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Thats easy enough on a flat piece of metal. Sometimes the stuff likes to hang on when theres a cavity for it to hang on to. Range report: I loaded up a ladder of HP-38 loads under 140gr "cowboy" bullets and under 158gr JHP. All of these were loaded with a heavy crimp. The yellow, unburnt powder...

Ill have to try that. Thanks blarby. If I do that, is there any easy way to get the glue blob out if I get different bullets?

I can make measurements that tight. The problem I had with 380 was that if I use the conical seater plug, the bullets arent consistent enough in the shape of ogive to give me exactly the same COL. I can use the flat seater to get better consistency, but then the bullets seat a little crooked.

I did a quick search, but without knowing why it was happening, it was hard to get anything useful. Even on the google searcher. For shorter cartridges like this, how tight should the seating depth be held? Is .002-.003" either way going to make any noticeable difference?

I've heard enough stories about these to strongly consider buying one if I ever found one in the wild, whether I could afford it or not:D. After I burn up the 100 or so WC loads I have now, Ill try making some seated flush with the case rolled over the top like that. I never had a chance to look...

Thats sort of what I was guessing. I just wasnt expecting to see a problem like that with by the book data. It also threw me off because there are thousands of pages of reloading Q&A on forums and other websites, and I couldnt find any mention of it at all. Even the hornady HBWC data calls for...

The dies were cleaned with acetone when I first got them to get the preservative oil off. Cases are not lubed. Supposedly the TiN coating on the die works like a carbide die. I havent had a case get stuck yet. Other than that, I dont see any points of contamination unless it came that way. I...

I have a bunch of 158gr JHP that I can try out. The extra weight and the jacket resistance could help. I also have some 110gr JHP freebies. How big of a deal is the published COAL? I feel pretty safe if Im within a couple thousandths of the published number, but is pushing in the bullet another...

I just pushed one into an empty case to try it out. It looks like a more proper seating depth, but COL like this measures 1.352" where as both manuals call for a COL of 1.450". Im pretty new to this, but Ive been trying to do things by the book until I get a feel for it. I looked into it at one...

The bullet used is a Hornady "Cowboy" 140gr bullet. The data used was for that bullet out of a hornady manual and for that bullet in Hodgdons online manual. Hodgdon lists a starting load at 4.1 and a max of 4.6. The Hornady manual starts at 3.5 and goes to 5.3gr. The hornady manual lists it as...

I havent been doing this very long, but I do a couple things that seem to work. I load on a single stage. Keeping the shells upside down in the load block, primers up. Pick up a shell by the rim, look in it, charge, look in it, set it down right side up. Pretty easy to tell this way if its...

Yea, watch where your brass is going. I shot it once at the range without a catcher. It was bouncing them off of the shooting bench ramada and into a guys face7-8 tables down. Now when I shoot, I watch where the brass goes on the first few shots. Dont want to decapitate anyone accidentally.

The crimp is a little tricky for me. Its always seemed very subjective to me, and pictures havent helped much. It doesnt help that these bullets are hornady and have no crimp groove. The lead is just very soft and you crimp into the side of the lubed lattice looking area. This is happening...

You think maybe I need to bump it up to 5.0 for those 140 gr bullets? And why is it that people seem to have such good results with ~3.0gr under the 148gr HBWC? Could I be doing something else wrong that would cause me problems?

It was more yellowish than green. I dont remember the loads in 380 I was trying, but they covered the range listed by Hodgdon from min to max. In 38 special, it was really bad with light loads under a 148gr HBWC, I think it was 3.0gr. Recently tried it again with hornady cowboy 140gr with 4.6gr...

So I started reloading recently, and was told that HP-38/W231 is pretty much as versatile as is get. I have tried working up some loads with it, but I keep getting some really nasty fouling with it. It looks like lots of little orange/yellow crumbs. Ive loaded it hot and mild in 38 special and...

I cant offer any advice on loads or techniques for loading for a mini, but I would reload for it if I could. Something I have found is that my mini likes to smash the case mouths about 1/3 of the way closed. I suspect that the operating handle is hitting them in mid air on the way forward. It...

These are actually pretty nice looking guns. Its not something I ever really looked at but I think I will now. Ive been mostly looking at older colts but they are a lil pricey. How do these compare to the current Rugers im used to shooting?

Closest Ive seen to that is at my work (oil change shop), we had a guy come in with a ford diesel pickup with 580,000 miles on it. If he got 10 mpg and spent $4 per gal, he spent $232,000 in fuel. I think it was an '05. And Ive heard that commercial diesels will last millions of miles and I know...

Only thing that comes to mind is that Ive heard of revolver bullets working out of the cases during recoil. Might be something to look at. (coming from the guy whose never had a chance to reload anything before. try not to tear me to bits, guys)