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Yum, yum. Now you have me thinking about driving to Maine.

I never had a problem other than having to clean out the carbon build up in the front of the .357 chamber from the shorter .38 specials. That is not a problem when cleaned. I have a friend who shoots a lot of different revolvers chambered in 357 Mag. and 44 Mag. He says he simply avoids the...

Looks great, Jim.

Mark, I have had similar experiences with carbon on the necks of annealed, reloaded brass but not on the necks of virgin brass. Unfortunately, I don't have any explanation for this phenomenon. So, you are not alone with this issue. I don't know when brass manufactures anneal their brass. Is...

Well done, Jim. That was quite the undertaking. I am sure you will enjoy the results. It must have been a huge task just to empty it out, and then to move everything back in again.

Sounds like a good outcome. Patience paid off.

Patrick, I look forward to seeing more photos like this. You are in the right area for seeing a lot of game.

That had to put a smile on your face.

I remember when Remington introduced that cartridge. I hope this one works out to your satisfaction. Look forward to seeing your results

Shooting at those distances amaze me. I was hoping you were going to say that those woodchucks came out as you were shooting at 1,500 yards and you guys popped them.

Good to know. Thanks for starting this thread.

Well done.

I am using the wet tumbling with the SS pins. This batch of brass was my first time using it. The brass that was wet tumbled with the SS pins definitely requires more force to seat the bullets than non-tumbled brass. I may change the order of my brass processing the next time. This time wet...

At this time I only have the Forster sizing and Forster micrometer seating dies. I may send the sizing die in to have the neck honed out so that it sizes the neck less, requiring less expansion.

I don't think there is a problem with the cases. The inside of the case mouths was chamfered both before and after tumbling. Three other types of bullets seat OK without denting the bullet. These bullets have very tapered boattails. There is a reason I got a call from Forster and a reason...

Those cases have been fired 3 times and annealed after both the second and the third firings.

Sako2, thank you for your comment. I have been meaning to order a VLD chamfer tool for some time, but I keep forgetting to add it my orders. I can see what you see in the photos. However, it must be an anomaly of the photographs. I closely inspected the loaded bullets and could not see any...

Every bullet fired from a rifle is going to have rifling marks. That is not something that the reloader can control. The seating stem marks are something that the reloader can control. The Hornady 6.5mm, 130 gr. ELD-M bullets have a very soft (thin) jacket. I sure as heck am not going to...

"What We Found Some bullets require significantly more pressure to seat properly, which can lead to impressions forming on the bullet Any case requiring over 125 lbs of seating force was more likely to leave a noticeable ring on the bullet. Reducing neck tension resulted in lower seating force...

I had been loading some Hornady 130 gr. ELD-M bullets in my 6.5 CM and was getting significant marks on the bullet from the seating stem. So, I sent some bullets and cases to Forster Products with a request for a custom honed seating stem. When they had finished the work (about one week)...