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1. Yes. I anneal every firing and tumbling removes any coloration. Some manufactures polish their bras, some dont. 2. All brass is annealed multiple times during the forming/drawing process. So at minimum it was annealed at the factory when made. Anything beyond that? No way to tell.

Ive bought a ton of stuff from Acme over the years. They are about an hour from me, so its nice to support local. Never had an issue. Good products. Reasonable pricing. Shipping is what it is. I need to buy a few thousand 45 and 9mm bullets, so I want to see how the new owners are doing...

3.2gr of TG or N320 is 980fps with 147 HiTek coated for me.

Yeah, that has been part of the impetus to use what I have on hand. I told him Id buy the brass and put up the primers and powder based on what I have on hand, but he was responsible for anything I didnt have. With H4350 being harder to get by us, and when you can find it, its high, the VV...

Your not the first guy that has told me that. My local shop keeps lots of the 168 SSTs on hand just for 30-06 and 308 hunters. Great bullet with decent ballistics that is really forgiving in other rifles Ive tried it in. For me it was 308, LC brass, 168 SST, and Varget, so pretty run of the...

H4350 was my first thought as well but I have a friend that shoots F-class with a 30-06. N555 has been his go to for a couple of years now. I hadnt even considered it until I started seeing some of his test data with 185 and 200 Bergers

Well said and my thoughts as well. No rifle brass is worth dealing with obvious bulges. Recycle and move on.

I'm going to teach my kid how to reload for his Bergara 30-06. Start to finish, he needs to learn the process, so he can work up stuff for his own rifles. Bullets will be 168 SSTs, Starline brass, CCI 250s, but powder I'm on the fence about. I have N555, H4350 and Varget on hand. I figured...

Water is the key as everyone pointed out! Cant stress this enough.

Same. I really like the 55gr SPs. Very consistent for what used to be a 7 cent bullet. I still have a pile of them left thankfully.

Id use whatever powder you have the most of, pick a middle of the road load, load them and shoot em up. I do the same with leftover bullets from testing that didnt work out.

I have the old Labrador and have used a Garmin. Both collect data accurately. Garmin is easier to setup. Labradar can be somewhat finicky. The Garmin has a more usable interface on the unit. I cant speak to actual operation of the unit via Bluetooth, but it does save and allow you to view...

When I croak my kids and grandkids will have a field day... Everytime I buy something new, my kids already call dibs on it. I tell them, Im only 49, its gonna be a few years!

Nammo is Lapua! Pre coffee brain was posting there! :D

Ruag is Lapua Not sure where they get their primers, but I'm sure they are fine. EDIT: Sorry, pre coffee brain at work there. Nammo makes Lapua brass.

Not really bought anything that I regret, but I do have a bunch of odds and end bullets left over from testing over the years. I've made it my goal to find a moderately accurate load with minimal load testing to shoot these up on for fun range type days. Powder, maybe the 8# jug of CFE223 I...

Its been a couple of years since I have had mine, but that sounds about right https://www.primalrights.com/library/articles/re-programming-rcbs-chargemaster-combo If my fuzzy at times memory serves, this was the guide and settings I used. HSP A1 - 7.00 HSP B1 - 2.00 HSP C1 - 0.50 I didnt do the...

...did find a happy medium eventually, and just ran with it, set mostly for long cut extruded as short seemed to do fine with those settings. @Captain*kirk The McD's straw did help help alot and I tried some different nozzles, 3d printed, and others, and the straw, bang for the buck, was just...

This would be my suggestion as well. Buy an 8# jug of some ball powder like H335, AA2230, AA2520, TAC, Staball Match, CFE223, etc, and develop the load as best as you can with the FMJs. Basically in that burn range from about H335 thru CFE 223 will serve you quite well with 55 and 62 gr FMJs...

Holy crap, and I thought the Dillon shotshell loader was spendy. Looks fantastic though.