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As you may have seen from my other thread, I was having terrible trouble with the powder die/assembly of my 550B getting it set up for 223. Turns out I had idiotically mixed up the powder inserts and PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - A 45ACP POWDER INSERT WILL NOT WORK WITH 223. Thank you for your...

Hey all - I've been reloading pistol calibers on the 550B forever, finally decided to load 223 on it. I ordered the 223 kit and am getting everything set up, but I'm having a heck of a time with the powder die. I took one of the powder dies I already had and put the 223 insert in it, but it's...

Hey all - I've used Winchester 223 40-gr. Varmint-X to great effect last hunting season, and decided to chrono all my guns today to make myself some trustworthy range cards. I shot the Varmint-X from my 18" suppressed 223 Wylde, and the first shot read at 3288. Advertised FPS is 3600 (we all...

Hey all - I've decided that since I can only hunt with one rifle at a time, I'll buy a good Harris bipod and QD it to three different rifles: Savage .22 bolt with a sling swivel to mount to .223 AR with an M-LOK foreend, and .308 AR also with M-LOK Anybody know the best way to QD to all three...

Hey all - missed a shot today because the GARBAGE scope I have on my Savage bolt 22 failed to hold zero. Never again. Some pest hunting is legal at night here in Tennessee, and I've come to appreciate the importance of decent light gathering that comes with good glass. That said, the rifle was...

Hey all - W231 has been my faithful go-to for a whole lot of stuff, but just got a new 147-gr. HP mold, so I cast and powdercoated a batch, and they shoot beautifully but don't lock the slide back following the last round. What powder do you all like here? Sig P226 w/suppressor. Also...

Hey all - going to run a course that includes hits on 10" plates out to 300, so I picked up a Vortex 3x magnifier to add to my AR with Eotech. I got it on the gun today; I've got the magnifier mounted as far back as I can for good eye relief, and the Eotech as close to the magnifier as I can...

Hey all - friend was given a bunch of .30-06 loose in ammo cans (many of them badly mangled); the guy he got them from didn't know anything about it. Check out this headstamp: Any ideas what the heck this stuff is? Would love to shoot it through my Garand but won't unless I know it's...

Hey all - today while trimming .223 brass, the shaft connected to the chuck unscrewed on me while I was loosening a piece of brass. Here's a pic - I've left it pretty far unscrewed so you can see the exposed threads to see where I'm talking about. Looks simple enough - just screw it back...

Hey all - unfortunately I do have to drive from TN to IL for a few days. I'd rather not be completely unarmed for the entire trip. I know that if I even think about an assembled firearm, or the Constitution, while in IL I will likely never see the rolling green hills of Tennessee again. BUT...

Hey all. Trying to sell my girlfriend's Taurus 605. I went to clean it today, and discovered that the cylinder wouldn't stay closed. When the trigger is pulled, the hammer goes about 1/4 of the way back, and trigger travel stops at that point. Also, the cylinder release oddly enough stays...

Hey all - I hate trimming brass more than I can express politely, so I'm using the x-die. I have a lingering fear that some cases might still be a bit long and thus get bulged during resizing. Is a case gauge what I think it is - basically another chamber that I can drop rounds in to confirm...

Hey all - I've had a sudden issue. I haven't used my tumbler for several months. I had put new media in it a while before, but not long enough before to warrant replacement. The last batch of brass was beautiful as usual. Then a few days ago I tumbled some rifle brass to remove Imperial...

Hey all - I'm looking to use a Beamshot 1000 for either a dimmed red or IR laser, and would like to be able to swap it between my P226 and AR. I know it works fine on a rifle, but has anybody used it on a pistol? Just want to make sure it's not too humongous/long and that the controls are...

Hey all - I have loved shooting 13 grains of AA#9 with a Berrys 124 gr. FP out of my P226. It doesn't yield the screaming velocities I was expecting, but it's still a great load. I recently discovered that when I shoot the same load out of my M&Pc, I am unable to decap the brass afterwards...

Hi all - given how slow I am at trimming brass (and how much I hate it), a year ago I bought x-dies in .223 and a Lyman power trimmer. I read the directions and dutifully trimmed all the .223 brass I had on hand down .010 past normal (which took eight decades). Now, I'm scratching my head...

Hi all - I've had a GSG for about a year and I love it, except that it will not reliably work with subsonic ammo. I've used Remington subs and CCI subs, and the same thing happens. A few rounds will go fine, then it will jam. I've SBRed this gun, and it is very, very quiet with the can, but...

Hey all - I've been reloading for a few years now and have been storing brass in various stages of processing in cheap plastic Walmart 3-drawer-type things. It's worked okay, but one of the "towers" is leaning pretty far over and it's clear that I'm putting more weight in these things beyond...

...and didn't realize it until I began using them. The first three cases were pretty difficult, but then things plateaued out pretty well. But about 50 rounds in, it became extremely difficult to size new cases - it was needing more pressure than resizing rifle brass. I REALLY don't want to...

I've been reloading for several years now and love it. I'm not a tremendously high-volume shooter, but I enjoy the process and custom-tailored loads which reloading gives me access to. For quite a while now I've had in the back of my mind to think about casting. It would give me tremendous...