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I love shooting my 44 magnum Redhawk. I'm new to 44 magnum and it's quite an adrenaline rush every time I bring it to the range. My hands get sweaty and I have a hard time maintaining my grip with heavy loads. It slides around a little bit. It originally had the hogue bantam grip which felt...

I have been using my RCBS 505 beam scale that came with my kit. It has served me well but a couple people I know recommend upgrading to an electronic scale. It does seem like it would be nice to have a digital read out faster and easy to zero. My only concern is will it be affected by...

What's a good source of an inexpensive 357 magnum bullet that can be pushed to magnum velocity without leading up the barrel? These are just going to be for fun so I was looking for something cheaper than the normal jacketed hollow points I buy for magnum loads. I normally shoot plated for...

I hear that you should shoot with both eyes open so you have a wider field of view. I also hear that you should focus on the front sight post rather than the target. I have always closed my non dominant eye and focused hard on the front sight. Now I am trying to train myself to shoot with both...

With the recent attacks in the news like the one in Paris and the one in California I have seen a lot of discussion on which weapon/caliber/ammunition to use to defeat these attackers. I have seen comments like have a bigger gun in the car, or use a weapon that penetrates body armor, etc. It...

I have a para ordnance single stack 45 auto 1911 I got used in a pawn shop 5 years ago. I have put a few thousand rounds through it and it has been fairly reliable depending on the ammo up until recently. I have started getting a failure to feed on the last round in the magazine. I was starting...

I was shooting my 357 magnum loads with 15.3 gr IMR 4227 and sierra 158 gr jhc on a winchester magnum primer. I noticed that it almost looks like sparks shooting out from the cylinder gap, which I am assuming is specks of burning powder. I noticed that this doesn't happen with h110. Is this...

I went to my local store to get some 158 grain XTP to load up some defensive type loads for my 357 magnum. They were out of the XTP but I found these Sierra 158 gr JHC: https://www.sierrabullets.com/store/product.cfm/sn/8360/357-dia-38-cal-158-gr-JHC I am working up a load using IMR 4227 and...

I have been carrying a smith and wesson j frame for a couple years now. With a lot of practice and a lot of dry fire training, I have become quite a fan of a revolver with a nice double action trigger. After recently upgrading my grip I like it and shoot it even more. Also after having...

This powder is the only pistol powder I can find locally right now so I decided to give it a try. Anyone use this powder? I read that this powder works best at max loads so I worked up to a max load for 45 acp. Some things I noticed: First it meters extremely well, even better than...

I just got a Lee Die Set for 380 and loaded up some a quantity of 100 using magtech 95 grain bullets. I put a very mild flare on the cases. Upon seating I thought it felt like it took very little force. Upon inspection I realized there's very little case neck tension. So little that I can fairly...

My P938 is fairly new, only a few hundred rounds through it. While sorting my brass I noticed a few pieces that are damaged. It shoots and cycles just fine, I never noticed anything wrong at the range. What is causing the brass to get chewed up?