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Just purchased a 44 mag Freedom Arms, octagon barrel, 4.75, birds head handle and trigger job...Love it...did I say I loved it yet? I have a Freedom Casul but just wanted another Freedom toy. I am trying to develop a load for it. I would like to use TiteGroup...just because I have a ton of...

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/16881-epa-closure-of-last-lead-smelting-plant-to-impact-ammunition-production Read and weep. The last lead smelting plant is being closed...supposedly by the EPA. They produce 11 percent of the worlds lead. Nice bunch of folks in DC...

I recently purchased a .454 Casull, 260 grain bullet mold from Magma. This is to be used in a Freedom Arms pistol. Hornady gas checks do not fit. I contacted Magma and was advised that Gator Checks were the only ones that worked in that mold. I contacted Gator and was advised by the owner...

I know there are hotter powders out there and more updated powders, however, I have a couple of pounds of Unique that I would like to use on a 325 gr. lead bullet with a gas check. Does anyone have any actual data for that round. By the way...I have found many, many, many horrible stories of...

Does anyone know of a good 125 grain bullet mold made for the above caliber? I am trying to avoid buying a Lee mold. I have mostly used Lyman and already have handles for their molds but they do not have that grain mold any more. There was one on ebay last week...sold for an outrageous price.

More of an info item than a question. I have looked at buying an Ultrasonic Brass cleaner after reading how good a job it did on pistol parts and bolts as well as brass. One article by a user even claimed his brass looked like new...although everyone else said you needed to tumble the brass...

Just checking before I reorder powder. Those of you that have used Clays and WST, which powder do you prefer on the .45 ACP. I struggle with this one. The WST meters better and is a bit more velocity. The Clays is cleaner and a little softer. As an aside, I was firing my Kimber CDP Pro II...

I had heard of this happening but never experienced it until yesterday... I have a Smith 686 with a 6 inch barrel that I was firing 158 grain medium load rounds. I have been firing these same rounds for months with no problem. Yesterday, I had a hell of a time pushing the ejection rod hard...

A friend of mine came by yesterday and had one pound of IMR 800X powder and wanted to use it for his .40 caliber rounds. I had previously advised him to use HS 6 and told him I knew nothing of the 800X but would check with you folks to see if anyone else did. It appeared to me that it was...

Does any one have any experience with the 158 gr Missouri Bullet referred to as Striker? What was your OAL and what powder have you found successfull? The bullet looks interesting and has two wax rings.

I gave this a shot a little while ago. I emailed Hornady and asked if they were going to make this round available for reloaders...no response. Has any one heard if that round is going to be made available to us?

This is one of those days when I am feeling rather ignorant. I have been using Remington small pistol primers 1 1/2 in my .40 SW, Sig. I am using HS 6 powder now but had used Clays in the past. I was looking at the box of primers today while I was reloading and in very...very...very small...

Has anyone had any experience with the Hodgdon CFE 223 powder in a 1/7 or similar AR barrel?

I have an AR with a 1/7 twist on the barrel. This rifle absolutely hates Fiocci factory loads on both the .62 and .55 grain standard loads. I know this type of barrel favors a heavier bullet...but it loved my .55 grain Hornady bullets with a minimum grain load. It is very accurate with that...

I recently switched my .40 S&W powder from Clays to HS6. This was outstanding. I have more velocity and less recoil. Really loved it. I had someone suggest that I switch from Clays on my .45 ACP to Winchester Super Target for the same reason as sited above. I checked the stats at Hodgdon...

I would like some feed back....I am using 180 grain IDP#5 Missouri bullet with a Sig P226 .40 and Springfield XD-M 3.8 I am using 3.3 gr of Clays with no apparent problem in the .40. I was using 3.2 but 3.3 and 3.4 does better...much better than the 3.2. I will be switching to 165 SWC. I...

I have been using Clays powder for all of my pistol rounds. However, I noticed a long time ago that it is difficult, at times, to find a spec for cast bullets for the .40 SW. I always can find Clays powder charges for FMJ or hollow points but on the Hodgdon site, there is no listing for the...

Has anyone used MagTech brass for reloading on their .40 or .45. If so, has it functioned well for you?

Does anyone have experience in using the different Clays powders? Clays, Universal Clays International Clays.

Does anyone have any experience with the above round in a 1:7 AR and H335 powder? Any opinions or comments are welcomed. I have used a Hornady 75 grain boat tail in this rifle and liked it. I am not sure of that light a round in a 1:7 barrel...although the rifle is designed for a 55 grain...