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Thanks for the advise. What you say about the singles makes sense.

I have a Springfield xdm in 40 cal. I have been trying to find a straight double mag pouch for it but have been unable to find any made specifically for it. I keep getting conflicting information about whether the xdm mags will fit in the xd pouches. I called Fobus and the person there swore...

If you are just going to pull a few bullets the kinetic puller is faster, and it also does not damage the bullets.

Midsouth is often cheaper than Midway. Often a lot cheaper.

That seems plausible. A primer pocket gauge. That just leaves the small one. Could it be a flash hole gauge. The two larger ones are identical on both ends, but the smaller one is different. .078/.085 That is way too small for any primer pocket I have ever seen.

The two larger ones correspond to the diameters of large primers and small primers. The smaller one I don't know. Flash hole maybe? Still if they are for primers, what do they do? They are not primer hole cleaners, cause they have nothing sharp to scrape with. Diameters .078, .175, .210

Does anyone know what these things are? I am very curious. Found them in a box of reloading stuff I picked up. They are two inches long or so.

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mscott you are welcome to them. Email me with your address. I also have an operation manual and shell plates for this press. You are welcome to the manual if you want it. If not someone else is welcome to it. The shell plates are for sale over on the Tradiing Post section of this forum. PM me...

Got this in a box of reloading stuff at a sale. Any ideas what they are? Anything you want you're welcome to it.

But, if you use the auto disk powder measure you will still need the lee powder thru expander die. but this can be purchased separately and quite affordably.

I wonder if the NRA is aware of this and if they can do something about it.

To answer your original question, the brass doesn't need to be shinny and the insides don't need to have the burnt powder stains cleaned out. Really you don't have to clean brass unless it is dirty. The only reason you need to clean brass is to get all the dirt off so you don't damage your dies...

The Berry's bullets are copper plated. The plate is thicker than the normal Berry's plate.

Berry's bullets are the cheapest I've found if you don't cast your own. They are the only ones I can afford to buy. Mostly I cast my own. Berry's Note: prices are postage paid.