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Agreed with Blue. For bench rest or competition shooting, neck size. For autoloaders, multiple guns and hunting, full length size. Reliability in feeding and chambering is more important than squeezing that last 1/4 MOA out of the cartridge. You need to know your limitations and ensure your...

I've never bought a 9mm factory cartridge and never bought 9mm brass. I've only loaded range pick ups and have never had to trim brass. You should spend your energy doing a plunk test on your completed rounds using the barrel of your gun or a case gauge if you shoot multiple 9mm's. There are...

I picked up a new Frankfort Arsenal Vibra prime on clearance at a gun store for $25. The first few primer trays were a challenge. I was getting about 50% of the primers going down the tube upside down. Eventually I learned a technique to make this thing work. I now load up a tube perfectly...

looks like I picked the wrong week to escape Komifornia... Then again, no.

Life is too short to worry about what others think about YOUR GUN. If you shoot better with optics, more power to you. I have a scope on my revolver. I don't always use the scope but it does shoot better at 25 yards than without it.

I ran a bunch of loads with Quickload and entered the predicted MV and Pmax one Saturday morning many years ago when I was bored. This graph shows that the muzzle velocity increases linearly with increasing seating depth, but the pressure increases exponentially with seating depth. With a...

Since you don't reload, you need to look up "low recoil 45ACP ammunition" Ironically Buffalo Bore makes one: https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=340 185g 850fps. This gives an IPDA power factor of 157 compared to standard military ball ammo of about 190. This recoil is...

The Hodgdon data may have been very old test data and that was the barrel used. You are very safe at 3.5g W231. Out of a 4" Ruger, I get 700fps which is super mild. 4.3g will be at the top of 38 Special for small frame revolvers, +P and 357 Magnum revolvers will still be well below max...

If you insist, no. There isn’t. Learn to be flexible. There are plenty of powders for pistol loads as good or better than Unique. Unique does have the ability to fill up a 9mm case to where a double charge will overflow it where a dense powder such as Titegroup can be double charged without...

I picked this up this spring for a decent price. Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Mag with a 2x Swift scope. Great eye relief. You can hold it like an iron sighted pistol (full arm extension) and get a full image picture in the scope. At first I thought the barrel was too long and considered chopping...

I’ve noticed that out here in TX too. Alliant powders are 50% more expensive than Hodgdon branded powders. Gone are the days of $149/8# jugs and $22/k primers even though it was only about 5 years ago. I have been able to pick up Universal at $30/# when it’s available. Not great but not too bad...

.308 is an inherently accurate cartridge, rifles are very plentiful from ultra budget to the sky’s the limit. You can also get semi auto guns and free brass is very plentiful at most ranges. I tend to enjoy loading .308 rounds at 30-30 velocities of 2000-2400 fps because it’s easier on the...

NVM, got scooped by MK-211 on the Bear Creek uppers

You could have knocked one or both of the sensors slightly off alignment. If they are not pointed in the direction they are supposed to, they may still detect the dip in the light most of the time but less often than they should. That would give you the "Err" message. I used my faithful...

While I have successfully shot my 20” upper rifle on my carbine lower without problems, that was with a carbine buffer and spring in the shorter carbine tube. If you put carbine parts into a rifle buffer tube, the carbine spring with the shortened buffer will be in a buffer tube 2” longer...

Take out your buffer and spring and measure the inside depth of your buffer tube. My rifle length buffer tube is 9.5” from the back of the tube to the spring loaded retention pin. My carbine tube measures 7.5” so when you put your carbine spring and buffer into the A2 tube, you have 2 more...

As a reference, I took the lowers off my guns and pushed the buffer back until it stopped and measured the depth. The rifle buffer and spring in my fixed stock A1 measured a depth of 3-3/4". I did the same with the carbine buffer and spring in my adjustable stock carbine lowers and they all...

That explains the length difference but your A2 tube should allow the spring to compress without “bottoming out” or hitting a hard stop. BTW, the picture is somewhat misleading. The rifle buffer only inserts into the spring up to the first ridge, not all the way to the end cap as it does with...

It still sounds like the rifle buffer and spring combo are either too long for your A2 buffer tube or somehow they are binding up as you pull the bolt back and they won’t allow it to go back far enough to lock it. As a test, see if your bolt locks back with the rifle spring and carbine buffer...