Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-13-2013, 04:02 AM
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-05-2013, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Hornady 9mm Dies
The Hornady dies are excellent.
The first has a sizing die, an expander die, and a seating die. The seating die appears to have no crimp function, so you would need a taper crimp die.
The first...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-05-2013, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 278
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-05-2013, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 274
Re: Anybody ever use "Black Bullets"?
Precision bullets are great. However, like everything else, they are drifting out of my price range. Really love the .45 200gn L-SWC and 5.2gn of 231/HP38.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-27-2013, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 410
Re: 9MM
It just may have some interest to others for a collection.
The question would
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-27-2013, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 475
Re: Push through (bulge fix) die question
You can apply some case lube.
I would be concerned about why the "pusher bar" won't stay in place like another shell holder.
I use the little Lee Reloading Press ($25) and have no major problems....
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-22-2013, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 851
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-21-2013, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 387
Re: Lead cast ( gas ckeck )?
The problems have been:
finding gas checks
Finding gas checks that don't cost as much pre check as the bullet
I never needed a gas check except for small caliber high-velocity rifle loads.
In...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-21-2013, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 291
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-21-2013, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 398
Re: 9mm 124 grain bullets
Price is good, but I'll stick to my lead bullets.
Can you swage .45 200gn L-SWC H&G #68 clones? I will need more swaged lead bullets probably by autumn.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-21-2013, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 851
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-21-2013, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 380
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-08-2013, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 205
Re: Universal with Lee progressive
If you've got loading data, you're good to go.
You have to check the charge weight being dispensed, as we all have to do. You are your own QA dept.
I have no problem with Lee powder measures and...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-08-2013, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 437
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-20-2013, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 242
Re: 9mm case size different from SAAMI specs
Aren't these reloading 101 questions that are answered in manuals?
Crimping, for cases that headspace on the case mouth, is done to remove any case mouth flare and to make the transition from bullet...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-08-2013, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Hodgdon Titewad
None of the powder companies want to work up pistol loads for their shotgun powder any more. Nor do they want to work up shotgun loads for their pistol powders any more.
Call or e-mail Hodgdon and...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-08-2013, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 248
Re: bullet weights
What do you want from your bullet?
Accuracy? Then you "might" be better off with a 121-125gn bullet.
Terminal performance? Then you "might" want a 100gn JHP or a 140gn LSWC.
Recoil that is more a...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-08-2013, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 265
Re: Anyone Load Lead for .40SW or 10mm
Copper clad is plated. Plated are loaded the same as cast lead, except sometimes (often) you can load to the mid-range of jacketed bullets, provided the velocity is less than 1200fps.
Personally, I...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-08-2013, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 370
Re: Crimp Dies
The best roll crimp die is Redding's Profile Crimp die.
All the taper crimp dies I have seen are equally good.
The Lee FCD for pistols is designed to "iron out" any bulges from poor loading...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-27-2013, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 412
Re: .380 in a 9x18 mak.
The 9mm Mak is a 9x19 case blown out to eliminate the taper. The case head is larger than the .380 and the body of the case is a lot larger.
Any reloading manual will show the case drawings and you...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-03-2013, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 339
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-03-2013, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Hornady lock and load question
1) Lee lock rings are very good.
2) If you need a few more threads, remove the lock ring, remove the O-ring from it, turn it upside down, and screw it back on the die.
3) Some Hornady bushings come...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-10-2012, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: 45 acp/ OAL
COL is determined by YOUR gun. The COL in the manuals is the minimum COL the data applies to. Remember, the data ONLY applies to the gun used in testing and the EXACT lot numbers of the components...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-10-2012, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Is Hornady quality control going to h@ll?
This is true for all bullet companies--or all other companies, too.
The reloader must inspect.
You would be surprised how many times they can have two or more lines running and the different line...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-06-2012, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: RCBS lock out die - work with LNL?
Lock-Out die works great on L-N-L or Dillon 1050 or another progressive press.
My only "complaint" is that it is too sensitive and locks-up with cases of different case capacity--so I don't tighten...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-29-2012, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: My first aw-sh!#
Setting up with one or two inert dummy rounds is very smart. Keeping them and labeling them is important if you want to return to those settings for that bullet.
NOT noticing that you were priming...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-29-2012, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 313
Re: Hornady Lock and Load. Anyone use it?
As with any press problem, call the manufacturer. They love to help and need to know of any problems.
Reading the directions is very important and, when available, watching a video helps a lot. See...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-29-2012, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: a mystery when using Trail Boss powder
It could be just a "cleaner" powder. Your other powders may have had graphite coating and that was leaving more "soot."
Check case expansion about 1/4" above the extractor groove where you will an...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-17-2012, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: 200 SWC 45 ACP load suggestions
I found all plated bullets, and the SWC bullets in particular, to be amazingly inaccurate and a waste of my money. Hope yours work better.
