I have a Frankford Arsenal Lite kit on the way with a dryer. I was wondering if you guys deprime pistol brass especially a large batch before wet tumbling? It's good to keep pockets clean, but some people leave primers in until after wet tumbling. What is your preference?
Partitions are excellent bullets. I put down a huge bull nilgai head on into the upper chest around 200 ish yards about 25 years ago using my 7 Mag with a 140 Partition, went down so fast and never got up. I have am embracing relationship with Accubonds and Ballistic Tips that I will never let...
Some seating depth change may tighten that up. Did you do 3 shots in .1 -.2 grain increments with the .224? Possible node between wide charges. I have some faith with Ballistic Tips or the ELD-M , give them a try.
What's your twist?
I did research, the bulk bag of 124 grain bullets is the Montana Gold hollow points, I have never loaded those yet. I was running the flat top and round nose. I was just functioning the Dillon, ran a fired .38 Super case with dies that has already been set on the block from 20 years ago. Ran it...
Thanks Guy, soon I'll run up to the gun shop which is about an hour away that has some powder on their shelves, hopefully grab some pistol powders and primers there. For the time being, I'll give the old loads a run at the range and get some of that fired brass in the tumbler for a nice...
I pulled the bullets on the .45 and .38 Super. I checked one of the old ammo boxes, it had the load written there which was 6 grains WW231 and 185 grain Remington Sabers. This load was great, but the burn sparks and debris blows back in my face which makes me stop using it, i have about 150...
I came across Guy Miner's YT video on Ultimate Reloader, he spoke about the WW AutoComp, it may be on my list since I can use it for both pistols.
Gosh its been ages and so many powders to choose from. I want to narrow it down to powders with 60-70% fill so you won't get a double charge, burns...
I have been away from pistol reloading for 20 years roughly. If can remember, I used Blue Dot for my .38 Super and some Unique for the .45
What powders are you guys using for your .38 Super and .45 with light and heavy bullets?
Cleaned up my man cave and dusted off all shelves and came across a big plastic tub on the top shelf and found some old ammo and brass. There was some old 6 BR brass empty and loaded. The loaded rounds has some blue corrosion on the mouths running down the neck. Got the bullet hammer, and...
Just got my Kimber .38 Super back yesterday, my gunsmith removed the adjustable rear sight and installed an adapter and mounted the Holosun 507 Competition. Looks pretty slick seeing those different reticles. Picked the reticle with the dot and the halo. I picked red over green, the " shake...
It will be a straight 6 BR. I should be running them about 2840 fps or a tad more. I ran 6 BR on my old 26 inch barrel on the Rem 700 action at 2840 fps with 30 grains of Varget. This barrel after being set back should be 29 inches, possibly gain some speed but I won't push it very hard, just...