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Midsouth Shooters is offering Colt headstamped brass in .40 S&W and .45 acp at the present time, and it appears it's made by GBW. Hope this helps. Fred

Here's a picture of Federal's new primer: https://federalpremium.com/products/premium-technologies-handgun.aspx Just scroll down the page until you get to the comparison pictures. It's not available for reloaders, but look at the difference in the flame between Lead Styphnate and Catalyst...

We often see references to SAAMI, or SAAMI Specs, but how many people really know what SAAMI is? Here is an explanation of SAAMI history, and it's role in the firearms industry. The Author: R.G. Bimson / SAAMI Director of Technical Affairs, Technical Advisor...

I have a small booklet from about 1937 entitled, "Western Ammunition Handbook". I found in reading it a statement on primer failure rates that I thought some of the modern reloaders may find interesting. Here it is: "By specializing in all types of sporting ammunition for both game and...

http://bearingarms.com/one-killed-three-missing-sellier-bellot-ammo-plant-explosion/?utm_source=badaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl Approximately 30% of their ammunition production is sold in the U.S.

Here is a link to Federal's new Ballistics Calculator: http://federalpremium.com/ballistics_calculator/ It's user friendly and handloader friendly, since you can enter your own data and print out the results. You have to know the velocity of your load, but it will give you the bullet drop...

A recent thread, and some similar threads, about safety and storing reloading materials made me think it's about time to review the safety film from SAAMI about fire and ammunition. It's meant primarily for firefighters, but it's good information for homeowners as well, especially those who...

There was an explosion and fire at the Nosler plant today and first reports are that the plant was destroyed, but that all 100 employees escaped safely. Here is a link to the story: http://www.ktvz.com/news/23772491/detail.html Fred

Locally, it's pretty well known that I like Model 1897 shotguns. Because of this, I got a call last Friday from a clerk at one of the local stores that sells firearms that an old gentleman from up the coast had been in and mentioned that he had a 12 gauge Model 97 he wanted to sell. He gave me...

Yesterday I went with a gunsmith friend to appraise a lot of guns for a recently widowed gun club member. There were many fine firearms in the collection, all very well cared for. One of the items in the collection was a Krieghoff Model 32 four barrel set, which had been upgraded to Crown...

A good friend of mine is a gun dealer, mostly for Cowboy Action firearms. Last year he ordered a dozen of the TTN Model 1887 lever action shotguns and 6 of them finally came in the other day. He listed one on Gun Broker and it sold in 12 minutes from the time he listed it. This has to be some...

I thought I would just share some information about another company's service, since one seems to get a lot of press. I bought a Hornady Pro-Jector press in about 1985 or '86, and have probably loaded over 300,000 rounds on it in various calibers. It was getting loose and I wasn't able to...

This was posted on the Alliant website recently: "Alliant Powder periodically reviews and tests their published reloading data to verify that our recommended recipes have not changed over time. During the latest review Alliant Powder discovered that Alliant Powder's Blue Dot® should not...

Alliant Technologies (ATK), the parent company of CCI, Speer, RCBS, etc., just sent a letter to all it's distributors that there is going to be an across the board price increase on ammunition and components beginning April 1st. The distributors expect Winchester and Remington to follow suit...

I was advised that ebay is going to prohibit the sale of firearms accessories on their site beginning sometime this month (August). I sent the president of ebay, Matt Halprin, an e-mail, asking if this was true. Below is my original letter and the response I received this morning: Dear Mr...