Recent content by DaveInFloweryBranchGA

I tend to use whatever brand and a similar load to what the local law enforcement is using. That way, should I ever need to in court, I can say "I wasn't sure what to buy, but went and asked what the local law enforcement was using and simply used what they use. I figured it would be the best...

Lafitte, While this is a very fine forum, there are many more expert casters and reloaders on the Cast Boolits forum. There are others on other cast bullet focused forums, but I suggest starting there if you're wanting to shoot lead in a milsurp. They have a section devoted to that very...

Hello Captain, Here's several answers for your question and they relate to most all military surplus rifles, particularly bolt action rifles. 1. Most of those rifles are old, many with a good bit of bore wear. Casting and using lead bullets allows one to match the actual size of the rifle's...

Take a hard look at the Holosun 503C and 403C. They're the outfit that manufactures Primary Arms red dots. These are just under 200 dollars and are excellent with the benefit they long battery hours.

Here's your answer, coming from my father, a Marine from 1939 to 1945. The Springfield 1922 was a money saving effort by the government to teach marksmanship using .22 caliber ammunition to save money during the depression. It was built exactly like the service rifle of the time, the 1903...

Sounds to me like you weren't setting your standard full length sizing die down low enough. I too use case gauges and I've found if a standard full length die is set properly, the brass will go fine into the case gauge. The exception being if the die is defective. To date, I've not had a...

And I'm with GW Staar on what he said. I think my money and efforts are better spent on the Pro 2000 and upgrading it than buying the new press at this point. JM, I'm not 100% positive, but based on the design of the strip primer feed, I think it would be a major redesign to come up with an...

It's my understanding the 5 station version is upgradeable to the 7 station if/when it comes available. My thoughts about the case feeder is they have the critical item on the subplate, a place for the shell carrier to ride. With that in place, it would be extremely easy to simply make a case...

Looking at your list, there are a couple of things I would change: "-RCBS Trim Pro Case Trimmer 3-Way Cutter 22 Caliber -RCBS Trim Pro-2 Manual Case Trimmer" I owned the powered version of the above, including the three way cutter. I was never happy with the accuracy nor quality of cut of the...

One thing I have done in the past with Lee PAD's to minimize leakage/variability, beyond the items mentioned, is to "tune" the measure. Tuning the measure can be done with any brand of measure. In this case, I'm talking about lapping/polishing the individual disks to eliminate plastic...

RCBS Lube dies #1 and #2, one for .223, the other for .308. Put lube directly on the pad, forget the lube hole. Best, cheapest and uses the least amount of total lube of any rifle reloading operation I've found. BTW, you should break your rifle reloading down to two passes in your progressive...

+1 what gahunter said. Very good advice

My suggestion is to buy neither, but rather, see if you can find someone to let you experience reloading your cartridges using their equipment. Then you can make a decision if you want to invest money in reloading or not.

The Classic Cast single stage with the Hornady LnL bushing conversion is the way to go long term. It's the better of the two presses, especially when you consider primer disposal. The breech lock press isn't a bad press, but just isn't up to the high standard set by the extremely well designed...

Forget all that stuff and just get a box of napkins for it.:)