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Haven't seen anyone post on this yet, but the question of the two middle school students in Edinburg, TX wounded by rifle fire a few weeks back now seems answered. The school is relatively new, in an area not yet built up. Co-ordinates, for anyone who wants to look at it on Google Earth...

The first bullet I used for 357sig is 125gr Speer #4362; designed for 357sig, but quite expensive. Still the best of the many I have tried, though. Tried many bullets that, based on their profile, looked promising. None worked, including the Hornady 121gr HAP (which does marvelous well in...

I do rifle some, but not a lot; and I do the bottleneck 357sig. When I started reloading some 10 yrs ago, with the RCBS Master Reloading Kit, I used the pad and bottle of CaseLube 2 that came with the kit. Rolled the cases around in an old towel after resizing to wipe off some of the slick...

My bad. Getting lazy in my old age and just spot reading. I have been reloading about 10 yrs, do mostly pistol (9mm, 38spl, 357mag, 357sig, 45acp, 45colt), shoot 100-200 rounds a month, and enjoy just poking around trying different powders and bullets. Sadly, the chronograph will give...

Nobody's said this yet, so I will. Not to be snarky about it, but if you don't have at least one good comprehensive reloading book then you do not have (as in yr original post) "everything needed to load." (I presume you do not yet have a book, since in yr o.p. you say you went to Hodgen's...

With one exception, I never saw value in grip extension for small butt handguns. Have a J-frame M36 which I used to choke up on when I first bought it, till I learned to grip it properly. My normal carry is a G-26 IWB sidearmor which works just fine with the pinky curled under. The...

"If you were going to buy one powder to drive 9mm to 45 ACP, what would you choose?" Begging yr pardon, but you asked the wrong question. Unless you will be always shooting one bullet weight and one desired muzzle velocity, you will be needing more than one powder: faster burning powder...

Unique (or W231 or PowerPistol, or any mid-range burning rate pistol powder) will work in 357mag and 45acp. When you get serious with the 357mag you'll want a slower powder like 2400 or H110 for building boomer loads. If you have need for softer loads in the 45acp, then pick up a faster...

Marty - Fact is, smokeless powder needs high pressure for a complete (clean) burn. When the gun fires, the powder starts to burn, the pressure increases; the bullet leaves the case, the combustion chamber volume increases. Continued burning keeps the pressure up, but expanding...

Pulled up this thread in a search. Very timely. My own favorites for top end 357mag for the GP100 and Win94 center on H110 and jacketed 125 or 158gr. But I finished out a bottle of H110 and thought I'd try some 2400. Also playing with oregon trail lasercast (158gr roundnose). Picked up...

Yeah, don't be using that BlueDot in 38spl. You'll be wanting a fast burner like Bullseye or something in the middle like Unique. SAAMI pressure limit for 38spl is a low 17,000 psi. You need something that gets up and burnt fast, or you're fer sure going to have unburned powder falling out...

Well, if you like the SP101 then go for it. Just get used to the two-finger-pinkey-under grip. You can;t go wrong with a SP101. Alternatively, I had one of these a few years ago; gave it to my son. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/2200/swcompact9.htm Don't remember exactly which...

Leaving aside the cost (which is for most folks neutral - we formally or informally budget a certain amount of money for our activities) the point is, that reloading brings a new dimension, understanding, and control to shooting. Presumedly few or none of us shoot just to make noise and...

...for Mary Jo Kopechne.

You could favor us by revealing the calibre.

Step 1. Get some shooting glasses (yr favorite lightly tinted safety glasses). Step 2. Get some http://www.optx2020.com/ of the appropriate power (or maybe a half step more than present need, to allow for future degradation). Step 3. Lick and stick one plastic lens, upside down (flat side...

for 308 and 223, varget works well. for 9mm, power pistol. you could probably do with power pistol also in the 45acp, but if you are ready to get into a third powder try bullseye or titegroup for the 45.

Yes, the Original Vaquero maybe, which looks like the Colt but is considerably stouter built and heavier. In even a modern built weapon, with modern steel, the dimensions of the original colt, with that load you're getting into the territory of "Hold my beer and watch this." With a...

Now that is a profound thought. It's really all a matter of compromise, conjecture, and comfort. Frankly, I carry mostly as a matter of political conviction, that each of us is ultimately responsible for his/her own safety and that government is a creation of and subservient to the people...

Was out at the neighborhood backstop this afternoon. Most of the session was devoted to left-hand left-eye training with the beretta 92fs (121 grain hornady HAP bullets over 5.8 gr of power pistol; awesome). But giving the B-92FS a rest, I worked with the NewVaq 45Colt. OOO! Gotta love them...