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Without sounding like a butt-head, this thread is not about what your favorite powder is for loading 223. I have Varget for that. What I'd like to know is if there is a reason you wouldn't use Benchmark for loading your 223? I've got 13.5 pounds of it and thousands of 223 I can load with it if...

I know calipers to the better extent but I'm wondering if somebody knows a set that has some redeeming quality that might be unique to reloading. I've been using a cheap pair of Kobalts from Lowes for a good long while but they are stating to get a little bit of rocking in the jaws so I'm...

I hear, read, dreamed that small amounts of oil can contaminate considerable amounts of smokeless powder but I can't find a thing about the topic anywhere. Does anybody know anything on the subject? My concerns are that excess undetected spray lanolin or other oil based lube in a case neck, when...

How old is Winchester Action Pistol powder (WAP)? I am aware that discontinued WAP is now packaged by Ramshot as Silhouette but I'd like to know when it was discontinued by Winchester.I have most of an 8 pound jug of it and have loaded thousands of 9mm and 40 caliber rounds with it. I took it on...

New rifle. New bullet. I bought a knocking around rifle, something that can be a little abused if need be, a Remington 783 in 308. I bought it because it has extra fortification in it's plastic, a 22 in (shortish) Magnum contour barrel and a nearly closed receiver. This should take a licking...

I have been reloading for years and love it. I have a small bench footprint and I like the hands on approach so I load range fodder 223 on a Lee Classic Turret Press and I do precision work on a Rock Chucker. But I find 223 to be its own demon over any other rounds because of the prep work. Now...

Sometimes I push primers through questionable mil surp primer pockets on 223 and bend the primer post on my Lee Classic 4 hole Turret Press primer unit. I have spare pins. How do I replace this pin? Has anybody done this before? Thanks a bunch.

The Hornady manual calls for a 2.260 maximum COL for a Hornady 55gr BT FMJ for a 223. I've had serious feeding issues with this load. Then I bought a box on 55gr WalMart WB and checked that they are loaded to only 2.20 COL (they do have a flatter nose than the Hornady) but shoot very well in my...

I have found a terrific refinish technique Russian Red where you create abriliant ruby red transparent poly coating and paint over a stock newly stained in red mohogony. Question for anyone who may know; can I make the red top coat with tung oil rather than polyuretene?

Do you use standard resizing die or Small Base resizing dies for reloading for your AR-15? And was this move by choice or by necessity?

I don't see this in the Mosin dedicated web sites. What is this mark?

I want to save a spam can. I've never opened one. I want to go in from the bottom. I don't know how to go about it. I don't know which way the rounds are packed in the can. I'd sure appreciate any comments. My first Mosin is in excellent shape, a HEX and all numbers match. I will shoot it but...

I have run into a bunch of Lake City 62 Match 30-06 brass. It still has the primer in it but it doesn't look quite like brass. Is it re-loadable? Is there a market for it? I want to sell it for a reasonable price but I don't know what that would be. What do you guys think?

The title of my thread says it all. Hornady 9mm 124gr XTP at Cabelas. No limits. I've been hunting for these or Speer Gold Dots for 10 months. I bought gobs last night and I see they are still available right now. Let us know if you got in on it too.

Just like it says in the caption. I can't find it and I can't search it up. I have my first AR build I'd like to show off. Thanks in advance.

Yeah I own one. It is a shockingly accurate shooter with a really crappy trigger and rubbery stock. I bought it to slow down on the rate I was going through on 223 ammo. Fact is, I'm so impressed with its accuracy that I just bought a Timney trigger for it and now I'm looking for a stock. So...

I bought a box of 55gr. Hornaday BT-FMJ and a bunch of Benchmark at my LGS today. Two nice finds. Well as popular as both Hodgdon and Hornaday are, neither have proper load data for a Benchmark/BT-FMJ load. Hornaday DOES have some data but it was cooked up through a 1/12 twist Remington 700...

I was just thinking, since 9mm is so easy to reload, why not look into a 9mm carbine. I have never given an ounce of thought to a pistol caliber rifle and know nothing about them. So I hope you will point me in the right direction. I like to backpack so this may be a take along. A semi-auto...

I use 70% crushed walnut and 30% corn cob in my tumbler. I use half a cap of Nu-Finish in a fresh batch of media. I buy my media at pet stores. It is ground to a size that easily vacates a 223 case mouth in a media/case separator after tumbling. OK, with modest variations, almost everybody who...

You guys helped me fix FTE issue last week where my mid gas barrel was still over-gassing and the extractor wasn't catching the case rim fast enough. Tightened the adjustable gas block down and problem solved. Now that my extractor has a good bight on the spent round I am having a different...