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    Electronic powder measure

    Hey all, I'm looking into purchasing either the hornady electronic powder measure or the rcbs. I know rcbs is approx $100 more but quality and function is more important to me. Thoughts or suggestions? I'm mostly rolling 308.
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    Annealing brass

    This is something I've never done but would like to. I have propane torches, oxy/acetylene torches etc. What's the best procedure and temperature? It will be for 308/223/30-06.
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    Best single stage press and why

    Hey guys I was looking at purchasing another single stage press and thought I would get some opinions. I currently have Lee presses. What are your thoughts?
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    Static Electricity in reloading area

    So I noticed this happening today, I was charging some cases and saw a few granuals of powder sticking to the side of the plastic funnel. As I attempted to push them down they jumped up and almost out of the funnel. Any idea how to keep static away or de-static items? This also leads me to...
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    Marking your casings

    So the other day I was looking at my 308 cases wondering how I could mark them with the amount of times they have been shot/reloaded. I have seen competition pistol shooters paint rings around the case but I feel that anything painted or marked in that manner would come off during cleaning. The...
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    Adjust powder or coal?

    I have a question for the experienced. When your shooting 1" groups at 100 yards and want to fine tune for a smaller pattern what would you adjust first, powder or coal? I've done some research on this and nowhere does it say how close your shots should be with powder adjustments before playing...
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    178 grn eldx 308

    Anyone have any experience with hornadys new projectile?(178 grn eldx) It's weight is not recognized in my load charts. I'm thinking about picking a start load between 175 data and 180. Maybe 41 grns of varget or 4064? :confused:
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    308 case preference?

    Are some cases more desirable than others? I have an assortment from PMC/hornady match/rp/lake city/FC/win/CBC/wcc/aff/GGG/mke/ppu/RA/PSO etc. What are your thoughts? Or any facts?
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    Primer eject 308

    So my friend and I were shooting some test rounds today and had an interesting thing happen, after firing the rounds some of the primers ejected out of the case(essentially de-priming). I assumed the load was to hot but after looking in the Lee reloading manual we didn't even reach the max(do...
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    stuck cases 308

    So I have been reloading 308 for over two years and have had this problem on multiple occasions. my rcbs and lee full length sizing\decap dies will jam. I have tried various amounts of lube. one day it will work just fine and the next "wham" a stuck case. I have cleaned the die using compressed...
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