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Astra Terminator. 4" barrel? check. Affordable? check. Optional nickel finish? check - Inox. Grip options galore? check. Availability? che...nope.

For what it's worth, this code also works for their partner site www.freedommunitions.com. Some decent deals on reman ammo to be had.

If it's any additional water in the bucket, the 2022 in .40 doesn't "snap" like other .40s I've shot (in my opinion). I've loved mine since the day I laid eyes on her in the case at the shop. One thing to note - beware of IWB without an undershirt. The stippling on the grip can rub your side...

I taught my wife to reload .38 Special as an excuse to spend more time with her. I think she enjoys it more than I do.

Thanks all for the helpful hints. I played it safe and bought a puller and spent the last two weeks pulling around 500 rounds. My wife is glad I'm finally done (impact puller). While separating components, I couldn't help but notice that two types of powder emerged. I must have mixed in some...

And here I was thinking it was the same reason .38 Special comes in boxes of 50 (for a typical 6-shot gun) and hot dogs come in packages of 10 while buns come in packs of 8. Thanks, wojownik, for putting some sense in the world.

Same here. Not sure which costs me more on the average, a year of reloading or a year of tinkering in the shack.

Sounds like you've got an HSC. I'd stick to the 71grn standard...100grn sounds rough and might be difficult to measure the charge consistently accurately.

This came up in discussion recently, but the Sig P6 is everything I love in a gun along with everything I hate. It was so close to being something stellar. Great ergonomics, good (enough) trigger, good (enough) sights, good chambering, terrible capacity, terrible inability to feed JHPs, and...

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein Good on you for trying something new. And just because you switched to the autos does not mean you can't still love your wheelguns. I imagine the same can apply to C&R guns. Great to own and shoot, but not...

Not a bad idea, thanks. I was going to use a dab of nail polish on everything I saw on the top layer, but I think I like the ink idea better. While I sit and weep over my sins, I wondered if a radiologist might be able to detect the levels of powder within the case to determine the culprits...

Thanks all, lots of sound advice. Sometimes the best solution is the most difficult to hear. On that note, anyone know a good collet puller for a Lee hand loader? FWIW, my scale is a Frankford Arsenal digital scale. Small thing, really, but seems to have been accurate and consistent up to...

I thought so too, but my scale says differently. When I charge a case using the perceived 10.4 gr charge, I still see ~.25" of case volume left. I'm seating for OAL of 1.125. I'm starting to wonder if my scale is just junky, but I don't have a 2nd to (dis)qualify it yet.

No flame perceived. I wish I knew what caused the potential overcharge. All I know is that my scale was set to 6.4 when I loaded 40 rounds and remained at 6.4 as I checked every 8th round. I went in later to start another batch and the scale was at 10.4...nothing moved. FWIW, I'm loading...

Normally, I'd pull them in a heartbeat and restart the batch. The problem is that the batch is sitting on top of a pile of nearly 2,000 other rounds. Luckily, I know the pile has not moved since I dumped them on top, however, if I forget so much as 1 round...I could lose my gun. On the...