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All new brass gets a trip through the sizing die, 'cuz you never know what you have until it's been processed.

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Yeah, just like the rest of us! No worries Justin, you're gonna fit in just fine, pull up a chair, somebody get this man some coffee!

Aaahhhh, Grasshopper, the quest begins...............Welcome to the rabbit hole...............;)

No. It's March, almost April. Start your search for your hunting load NOW! It might be November before you get it figured out! The plinking load isn't generally very time consuming but trying to...

Early on, I tried the 312-185 in my '06 just because I had It. I found the nose was too big to chamber in the '06 but it worked well in the M-44. I bought a set of nose-sizing dies from NOE but that...

The Lyman #3 cast bullet manual shows 9.5 grains of 700-X is the start load for 160-190 gr. bullets in the 30-06, peak loads are around 13.0 grains. It should work as well or better than Red Dot. I...

I rely on my P.I.D. to control my melt temperature. It will hold the temp steady +/- 3* F. No thermometer can do that.

Pure lead will cast the smallest, but I don't think it'll get you to .687".

What Delkal said!

Of all the tools you mentioned the only one I have experience with is the Lee Load-All. It was a good tool and made good ammo, pretty simple to use. If you aren't loading hundreds of rounds per week...

Super Glue.

Or a heat gun. Doesn't take long to warm up the lube-sizer with a heat gun, but don't over-do it!

I'm a lifelong Type 1 diabetic, 65 years now, and a registered nurse. My kidneys are still hanging on, but barely. Fire away if you have questions buggybuilder, I might be able to help! :)

I've been burning Blue Dot since forever, one of my favorite powders for heavy shotgun and magnum pistol loads! In the mag pistols, BD will do anything that 2400 will do and will save you about 10%...

YES! That's an excellent idea, thank you very much!

AND, the muzzle blast and flash are ENORMOUS!!!

longbow, I have always respected your thoughts on casting for shotguns and you've given what I consider to be as honest an opinion as can be given. I agree about powder coating, in this case anyway,...

I have several of the 12 ga. Foster slug molds. I've never poured a slug with one of them for two reasons: 1 - They came to me during early winter and it's too cold to cast in the shed outback, and,...

Since you're shooting low velocity with a mix of black powder and smokeless loads, I'd recommend you use SPG for everything.

Since you've been successful with the other two rifles (They're both '06's, right?) I'll aussme your case prep and loading procedures are good. If so, I'd drop the powder charge back and work up, if...

The original load for the .357 Magnum back in 1935 (?), loaded by Remington, used a very soft lead bullet at a velocity of 1510 fps from the 8-3/8" barrel of the Model 27 Smith & Wesson revolver. It...

BLL and 45-45-10 work, and work well! Instead of going to all this effort in what could possibly be disastrous, why not just use what we already know works?

243winxb brings up a good point; Regarding pistol brass, because the case is so short, it is more important to control heat transfer to the case head. I wouldn't anneal with a case held in a socket...

Overall, yes, but - I've found that each mold has it's own preferences. Most of my molds are Lee's, they pretty much cast at the same pace, except for two of them. Those two demand a little slower...