, repeatable accuracy and precision seems to elude it as close as five metres (~6 yards). What sort of performance should I expect from it? My suspicions lie with the following in order: Ammo, user, firearm. Ammunition (Remington bulk...

I know this is sort of silly, but better to come here and ask than to do the wrong thing and come here to weep. When "loading down" for the .357 Magnum, is there any problem with using .38 spl loads, unaltered, in .357 magnum cases?

One is a Taurus .357 Magnum with seven-round cylinder, long-ish barrel (7 inches and change) and muzzle ports. .357 is .357, right? The nervous part of me wonders whether the 7-shot cylinder has enough metal in it. I also don't know how unfounded my concerns are regarding clogging up of the...

I think I have it almost all back together, but I'm getting a reality check here. PRESS - check. DIES - check. POWDERS - check. PRIMERS - check. PROJECTILES - check. SCALE - check. LOAD MANUALS - check. CASE LUBE/PAD - currently missing, but so old as to be worth replacing. CASE RACKS - check...

Taurus M637 Tracker (typo; might be 627) Being sold new at my LGS. Worth the risk or stay the hell out?

Not a how-to question, just gathering a range of opinions. How long do you tumble your brass for? How do you modify this process depending on its condition? (e.g. straight from your own chamber back into the cartridge box vs. picked up off the ground after ejection vs. other people's brass...

So I dug out the MEC, loaded up a bar and a bushing, grabbed a fired hull and got to work testing how much powder it would actually drop. I chose 700X and #8 lead Hummason shot. The hull is a once-reloaded Winchester Universal, but it doesn't matter; I was really only using it as a receptacle to...

I have the abovementioned die in .303 British, and tonight I was trying to set it up to load a dummy round with a Woodleigh 215gn RN hunting bullet. The press is an RCBS Partner Press. I followed the instructions, screwing the die into the press until it contacted the shellholder, then adding...

Once you've put it on, how long is it good for? It's more an academic question, because I've usually done a cycle of lube five, size five, repeat; I'm just curious. My particular context is that I'm full-length resizing .223 Remington and/or .303 British with Hornady Unique lube. (Before you...

Does anyone know of a load that can be used to throw 7/8oz of shot over a charge of 700X? I've looked in Lyman 5th and the RCBS manual and can't seem to find anything that fits. I do have other powders I can use for such loads; just wondering if there's something in print somewhere I have missed.

First let me acknowledge that I am well aware of the machine's limitations, flaws and idiosyncrasies. However, I think the beast needs to be given credit where it is due. When I bought it, it was an inexpensive way to introduce myself to shotshell reloading and see whether that was something I...

So I chucked up the case holder in the drill as I have seen so many do on YouTube, and for the life of me I cannot get cases to lock up hard enough in the holder that they don't wobble all over everywhere during the trimming process. Ruined one case and pretty sure I've ruined the .223 Rem pilot...

I like the Lee Loader in that it frees my reloading from my fixed setup in the shed when winter comes. Unfortunately, my wife doesn't like the banging - especially when it's delivered on her counter-top. Watching Youtube vids for Sinclair and similar arbor presses, I wondered if they might not...

I know what wadcutters are for and why; what I haven't worked out for myself yet is why both HB and DE types exist. What differing purposes do they serve, and is the major significance at the reloading end, the impact end, or somewhere in between?

Assuming one is willing to deal with the undersize problem.

SPECIFICATION Intended use: Casual shooting, possibly IPSC revolver. Restrictions: I live in Canada, so ultra-compact revolvers are off the table (minimum barrel length is at least 4 inches IIRC) and self-defence use is not a consideration. The silver lining is that I don't have to be able to...

Early this week I went out and shot a bunch of 9mm I had loaded up. The recipe was one which had previously worked in my gun, so I was expecting good things. Imagine my horror when numerous rounds: 1) Stovepipe jammed. Numerous of these. 2) Failed to go fully into battery. Pulling the mag and...

I've tried the 9mm Lee Loader a couple of times now, and both times I have been defeated by bullet seating issues. To wit, I cannot get the damn things to go in. The 9mm set has no expander tool, and the advice is to chamfer the case neck with tools that include a pocket knife. I decided to try...

These are commercially bought bullets, Speer 9mm LRN, which is why I'm not putting this in the casting section. I bought a box of these to try them out and see whether my M&P9 will digest them well, but only after they came in did I slap my forehead and realise I had forgotten to buy lube. My...

... has anyone here put an unlubricated cartridge case into the workflow for a 9mm Luger (Parabellum) Lee Loader? If so, what happened? Lee themselves recommend the cases be lubed for this task, but I just know I'm going to forget one day (because my other Lee Loaders are all bottlenecked...