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Hardball is not suitable for game and IMO should only be used for paper. They figured it out over 100 years ago that when you use an equivalent amount of Tin /Antimony you get an intermetallic...

Agreed. I just looked at my scoped handi rifle and my scope is much farther back. At least 2 inches overlap the wood stock. Everyone's hold / eyes are different but for me that is the natural...

With its large case capacity I would not call a 45-70 a standard military rifle case. 2400 needs some loading density and pressure to burn correctly and 16 grains is an extremely light load. The...

How loud are these loads? Does everyone immediately know you are shooting a pistol in your back yard?

Not sure about .308 but 30-06 Garands are happiest with 150 grain bullets and relatively fast 4895 powder. Heavier 180 grain jacketed bullets with slower powders have been known to bend the op rod....

While only indirectly related to accuracy most projectiles don't like transitioning from supersonic to subsonic. It does effect accuracy but I don't know how much it matters for a handgun bullet....

Look up some modern loading data and see if 2400 is even recommended any more. A 45/70 has a much larger case capacity than your standard military case and 2400 needs some pressure to burn cleanly...

I don't think using 2400 is a good choice with a huge case like a 45/70 and if you are getting delayed ignition stop what you are doing and pull the rest of those bullets. It might not be the...

I shoot the 50 cal Real bullet and it can be difficult to seat unless you use extremely soft lead and even then it can still take some effort. The first bands slide right in with thumb pressure but...

Longer? (assuming it will fit)

Check out Shuff's parkerizing. They have been around for years and while they are mostly known for their reparking service they are excellent Garand and Carbine gunsmiths and are highly recommended...

I am surprised it took six years but here is the answer......The difference between IMR 4198 vs H4198 is +/- 1 grain of powder.

As long as you start low and work up like you are supposed to do...

If you are only having problems with that one bullet it is not a rifle or geometry problem. Seat the bullet shorter and see what happens. Or consider a more traditionally tapered bullet or a round...

Then why don't you resize and deprime separately on a single stage press? Then on your 1050 leave the sizing die out and just use the priming system. This is what I do with rifle rounds on a 550.

I don't bother to wet tumble my pistol cases and just give them a few minutes tumble in corn cobs. Then load them. It doesn't make sense separately depriming them and double the amount of pulls to...

I course grind the fat then slowly render it in a large pot or a crock pot. Heat very slowly and when it almost stops bubbling you are done. Try to keep the temp<300. You can ladle off the fat and...

I shoot the Lee C452-300-RF and the metplat is probably around 85%. And for a pistol bullet the BC is decent at 0.233. Lee shows the BC of their bullets on their charts.

When I fire form my 30-30 Ackley improved that portion of the shoulder gets blown out to 40 degrees and the neck moves up about 1/4 inch. I might have a few cases out of 100 split but if you are...

It must of been a while because all of their sinkers now are cheap zinc. I bought some split shot and you can't just pinch them on like the lead ones. You have crimp them on with pliers till the...

Shorts are great in rifles since the longer barrel makes them much quieter than a standard .22 LR. You can even go to CB caps and with a long barrel .22 is extremely quiet and often the whack you...

It can be confusing and my advice to make sure the shellholder fully touches the die is mostly for the first time you use brass that was fired in other rifles. Or if you are loading for multiple...

I did not mean you need a heavy press or use a lot of force when the shellholder touches. Most presses have a little give in them so if you just screw the die in to barely touch the shell holder...

How did you set up the die? Did you just try and neck size it? For full length sizing of unknown brass screw the die in till it touches the shellholder then another 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn to take up...

Only use a throwaway/spam separate email address for stuff like this.

I only have one person on my ignore list. And it is just as a reminder to never respond to any of his questions or offer any advice.

If someone is on your ignore list you can still see whenever...