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I got some surprising results. I tested 4 cartridges today. 2 commercial loads 2 hand loads. Palmetto State Armory upper, 16” barrel, with a 1/7 twist. Used a caldwell rifle rest. Cold day, snowing, windy. Winchester white box. Average velocity 3093 FPS. 5 shot group @ 100 yds 3 3/4...

I have a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .44 Mag that I want to develop a bear defense load for. For bullets I currently have Montana Bullet Works .431 300 Grain WFN-GC hard cast. My Lyman 49th and 50th edition lists a 300 grain lead bullet with a max H-110 load of 18.5, I read an article that...

I really like my Frankford Arsenal Case Trim and Prep Center but holding each case to trim when doing large batches fatigues my hand. I used my Frankford Arsenal hand priming tool with the large primer rod to hold cases and it cut down on time and is much more ergonomic. Maybe everyone already...

I have been reloading pistol and rifle for a while now and wanted to try shotgun reloading. I have some questions I am hoping to get some help and direction on. I am looking at 12 GA 2 3/4 load data for 1 1/8 oz target loads and one hull listed is “Winchester HS or compression formed plastic...

I was able to score 1K 62 Grain steel core penetrator FMJ. I have H4895 and H-335 powder and both magnum and standard primers to use. Which of the powders I have would your prefer and do you have a favorite load for either? I have a couple thousand mixed brass cases and about 1K speer nickel...

I picked up everything pictured for $100 not sure if I got a fair deal or not but I figured I would take a chance. Can anyone tell if this is a complete set up? Anything I should look out for on this particular press due to its age? I will certainly spend time going through the materials that...

So I was out at the bench this morning cleaning up and organizing and I decided I would try something with a piece of resized brass I had. I seated a dummy round 240 grain JHP .44 mag bullet with a .45 ACP seating die. It looked fine and I was able to crimped it on the Lee FCD and it looked...

Loading up some .44 mag. I have 240 grain JHP's and was just going to start with 9.3 grains of Unique. Wanted to get my crimp set so I made some dummy rounds. I am using the lee factory crimp die and the picture is attached. Should I back it off or leave it alone? Thanks.

So my brother for some reason purchased reloads at a gun show a while back. 250 .44 Mag 240 grain bullets (I'm not sure how much he paid). Anyhow right before Christmas him and his 21 year old son head to the range. They had the .44 amongst other pistols and my brother was not having any...

Need some feed back from THR on this scale. My wife bought me this scale at a yard sale for $1 back when we lived in Corpus Christi and it was missing the pan. This week my digital scale went weird and I used my Lee balance beam instead of my digital. I was thinking about buying a new scale and...

Need some help developing a load for .45 acp, universal powder, and 230 grain precicesion delta FMJ bullets. I am looking at my lee reloading book and it shows a max load of 6.0 grains while the Hodgdon site shows a max of 5.6. My hornady book does not have data for this powder/bullet. Does...

So I rushed out to the range today before work and tested out 2 loads I have been working on for my DPMS 308 with a 16" barrel. 1st load 150 grain hornady fmj w/canalour line 42 grains of IMR 4895 Lake City brass col 2.717. 2nd load 168 grain Hornady A Max 41.5 grains 4895 Lake City brass col...

so I need some advise as I am reloading for my DPMS Lr 308 with a 16" barrel. today i loaded up 20 rounds of 168 A Max over 38.7 grains of IMR 4895 per Hornady 9th edition .308 service rifle section. The load was just middle of the road and I did not expect much, it yielded 2100 FPS and 1.5...

Just purchased a DPMS LR .308. It has a 16 inch barrel with a 1 in 10 twist rate. I will be using 168 grain a max mostly but also some Nosler 150 and 180 grain ballistic tips. I have also found some lake city long range non crimped brass that I will be ordering. My question is what powder should...