4.1-5.0gn 231/HP38 (5.6-6.0gn for hardball)
3.2-4.2gn AA2...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-17-2012, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 402
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-11-2012, 03:07 AM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Alox and Mica
It will have no effect. Several companies, see Hornady for one, treat all their swaged lead bullets with find powdered mica.
Then again, unless you roll your ammo in the dirt, the tackiness will...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
09-11-2012, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Hardness of .38WC
Most current swaged bullets are about #2 Lyman alloy. Years ago they were almost pure lead.
Get a Lee hardness tester and have some idea of what alloy hardness you are using.
Almost all casters...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
09-11-2012, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Cleaning RCBS 1500 Chargemaster
1) Open chute and drain powder into powder can
2) Set dispenser to dispense 99gn and let 'er rip. When weight doesn't change for several seconds, all powder is out of trickler.
3) While the...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
08-15-2012, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,233
Re: .45 ACP +P ammo
What does the .45 Auto NOT do that is greatly improved by increasing pressure slightly? If the .45 Auto as-is isn't enough, go to the 10mm Auto or .45 Win Mag.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
08-12-2012, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 619
Re: bullet differences
Bullets with thin plating, unlike the GD, should usually be loaded like lead bullets and not to exceed 1200 fps.
One is generally recommended to start with the lowest starting load one can find for...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
06-01-2012, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,505
Re: 40 s&w reloads
Sherrer1*:
Are you loading on a progressive or single-stage?
Dies for a progressive would be:
any company's carbide sizing die
any company's (Dillon, Lee, Hornady, RCBS) powder-through...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-27-2012, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,505
Re: 40 s&w reloads
http://www.google.com/url?source=img...JMdBrB-KO2UVeA
>Supported on the left, un-supported on the right.
I would call it "partially supported" on the left, and "VERY un-supported" on the right....
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
05-27-2012, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 582
Re: Cast Bullets that vary in weight.
Linotype is somewhere around 4% tin, 12% antimony, 84% lead (BHN 22). Lyman #2 alloy is 5% tin, 5% antimony, 90% lead (BHN 15-16). The "normal" handgun alloy is 2% tin, 6% antimony, and 92% lead (BHN...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-13-2012, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 627
Re: Powder question?
Have never used 700X. I hear good things about it occasionally, but in 45 years I just have never had any reason to try it.
Why is the question about powders "always" about how clean it is and NEVER...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-13-2012, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,419
Re: 9mm need advice!
This is NOT blow-by and is not dangerous. As PanhandlePop said:
"I would think it is related to the lighter load not sealing the case against the chamber wall. A little stouter load should help."...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-13-2012, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,409
Re: favorite powder for 45ACP
Bullet Weight Powder Weight Velocity Note P.F. COL
Carroll L-RN 230 AA5 7.0 829 Max 191
Bull-X L-FN 230 AA5 7.2 833 192
Meister L-RN 230 AA5 7.2 849 195 1.230
MCB...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
01-16-2012, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Which load to believe or start with?
Most reloading manuals say: "Use the lowest starting load." This implies to me, that I check several manuals and "start with the lowest starting load." It seems very clear to me.
Even a ladder test...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
01-16-2012, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 891
Re: Lasercast vs. Missouricast
For 200gn L-SWC, go to mastercastbullets.com or Missouri Bullets or Penn Bullets. They supply excellent bullets and can supply relatively soft and hard bullets (I find even the "soft" alloys to be...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
01-16-2012, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: WST in 45acp
WST, N310, Clays, and TiteGroup have been almost complete failures in my 1911s for accuracy.
AA2 has been the most consistent sub-1.5" at 25 yds.
All guns are different, but that is my finding on...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-27-2011, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 788
Re: reloading equipment question?
It is amazing what wasn't needed years ago and is absolutely REQUIRED now.
First, get a couple of reloading manuals and see what the manufacturers consider as needed equipment.
At most, to prevent...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-26-2011, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,063
Re: 45acp ammo
1) reload and cast your own bullets
2) Check out Widener's
3) MidSouth
4) Graf and Sons
5) Natchez
6) MidwayUSA
7) J&G Sales
8) Powder Valley
9) Buy some issues of Shotgun News and see what...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-26-2011, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 463
Re: Reloading
What guns are you shooting? Are the match grade and capable of sub-MOA accuracy or they commercial rifles capable of reasonable accuracy?
Do you want to pretend they are benchrest or long-range...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
12-26-2011, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,898
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-23-2011, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 464
Re: Brass Cleaners
If I put cases in brass cleaning solution, the cases are pretty clean after 12 hours. If I put cases in the ultrasonic with the solution, I have clean cases after an hour (except there are always a...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-23-2011, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 849
Re: Where to buy bullets
312shooter:
Yeah, I don't even go that far down the price sheet.
When I get over 0.357", I go right to lead. Can't even imagine buying 3000 200gn JHP or FMJ-FPs, when lead works as well for much...
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