Recent content by JC98

I use 165gr Sierra game kings with great results. A heavier bullet may give you better accuracy. I have had 2 savages in 308 and neither of them were that accurate with a 150gr bullet but were tack drivers with 165,168 & 175's

I use titegroup cause it's all I have 9.0 gr under a 225 hp gives me good accuracy out to 25yds. Haven't tried shooting it any further than that

I have not contacted them yet. Wanted to figure out if another pan would work first.

So I recently purchased a used lyman 500 scale. It's the older metal based model. It is missing the brass powder pan though. I thought I would easily be able to locate a factory replacement but it is proving to be more difficult than I thought. Does anyone know if the pans from RCBS or...

Yes if it's one less than full just releasing the slide chambers the next round fine.

5-shots if I slingshot the slide the round will chamber. Kco- mag appears to be aligned properly. Sounds like I need to break the mags in a little bit. I will try loading and unloading them or see if I can borrow someone's well broken in magazine. It runs fine after the first round so that...

Hey all, So I just purchased a new Ruger 1911. Previously all I have owned are glocks. This is my first foray into the 1911 world so maybe this is normal or I need to break it in or something. When I put a new mag in the gun and press the slide release the rounds seems to nose dive into the...

No idea about your guy. I'm in st Charles and there are 2-3 smiths out here. Nassau- could be wrong on this. Metalwerks The third is off mid rivers mall dr. Can't remember the name of it for the life of me. Also there is an excellent German smith in The Afton area. A friend of mine...

I use hp38/win231 for all of your listed handgun calibers. Varget might work for your rifle choices.

We use an ice eater or a 4 wheeler to bust ice. Sounds like your water is too deep for a atv. Is a generator to run the ice eater an option? If not using a hammer or saw every morning is a lot of work.

Check the for sale section right here. Believe Yankee sells 1k once fired .40 for 40 shipped.

I have let my friends use my press before. Especially since finding ammo to go shooting is about impossible. I walk them through the process and supervise as they do the labor to make sure they don't make any mistakes.

I recently moved to a 550 from the Lee turret....nothing like pumping out a leisurely 3-400'rounds an hour :) I found my powder measure to be within a tenth of a grain on every round I weighed. Glad your happy with your new purchase!

Not sure if you ever make it into St. Charles but Grafs out here has plenty of .380 100gr plated bullets. $10 a hundred I believe.

Same here. I have a number of the 30 cal ammo cans. For 9, 40, and 45 I just fill them up with loose rounds and fill my plastic ammo containers before I go to the range. They are stackable and hold a lot of rounds.