Recent content by Montman

I screwed up. Bought magnum small pistol primers by mistake and loaded 200 9mm rounds with them before I caught the mistake. 100 loaded with 7 grains Accurate Arms #7 powder and 115 grain bullet. 100 loaded with 6.7 grains Accurate Arms #7 powder and 124 grain bullet. Will the magnum primer over...

I've been loading 9mm 124 gr plated round nose with 4.4 gr of Accurate #2 with a COL of 1.130". These loads seem to shoot well in my "short barrel" guns - Ruger SR9c, Kahr PM9, Glock 26. I also load 40 cal 165 gr plated flat nose with 5.2 gr of Accurate #2 with a 1.125" COL. Used up the 1...

I'm getting the soot on my left index finger when I hold the gun in my right hand and cup the gun and right hand with my left hand. The "soot" is blowing out from the gap between the cylinder and the barrel.

Power-wise these loads feel fine - maybe a little weaker than what I would usually expect from a factory load. No great recoil. I didn't record the COL. I seated the bullet just to the point where the last ring on the bullet was covered by the shell casing.

Sounds like I'll stick with Accurate #2 for now. Maybe try some copper plated bullets to see what difference it makes. Thanks for the info.

Fired from a S&W Model 36 Chiefs Special

I'm loading158 gr lead semiwadcutters - with a blue lube ring. 4 gr of Accurate #2.

The Chinese stuff I have is smokey - and about 20-30% split the neck of the shell when fired.

I'm new to reloading. I made up about 90 38 Specials using Accurate #2. They fired fine but man were they smokey - and they blew gray soot out all over my off hand. I use this power with 9mm without noticing any smoke or soot at all. And the label on the power sayings it's good for 38...

Looks like everyone is talking about 165 gr bullets. I just bought a 40 cal Beretta - so I'm buying what I need to reload 40 cal -and I'm wondering if I should buy 165 or 180 gr bullets. Any reason to use one over the other? I know some 9mm handguns don't shoot well with a 115 gr bullet...

I've loaded up about 150 rounds at 7.0 gr of Accurate #7. I'll see how these work and try out your suggested 7.5 gr load. Thanks.

Looks like some good information for us new to reloading. Thanks.

I just got into reloading because I couldn't find ammunition. I was able to find the equipment - mostly on ebay and gunbroker.com. (Went with the Lee Hand Press.) Luckily I found a place about 50 miles from me that has plenty of powder and primers - couldn't order those through the mail. He...

I use a Lee hand primer. The volume of loading I do isn't that large. I'll sit and watch TV while I prime 100 rounds every now and then. ;)

I found the check weight that came with the scale. It's a 50 gram weight. My scale says it weights 50.03 grams. So if it's off by .03 grams it's off by .46 grains - at 50 grams. I don't think this would translate to being off by much when measuring out 6.5 or 7.0 grains. Someone suggested...