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So was thinking the other day... everyone says you have to wash your case lube off when done (presumably to avoid powder contamination) and then i remembered some people add wax/polish when dry tumbling, or use a wash and wax if wet tumbling but i never see anyone call this out for potential...

Say you have a bullet that is way out of spec and will not fit your case gauge so it needs to be pulled down and disposed of, or you accidentally get a nato case with a crimp still in the primer pocket hole and primer gets seated 1/2way or so and jams... Do you de-cap and re-use them? If not...

How do you know if a powder is "hard to ignite" and you are having ignition issues? I often see that ball powder for 223 is "hard to ignite" and that military rounds use a magnum primer to ensure ignition with the ball powder. How is this trait expressed? Do you get a hang fire, does the...

The directions for my hornady 223 swaging kit are a little sparse, basically it looks like its a guessing game to dial in the swage depth and they only give a picture of what a proper swage should look like. Should i just be going by feel of how hard it is to seat a primer, and stay on the...

I just reloaded some 40 and had an issue with them not fitting the case gauge when finished and QCing my rounds. I am not a very experienced reloader and last time I made 40was probably a year ago since I shoot 9mm most of the time and almost never reload anything else so I can’t remember If I...

What do you guys use to prevent rust on the outside of your dies? My hornady dies said to clean them very well to get all the factory grease off, but i am now thinking they were only talking about the inside of the die and not the exterior. I gave them a liberal coating of one shot...

Are there any cheap screens for sorting range brass (pistol sizes). Most of it is 9/40/45 but may be some other stuff mixed in like 38spcl, 380, etc. I need a better way to do this in bulk, getting very time consuming sorting by hand (and dirty).

Total newbie here, know nothing about casting but would like to get my feet wet. I assume that there are both quality, and crap molds and tools out there for casting as with any other hobby. Can you guys suggest some good brand for molds in 9/40/45 and buckshot? Can high power rifle rounds...

Since hollow points have their lead exposed on the nose of the bullet, does this help at all with lead exposure/contamination when shooting compared to an FMJ which has the lead exposed at the base of the bullet and comes into contact with the explosion pushing the bullet out of the barrel...

I was shooting today and noticed that when my barrel heated up my POI started to be way off, after say 40-50 rounds down the barrel of 9mm. I shot about 100 rounds total, the last few were way off low and to the left. My ammo shoots nice tight groups when the gun is cold, around what point can...

Just want to give a shout out for the lanolin + Iso alcohol mixture for case lube, just resized my first 223 cases and went smooth as silk! Also like the fact that you can lube them up and keep them stored that way until you are ready to resize to help stop tarnishing. This is the spray bottle...

Is there some trick I am missing to remove the expander head and decapping pin on a hornady 223 die? I checked manual/YouTube and everyone says just screw the tip off but that thing is on there good! I don’t want to marr the surface with pliers and ruin the expander head. Tried gripping it...

How do you guys store your primers so they do not get damaged from moisture? I like to keep my reloading stuff in the garage in case of an accident, which makes them more prone to moisture damage than keeping them inside where temp/humidity is relatively stable. I always keep primers in their...

Can anyone shed some light on the basics of powder burn rates and how that comes into play when reloading (or point me to some good reading on the subject). The very basic understanding i have so far is that fast burning powders reach peak pressure more quickly, have more of a "snap" than...

What kind of dry media can i use in a vibratory tumbler that wont leave dust behind? I tried some lymans walnut (red in color) to clean some nickle plated 9mm cases and they all got a red dust stuck to the inside of the case, and the engravings on the case head. This was using a cabelas tumbler...

Hopefully there are some glock experts that can help me out. I just got done test firing a glock 17 build, and it is putting a massive ding in almost all the brass. Looks like its getting mashed into the ejector? NOTE!!! I was shooting 1 bullet at a time without a magazine in (still waiting...

When you guys reload a round and pick your target figures for OAL and powder charge, are you trying to get that EXACT number every single round or do you have an acceptable tolerance range? For reference, i am using a hornady LNL doing mostly 9/40 but will be trying 223 soon. My powder charges...

Do you guys who use progressive presses tend to break your reloading down into batches by each step in the process, or do everything at once? For example, this is my current process: - Decap (universal die to keep my resizer's clean) - wet tumble - reload (all the dies on the progressive at...

So i just shot some 9mm reloads today, grouped excellent and every bullet fired great no jams, etc. They are the following specs: Speer 9mm once fired brass, wet tumbled, reloaded Berry's 9mm 115gr round nose bullets 4.0-4.1 gr Tite group (hornady LNL has a little variance throw to throw...

About to start loading up some .223 and was wondering what some powder choices may be that are stable across cold temps? I was reading H4895 was a good choice for my intended purposes. Will be used for plinking in AR's exclusively, it's extremely cold here right now (around 0*f, colder with...