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( make that unwelcome) Must have picked up a bunch of these at the range. Running my 1050/Mark VII the cases a)don't consistently feed into the shell plate and b)don't give up the spent primers easily; I had several ringers before I starting going through my brass an pitching these in the...

I reload so only use factory ammunition for function check in stock 9mm handguns. Otherwise, I'll use my reloads or SD ammo. I have some leftover FM ammo from 2-3 years back before I started reloading. Some is XTP junk that I won't shoot (burned primers). The rest is FMJ which I had been...

Hodgdon shows WSF loads for 9mm, but nothing for 38 Super. Obviously manufacturers don't develop loads for every bullet, but I'm wondering if this relates to WSF not being suitable for the hotter loads for which the 38 Super is well-suited or is it a case of the case volume being too larger for...

Answer: when the spent case is hitting your strong hand on the way out. Answer when you watch the case tip out of the ejection port and drop on your right foot. I'm loading both Bayou 115gr (for myself) and Acme 115gr (for wife) for our SA 9mm 1911s. Max OAL for the Bayou is 1.16" and for the...

Dumb question coming from someone who has loaded at least 90K rounds of 9mm on a Hornady LNL AP press, but here goes: I'm going to start loading 45 ACP in low volume for my wife's CC gun. Never paid much attention to how the powder stage breaks into components, but it looks like a just want...

I use Pro Ears electronic muffs, but I'm switching to non-electronic since I now wear a hearing aid under the muff. I've started to shoot an AR-15 and I'd like something less bulky than the large Pro Ears so as not to interfere with my cheek weld. We're generally at the range for 3+ hours so...

My wife is very recoil sensitive so we're shooting very soft loads in steel challenge, 115gr Acme over 3.7gr N320. I've used Bayous in the past, but they don't work as well in my Mr. BulletFeeder. The Acme and Bayou bullet shapes are different which might have a slight effect on accuracy, but...

Posting this as information for any encountering a similar issue. Configuration: Hornady LNL AP Press, Lee Sizeer, Hornady Powder Measure with Mr. BF PTX, Mr. BulletFeeder, separate Seat and Crimp die Issue: Interference between bullet feeder and powder measure I tried to resolve the...

I have a Hornady LNL AP press with Hornady powder measure, micrometer and PTX. This unit is very reliable and accurate, but I now have a Mr. BF and I'm dealing with interference either with the primer feed tube or the bullet feeder die. Currently have my RCBS lockout die installed so the...

Last time i fired a rifle I was a freshman in college in 1967. Wife and I are dedicated steel challenge shooters with our 9mm 1911s, but I drove to a public range with the two ARs in tow to at least see if they would cycled. I had zero'ed in our house using a boresight laser, but was none...

I only load 9mm and have recently switch to a seater/crimp combo die to make room for my bullet feeder. My new ammo works perfectly in our SA 9mm 1911s and of courses passes both gauge and plunk tests, but my wife's Kimber HD Pro Carry II has a 9mm Barsto barrel which apparently has a very...

I currently use my Hornady LNL AP press to load about 4K 9mm rounds/month using a case feeder and Mr. BF. My wife and I will be shooting our AR-15s perhaps 500 rounds/month total so I don't need a lot of automation, but I'm thinking that deprime/swage/size might be best done off line on a...

Background - SA 9mm 1911, 19 lb mainspring, Ti FP, 1X FPS. Most folks change the Ti to steel, but gun had functioned fine for 25K rounds albeit without a really pronounced FP strike. My wife is now seeing very light primer strikes and 1/20 or so fail to ignite. The suspect rounds also...

While I really like my RCBS micro-seating and Lee FCD dies the combination just wasn't compatible with a bullet feeder on my Hornady LNL AP press. It's not that I feel compelled to use a lock-out die, but it's just too hard to see the powder level when the BF is in station 3: simply not worth...

Got my Mr. BF up and running about a week ago - ranks right up there with my first purchase of a cordless drill or hexadecimal calculator back in the day! I'd love to run the BF die in Station 3, but there is a slight interference between the powder funnel casting and the lower fitting on the...

Lots of conflicting analytic and anecdotal threads on the interweb, but I just started light loads with N320 behind 115gr coated lead and there is no question in my mind that at lower temperatures (40 degrees) the load is softer, the ejection weaker in our 9mm 1911s. We went to the range last...

I'd like to switch over from my Micrometer RCBS Seater/Lee FCD to a single position taper crimp/preferable with micrometer. I actually have two combination dies from Hornady, but the version that is supposed to accept a micrometer only works with longer brass; the stem on the micrometer is too...

I by my 9mm cases as "once fired", load 4K rounds/month and leave maybe 20% of the 4K on the ground each month at matches, this between my wife and myself. It's hard to tell how many times the cases have been loaded. I have a batch of once-fired that I've started to load and with two of the...

I reload 4K rounds of 9mm/month give or take. I've got excellent lighting on my Hornady LNL AP press and am vigilant about powder level and the occasional escape of a .380 case into my case feeder hopper. My usual load is 3.3gr WSF behind 147gr coated lead and while I have had a couple of...

Wife has a new SA 9mm 1911 for home defense (plus two for competition). The gun has seen a few hundred rounds and she wanted to send some rounds down range today before a practice session. We shoot my reloads, but I thought they might be a bit soft for a stock sprung gun. Brought two boxes of...