Recent content by Publius1688

Good question about the particle size-----does it jam up in the primer hole?

I picked up mine about two years ago---I think I was out the door for $520, including sales tax (which is high here) and my background fee. They are great shooters. If it's truly mint, and you like it, $550 was a great buy. Like another poster said, the prices seem to be creeping up just a...

I inheirited mine from my Uncle. It's a great pistol, although no where near as clean and pretty as SaxonPigs-----but it shoots lights out, all day long. Garden-eating bunnies beware! Spend the extra dollars and get the Colt. You won't be disappointed, and will pass it along someday...

I like SA revolvers, in 'old' cartridges like .45 Colt, for many of the same reasons that I like a Porsche in manual. Sure---the automatic is great; but I like the feel, the control, the heritage...

my caliper.

When my grandfather passed away, I came into his firearms and ammo. He had a few boxes of .308 that, by the price, he purchased in the middle seventies. No corrosion, and they shoot fine.

Hand priming is a wonderful thing. I'm in no hurry!

Right now I'm only loading handgun, and although I mostly use range pickup, when I buy new, it's Starline.

I'm waaaay to slow to get anything hot on my press. But, I doubt very very seriously any of us could ever get our dies hot enough to hurt them.

I wouldn't seat deeper. Try a little more crimp. Otherwise, do like rcmodel says, and dump it for Bullseye. It's darn near the perfect .38 spec powder.

I've got a little hand ejector Smith in this great caliber. I'm working on the 'perfect' Unique load, pushing a 100 grain LRN. It's very accurate, and a hoot to shoot. The fellow who sold it to me said it was an old Milwaukee PD carry piece.

21 grains of lil gun is going to be a kick in the pants. +1 to the other fellows. Start with the trail boss.

Give me a 586 any day for target shooting and competition. To my way of thinking, a .357 isn't a concealed carry piece---at least for me any way.

I chamfer the first time I reuse range pickup pickup brass. From then on, it's 'mine' (I mark with a red sharpie), and I know it's been done already. Give them the eyeball in the loading tray just to make sure nothing funky is going on.

I load for my father in law only---and then I stand nearby him when he shoots. I've had plenty of buddies offer to pay me for boxes, but won't do it. Heck, I'll go online and put them a shopping cart together at Midway (which I've done!), but I ain't loading for them.