swage

I recently pitched the Lee Ram Swage primarily for .308 and .223 reloading. I set the swage up for .308. I sized and deprimed my brass. When I use the swage it bends my case mouth inwards a significant amount causing me to have to re-size all the brass. Additionally, on cases with a significant...

I usually hang out at the Black Powder Forum, but I have been reading The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle, by Ned Roberts, and I wanted to see what was on the Hand Loading Forum about bullet swaging. I came across some interesting information in the book I thought I would share with you. During...

I've been reloading for decades, but it has pretty much always been an assembly operation involving putting existing components (i.e. bullet, case, primer, powder) together properly. I never got into casting bullets; just bought jacketed, plated or ones someone else had cast. And they were...

I know this topic has been hashed over many times before, but I have a little spin on it. I just upgraded my old single stage press to a Hornady Lock-N-Load AP press and I love it!! I am also in the process of aquiring the gear needed to reload .223/5.56 . I have 2,000 pieces of Lake City brass...