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  1. Epicurean

    Changed about your handgun interests?

    I've found this thread very thought provoking. Over the years I've gone through many gyrations. I've had an extensive Sig collection - I'm now down to one. I toyed with striker fired and wore the new off of that fairly quickly. Then came the SASS years - I now have one old three screw Blackhawk...
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    Disposing of reloading waste

    Well, looks like I've added another item to my recycling efforts. As always, thanks guys and gals.
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    Disposing of reloading waste

    This morning I noticed our garbage truck stopped at our curb with one of the guys on a phone. I didn't think much of it. When I leashed my dog for our morning walk, one of the guys hollered at me, "you can't put live ammunition in the trash!" They apparently heard some heavy metal when they...
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    Thanks to Walkalong

    Yep, rcmodel and walkalong are twin brothers of different mothers. As an example of walkalong's expertise, ability to explain and mighty fine camera skills; just checkout this thread he started about 10 years ago. He put this together right after I started reloading. Even as a newb I knew his...
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    Squib

    Thank you kind sir.
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    Squib

    Agree. I found Acme and gave them a try. Very pretty rounds (lipstick) in a neat box and cheaper than MBC. I just re-ordered 12 BHN from MBC.
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    Squib

    Nope. 38 spl.
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    Squib

    So I had this issue the other day: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/frustrating-day-at-the-bench-leading-to-a-question.862314/#post-11365481 As paranoid as I was, one got by me and I had a squib yesterday. It was stuck about 1/2" past the forcing cone in a major way. Years ago, when...
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    Hand priming?

    Thanks for all the useful info. I just got thru priming 200 .45 Colt with an RCBS APS hand primer. I now have the forearms of Popeye. But I enjoyed the time with the misses watching the news. Options on the best hand primer? (I liked the time away from the bench) Also, I just chunked the primed...
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    Hand priming?

    I have a few Smith revolvers that are primer picky. Not only do they demand Federal, they can occasionally get ornery about seating depth. If I have a sense that the primer didn't fully seat I'll pull the sized and primed case from my LCT and run it though my RCBS hand primer then return it to...
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    Frustrating day at the bench leading to a question

    I spent the entire evening and night yesterday scouring You Tube and this forum checking out the operation and issues of LnL and various Dillon. What I discovered is that these machines are orders of magnitude more complex than my LCT. I've come to the conclusion, and wholeheartedly agree, that...
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    Frustrating day at the bench leading to a question

    Yep. If I was gonna make 3 to 5 thousand a pop, change over is no biggie. But I generally shoot 2 to 4 calibers per range trip then try to top off my inventory in a couple of days, so I'm loading 200/300 then changing out. Maybe I need to rethink my how I inventory - but that would require quite...
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    Frustrating day at the bench leading to a question

    You can use Lee dies in a 750 Dillon?
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    Frustrating day at the bench leading to a question

    I've been away from shooting and reloading for several years (health issues) but I'm back in the saddle now. My press (LCT) and associated gear have been sitting idle in a less than ideal environment. About a week ago I forced 100 rounds of of 38 spl. through the press, loading as a single...
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    Ignorance comsumes me

    Ron, thank you very much. I love straight to the point explanations coupled with show and tell. I think I get it now, especially the last part about it ain't no biggy. Stubbi, you can shoot hard cast in a rifle? I had no idea. I've read some great things about 7.62x39. On the CZ website thay...
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    Ignorance comsumes me

    I retired about a year ago and decided to change my game. Deteriorating eyesight and familial tremor convinced me to move from pistols and revolvers to scoped benchrest type rifles. I bought a CZ 452 Ultra Lux and then a Sako Quad Pro Hunter. I wish I had discovered this long before now! What...
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    Wheel Guns for Aging Gun Toters

    mquail, I feel your pain. When I was totally blind in my left and bleeding in my right I was in full blown panic. I can't imagine many things worse than blindness and I consider compromised vision a blessing at this point. Modern medicine and living right works wonders. Glad to hear you're...
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    Wheel Guns for Aging Gun Toters

    Agree 100% George. After my retina tore I took my doctor's advise and started the "diet and exercise" thing. I feel better than any time in the last 10 years. I plan on poppin caps for a long time to come.
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    Wheel Guns for Aging Gun Toters

    Late last spring, just after my sixty-second birthday, the retina in my left eye tore across a blood vessel leaving me temporarily blind in that eye for several months. Weeks later the retina in my right eye perforated. My vision has slowly returned but I have a permanent bad "floater" in my...
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    Reloading 45 ACP for Revolver

    I've been loading the famous 200 gr. SWC with 4.0 gr. of Bullseye for my 1911. What a hoot! I recently acquired a S&W 625JM that handles the round wonderfully. (I had to switch from CCI primers to Federal for reliable primer strikes; but that's another thread) I'd like to try my hand a speed...
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