Recent content by Gary Wells

Many thanks for posting this up. I did an internet search a while back and couldn't find anything. I ued his bullets a few years back and they are great. Good guy & business to support, also.

As a general rule I shoot & reload nickel cases only. R-P nickel in 5 different .45 autos. I have no issues nor complaints. However, B/E shooters do not use nickel cases other than for practice, virtually never for competition.

Dardas made great bullets and I loaded, shot, & reloaded his H&G#130 LSWC "button bullet" for many years. Unfortunately he retired and it appears that nobody bought his business. Considered to be a tad more accurate by the Bullseye clan is the swaged bullets by Magnus. Considered to be a tad...

There is also 1 (aftermarket) out there which is designed for the dies to be floating so as to let the bullet sort of self locate so to speak. I've seen both of these models/designs discussed on 1911Forum & Bullseye-L-Forum.

Can't help with the name but there is at least 1 out there maybe not cheaper but is a much tighter fit and is held in place with bolts to keep it from shifting up, down, or sideways. It seems to me that it is somewhat of an inconvenience when having to remove powder from the top of the powder...

Something similar happened to me about 3 years back. Dillon 550B, WWLPP, .45 auto R-P case. Somehow or other the primer picked up OK but stood up sideways in the primer cup. When I loaded that primer, BANG, scared the heck out of me. I go slower now on the primer loading operation. (And...

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Somewhere on another forum there is a identical thread and that problem had to do with recent changes to CCI small primers.

The small Dillon bowl is removable and I remove it and wash it in the sink with liquid Palmolive & hot water. Dry good & reinstall. Adding dryer sheets might cut down on the dust portion of the ring.

Nu-Finish auto polish is much better and less pricey that those sold by the ammo reloaders components. The cleaning process is helped considerably by placing as many cases as possible as the more cases that are in there the more heat is developed. Same theory as washing dishes in hot water. I...

Sir: IMHO, and I've been reloading & shooting .45 auto for some 50+ years, it would almost pay you to collect only 1 brand of .45 auto cases, if you are going to put yourself through all that. Unless you are a B/E shooter, or are capable of shooting a 3.5" 10 shot group or less @ 50 yds most of...

Some handgun case gages, and maybe rifle case gages also are made to the SAAMI maximum case dimensions and others are made to the SAAMI minimum chamber dimensions. Consequently different brands of case gages give different results. I use a L.E. Wilson case gage and I dpon't sweat it when the...

Most brand new unfired .45 auto cases that I have measured for OAL are on the minimum. And that includes a lot of different brands.

I prime & de-prime on my Dillon 550and see no reason to do otherwise. However, I think that some bullseye & benchrest shooters prefer to seat manually

B/E only here for 5 different .45 autos.