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I have my old Lee Pistol Loader for .45ACP & have always loaded lead 230gr. Bullets with it. Last night I wanted to load some up with it instead of using my bench set up, everything was going good with my cleaned brass till I used my Ranier 230gr. Jacketed bullets. The 10 rounds I tried...

Tried my first time using Duracote on one of my 1991A1's that's been needing a freshening. I didn't go dual color, just flat black. So far it looks okay except for the shine but that is supposed to go away as time progresses, my mistake which I'll live with for now is that I touched a spot...

Good morning everyone, been reloading Ole .45ACP with Longshot for years with a cast 230gr. For a plinking round but now that my wife has a 9mm I thought to eventually tool up for her. My thinking is stay away from cast & get fmj 115gr. but looking on Hogdon sight it does have load data for...

Okay my buddy come by tonight with his new purchase, we call it Franken-Colt. Colt 1991 slide Essex frame. Wilson Combat safeties, trigger & stop. Unknown barrel. Unknown sear, disconnect, hammer MecGar magazines. Looks pretty good & function seems solid, head spacing is good by the...

Some how a conversation about firearms came up with a lady friend today, the part that really was the core of the conversation was caliber or chambering of semi autos mainly 9mm, .40S&W & .45ACP. The question was, what's the real difference or advantages of a .40 over a 9mm because she...

Sitting here thinking, how many of y'all use pistol caliber carbines or rifles to hunt deer with? I'm not talking about the 9mm, .40S&W, & .45ACP but the .357 magnum, .44 magnum & .4 Colt models. use thinking of my .50 caliber muzzle loader shooting a patch & ball where it's average velocity...

How long are Remington #11 percussion caps good for? About 5 or so years ago I bought a bunch of them & as it seems with time I don't think I'll go through what I have. I'm thinking of selling about 5 or 10 tins.

Well my wife & I took the time to get out to the range for a short shooting session yesterday with the intention of getting some 9mm through her new Smith & Wesson SD9VE, sorry no pictures. Becky definitely likes the feel of the Smith & Wesson & really likes that the recoil is less with it...

My wife just bought herself a nice 9mm sidearm, a Smith & Wesson SD9VE which I know isn't the best but for the price & what my wife liked in the feel of the grip & general aspects it fit what she was wanting & to me with all of what I've read this is actually not a bad pistol. Now my...

Been thinking of Re-parkerizing my old Colt m1911A1 instead of the bluing that the guy I bought it from 20+ years ago did. Yes, this one originally was a Parkered 1942 issued M1911A1 but I guess the previous owner decided to clean it up & blue it which back in 1991 I didn't mind because I was...

Wife Becky & I have had this 1944 Izhevsk M44 for about 8 years & even though I've got all the cosmoline out & had her shooting really good, I never gave it much thought till recently to really clean her up & get her back to her once proud glory. All I can tell you is that in one time of her...

Wife & I went to the local IWLA to shoot some through our M44 & the Ruger Bearcat .22. After the gawking from some of the other members at the rifle range, you would think no one has seen an actual Russian M44 before but it was all good, there were a few that had some new to them 91/30's...

Okay, first off I'm only using the Lee Classic Loader for the 7.62X54R because it was a B-day present & that I haven't gotten around to get a full dies set yet but any way. Been loading my Privi Brass with 49gr. H414 & 180gr. Speer .311 RNSP for a bit & noticed last night that on a few of my...

Okay, need some advice. Privi Brass, new. CCI magnum LR primers. Speer .311180gr. JSP RN. Hodgon H414 46gr. Mosin Nagant M44. Not sure of the velocity but POI is roughly 2" low at 50 yards & almost a foot low at 100 yards. Striking fairly center just low using the bench & the stock...

Talking to a buddy last night about different calibers & what not & he told me that with his AR he can easily make 600 yard shots & that if it was necessary would feel confident of taking down BG's at that range. I know that just like the .22LR the distance is over a mile but what would the...

This will be my first time at using lead for a modern rifle cartridge so I need some advice please. I normally use dead soft pure lead for my muzzle loaders & a few BP cartridges but since I have a huge supply of both pure lead & clip on wheel weights I thought to give it a try. The...

Looking at several loading charts including what came with my Lee dies for the 7.62x54r & for the life of me I find none that is using a lead projectile. I'm going to use my .312 185gr. Lee mold sized ofcorse but everything I read is for jacketed bullets. Can I use the same chart I find...

Good morning my fellow shooters. I normally just shoot my C&B revolvers or muzzle loaders with real black & my grandfather's .44-40 Colt with it too, the rest of my reloading is done with modern smokeless powder for 30-06 & other moder rounds. I've got a buddy who has 2 .45-70 firearms, a...

I started shooting Recurves in 1979 & still have my first store bought Bear Super Grizzly from 1983 but in 87' I was turned to Compounds & stuck with them with the exception of buying a sweet Sky till 2009 when I decided I had enough of gadgets on my bow. Since then I've started shooting more...

reading the thread that a fellow posted here, http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=699868 made me think. One thing at may be limiting my M44 is the bored crown where they drilled down to good rifling after some serious useage I imagine. Instead of me highjacking a thread I decided to...