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Folks, I'm loving my new Beretta Cougar .45 pistola and it happily gobbles up my 230 gr Cast TL loads. They shoot with very nice accuracy. I'm really pleased with that load and will continue to crank out a bunch of them... I've also put together some 200 gr Cast TL loads. These have an OAL of...

Back around the beginning of this year, I purchased a lightly-used stainless 3" Rossi (model 720) revolver, chambered in .44 Special. I fell in love with it from day one! Actually, I enjoyed it so much that I bought a second nice 720 a couple months later. These things are really sweet and I...

I just now opened up a fresh can, and that reminded me of something that I have thought about posting on here for a while -- On the potato chip aisle at Walmart, they have these tins of "Blue Diamond" salted almonds, with wasabi & soy sauce. They are incredibly delicious! Just eating them...

I recently purchased a stainless Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum (5.5" barrel) that I've put 70 rounds through. This is a wonderful gun, and I am really loving it! One of the loads that I've successfully put together for it turns the thing into a flame thrower, and it's a hoot to shoot! :D I...

When I first purchased my single stage press and related components, I got one of those Lee Precision Scales. (I soon afterwards traded some powder for a nice RCBS 5-0-5 scale.) For a while I thought maybe I should sell the Lee scale for a few bucks and use the RCBS scale exclusively. ;)...

Suppose that you return to your place of work on Monday morning. Your boss, knowing that you are a "gun nut", comes to your desk with a gift-wrapped box in his hand. He tells you that you have been doing a fantastic job and that he thinks you should be rewarded for your commitment and...

Just traded for a beautiful Security Six. That little red tip on the front sight has faded a lot since it was new. Is that little piece replaceable, or must the front sight blade be replaced? Thanks! CP

To my knowledge, I've never even held a SIG pistol in my hands. I plan to visit a couple local gun stores next week and see if I can remedy that... From reading online, I've recently developed an interest in the SIG P229, and the smaller, thinner P239. For most of the handguns that I own, I...

A friend of mine just gave me a big bar of lead. I'd guess it to weigh 25 pounds or more. Is there a way to test this stuff to see if it needs to have some antimony mixed with it to harden it up? Thanks! Corner Pocket

I know that the .40 S&W cartridge is relatively new. I've shot a number of semiautos chambered for this caliber. Are there any .40 S&W wheel guns out there? Thanks! Corner Pocket

My new .45 revolver is somewhere on its way to me in the big brown truck, and I'm pumped, jacked up, and stoked! ;) I've reloaded several thousand rounds of .45 ACP in the past few years, but have never even (to my knowledge) seen any .45 Auto Rim brass. As a "just for kicks" exercise, I...

I've just purchased a new S&W wheel gun, which is my first venture into S&W land. Just wondered what sort of reputation S&W has when it becomes necessary to send a gun into them? Does the customer pay shipping one way? Both ways? Are they reasonably speedy getting it back to you? Your...

It is well known that Winchester 231 is the same powder as Hodgdon HP38. (I've seen that stated many times in numerous places...) Herein lies the problem -- Looking at load data for 44 Magnum in Richard Lee's "Second Edition of Modern Reloading", I see some discrepancies. For instance, for...

Due to the scarcity of .380 ammo, I started reloading this caliber a few months ago. I've done some experimentation since I first began and have settled on a couple of loads that use 95gr FMJ bullets. I've now loaded and shot about 1K of these, and they work very well. I bought some 100gr...

I picked up a considerable quantity of .38 Special brass at the range the other day. About 30-40 pieces of them just have four characters as the headstamp: R A 7 6 Don't think I've ever ran across these before. Just wondered about reloading them. Your thoughts/insights are appreciated...

I don't load many .357 Magnums, but it is commonly known that you can use the same set of dies for loading .38 Specials. (Which I do load a lot of.) A moment ago I was working on getting some 9mm brass cleaned up and ready for priming, when the thought occurred to me -- can you use your 9mm...

I'm thinking that I might enjoy having an adjustable rear sight on my PX4 .45 pistol. I see lots of such sights available for the 92 and 96 series Berettas. Anyone know whether these will fit on a PX4? Or if not, know of any other such adjustable sights that fit on a PX4? Thanks! :D...

I purchased three pistols this year. A new Stoeger Cougar 8000 (9mm) in January, a new Beretta PX4 (.45acp) in July, and a lightly used CZ 75B (.40) in May. I really enjoy all three of these guns and have fired close to 6,000 rounds (pretty-well evenly distributed between the three of them.)...

Just finished buying a bunch of Wolf primers online from here: http://www.wideners.com Haven't ever used Wolf before. But given the state of the availabilty of such things, I thought I might as well try a few thousand. :uhoh: Wanted you folks to know that they have some, at least right...

I don't know a lot about scopes and don't want to spend a lot on one. Still, I think I'd enjoy having some sort of scope on my 686+, and am open to your suggestions and ideas. Thanks! CP