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I've got an interesting problem to solve. I picked up 5 rounds of Barnes Vor-tx loaded ammo (TTSX) in .35 Whelen. I've been wanting to try reloading TTSX in this caliber and I picked up those rounds just to see how factory ammo groups. Problem is, I don't know whether those rounds are...

Has anyone ever seen any measurements done on the relative sound levels of a given cartridge when shot from a revolver vs a totally closed-breech barrel (like Contender or Encore)? I'm just wondering how much of the sound actually "leaks" through the cylinder gap.

I saw a rifle that piqued my interest the other day - nice rifle, good stock, nice bluing. But, it had been reamed to .35 Brown Whelen. Can someone give me a ballpark price on what it should cost to remove that barrel and set it back enough to be able to recut the shoulders back to the...

Barnes and Hornady each provide load data for their all-copper bullets. When I compare Barnes data for a 130gr TTSX or TSX to the Hornady data for a 125gr GMX for a some powders, the starting and max loads are SIGNIFICANTLY different. Yet, for other powders the loads are not too far apart...

Ok, I've just acquired a new toy - a Hornady Headspace Comparator. I want to use it to start just bumping the shoulders back rather than full-length resizing. I took 51 once-fired and cleaned (from this rifle) cases and measured them on said comparator. I'm getting a variation of about...

The mainstream ammo manufacturers frequently have many product lines. For example, in rifle ammo from Federal you have the basic blue-box, Federal Premium, and Federal Fusion. From Hornady, you have American Whitetail, Full Boar, Superformance, etc. Does anyone know if each manufacturer...

It may be hard to believe but in almost 50 years of shooting I've never done any significant shooting with any round which would potentially cause leading. What few LRNs I've shot over the years were all factory loads (which are generally low velocity). Well, I'm about to start loading up...

Does anyone know if the shell holders that come with the Lee Trim Gauges are regular shell holders (that can be used in a press) or are they like the shell holders that are proprietary to the Lee Auto-prime (which can't be used as press shell holders).

The only way I know of to determine distance to lands on a pump/autoloader is the magic marker method. I guess you could use the Frankford Arsenal case gauge and some kind of bent stick to push the bullet up to the lands but that doesn't seem like it would be too accurate. Anybody got any...

OK physics experts. Newton's 3rd law dictates equal and opposite forces so what I'm wondering is if you can mathematically predict recoil energy from muzzle energy.

I need to determine where one surface is just barely bumping another surface. If they were going to make solid contact, an ordinary felt tip marker would do the trick. However, the bump isn't causing enough friction to wear off the marker. I need a marking medium that is more delicate than...

I just ordered my first box of lead-free bullets to try (Hornady Superformance GMX). My question for those who have used them relates to grouping. I have read that gilding metal bullets group best when they ride on lands that have been fouled only by gilding metal. That is, if you shoot...

The club currently uses pins on a map board to sign in and out of club lands. Of course, safety is an issue as well as simply the quality of the hunt (don't want woods to be crowded). The problem is that the clubhouse is several miles away from some of the tracts and driving back and forth to...

I've been seeing lots of adds for these little remote endoscope cameras with LED lights that hook to your Android phone. They are CHEAP (I'm talking less than $20 for some of them - but I doubt those really cheap ones are the highest quality). I'm thinking those might be a dandy poor man's...

The Governor just signed HB786 into law. The bills was created to allow churches to designate armed security guards within its membership but a couple of great cookies were added to it that will benefit all. Among them are permitless concealed carry (although a MS carry permit will still be...

For those who are Widener's Reloading customers, the ownership has apparently changed. A member of another forum I'm on noticed that the website had changed, some items were no longer listed, and some of those that were listed had higher prices. So, he called to find out what was up and finally...

New firearms laws in Alabama took effect the first of this month. All of them appear to be positive for us. http://www.ammoland.com/2015/08/alabama-pro-gun-reforms-take-effect-september-1-2015/#axzz3kdqaE5Is

I finally figured out that I have a connection to a traveling reloading supplies dealer via another forum I'm on. He was able to make a stop while on his way to a big skeet tournament and sell me some pistol powder (which is totally unobtainable locally). I picked up a lb of VV N105 for...

Looking at the price of new and once-fired brass for .357 and .44 mag got me thinking that I'd probably be better off just to buy a bunch of the cheaper ammo factory ammo, shoot it, and salvage the brass. I know that Armscorp is considered "iffy" both as loaded ammo and brass. PPU is supposed...

I know that in a handgun, the combination of recoil and time in the barrel contributes to POI. Supposing I had a .44 mag hunting load with a 270gr bullet leaving the barrel at 1100fps. If I want to compute a target load that has approximately the same POI (short range - ignoring effect of...