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I’m getting my new reloading bench set up, and it’s in an unheated shop. I realized tonight that cool weather is causing problems with the inexpensive electronic scale I had been using for many years. It is drifting, and it is consistently weighing known objects about 3-4 grains heavy, even...

I haven’t bought primers since I ordered a few thousand small rifle in early 2013. I don’t remember what I paid for those, but I have a couple boxes from 2009 or so sitting around with price tags on them that read $33/1000. Seems like everywhere now has them listed for about $60–$75 (and...

I haven’t been reloading for the last few years, and I’m working on a batch of .45-70 for deer season. I’m going slow and being very cautious, since I haven’t done it in so long. The brass I’m working with has been shot twice (3-4 years ago) at lever action pressure levels, and it’s trimmed a...

Hi, all, I’ve got a PTR-91 GI that I’ve had a few problems with. I sent it back to the factory a few months back, where they fixed a problem with the front sight (inaccuracy wasn’t my fault, for once!), but now I’ve noticed another issue. I was shooting my rifle this weekend, and I had a...

I got a G20 a few months ago. The pistol shoots like a dream, without a single failure in the 1,000 or so rounds through it so far, but it sure is expensive to feed. I reload for all my other guns and I am set up with dies for the 10mm, but after resizing a few cases, I just can't see how...

I got a Glock 20 Gen 4 about six weeks ago. I just put my 200th round through it. It's my first Glock. The first 100 rounds were factory ammo—half SIG and half Remington. The Remington ammo seemed like fairly typical downloaded 10mm. The velocities claimed on the SIG box would indicate a...

I represent folks accused of crimes. I had a case this week where a gal was alleged to have been in a car with a felon and some handguns. According to the arrest warrant, the officers recovered "a Colt Commander 9mm, an Astra .380, and a German Luger 9mm." Unless they were stolen and the true...

I'm not exactly what you would call a veteran bullet caster, and I just tried my hand at casting some 405 grain bullets for my .45-70 with a Lee 10lb bottom-pour pot. I've previously cast several hundred pistol bullets with this set-up, but the .45-70 bullets are giving me some serious problems...

Had kind of a bonehead moment while shopping for bullets the other day, and picked up a box of Speer Hot-Cor 350 grn .458 bullets on a lark, intending to use them in my Marlin. It wasn't until I got them home and opened them up that I realized my error in that these are obviously intended for...

I bought an FN Israeli Mauser chambered in .308 about four years ago, and I noticed it has a notch for loading from stripper clips. Would anyone be willing to point me in the direction of where I may be able to acquire some clips that would fit the notch and the .308 round? Thanks, Ted

Decided to finally start reloading for 5.56 after saving my brass for years. Found a good deal on some 55gr Lake City awhile back, and I now figure I should stop shooting it up until I can replace it at a reasonable price. I hopped online last night and ordered what seemed like the last Lee .223...

I was just on Brownells looking to order a couple of Lewis Lead Removers for my handguns. They are out of stock on the calibers I shoot, but I noticed that they have just the handles in stock, as well as conversion kits for the calibers I shoot. If I ordered a handle and a conversion kit...

Long time lurker, but first time poster. Thought I might poll the wealth of knowledge on this forum. I just got a pair of Colt .44-40's and figured I'd load up some black powder rounds for them. I cast some 200 grain bullets out of pure lead and loaded them over a card wad and a compressed...