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I have only reloaded for my Nagant with 3f Goex, reused Hotshot Nagant brass and the Lee 311-100-2r boolit cast with clip-on wheel weights. I'm a plinker so I can't vouch for target accuracy but it...

I worked my way from small pistol to small pistol magnum, small rifle and finally small rifle magnum.

As I worked up, my velocities went up as you would expect but more important, my velocities...

Do a search on Mitchell's and you will find a lot of negative reviews. I have read lots of posts on other forums about Mitchell's and have formed a definite opinion about their guns. But I'll leave...

I've found I get more consistent results using magnum primers with my BP loads but I have not loaded .45 Colt. My standard deviation really dropped and I also got higher velocities, as expected.

I like round noses in my older military pistols and revolvers because that is what they originally used.

I really like my short barreled .22/.22 Mag. It is easy to carry in a pocket holster (I would not bother to carry a bigger gun) and gives me peace of mind while walking with my daughter on our...

Using black powder is the main reason I shoot my .43 Egyptian roller. I love the smoke and smell and it is not hard to clean at all; just a different procedure.

I've never tried the pyramid method. I just stuff them inthe clip with no loading problems. I do like many have posted and hold the top cartridge as my pusher.

The Mosin interrupter prevents rim...

I have not had any trouble at all with my Lee 7.62x25 sizing die. All rounds chamber well. I'm also using a Romanian TT and shoot a Lee 311-100-2R boolit cast from COWW.

Good point.

I use playing card wads the most but have tried lots of other. All seem to work well placed above and below the grease cookie in my .42 Russian Berdan. No leading and better...

That makes me appreciate my Uberti more, even if it is a quite different model. (Mine is a top break #3 New Model Russian.)

My scrap wheel weights range from free to .50/lb. I won't go over that. If buying ingots, I would go $1/lb plus shipping.

In my area of the country, I am having better luck. I picked up over 400# of lead from tire shops earlier this year and pre-sorted and am waiting for smelting. I am at 80% by weight COWW and SOWW...

My wife gave me her ss pot, Dutch oven size. It works great but I did ruin one of the plastic handles so far but handles don't matter since you don't pick it up when hot anyway.

I have only run a series of primer test on one BP cartridge and it is an odd one, the 7.62 Nagant revolver cartridge. Even though developed for smokeless, the Russian usually used BP in the Nagants...

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Great find and very decent price. Was it in a lot of smaller pieces or just a big one or two?

I have 1 Enfield, 1 Krag (cut down unfortunately), 1 M-1 Carbine and an whole bunch of Russian Mosins (and 2 Berdans.) Also some Russian contract guns.

I thought I would post a photo showing a...

+1 on the chronograph. Decent ones can be found for around $100. Mine has helped me develop loads for obsolete cartridges and would be just a good in developing loads for modern ones. In fact,...

This has been a great thread. It just shows how different everyone is and there is nothing wrong with that.

I'm retired with nearly a lifetime supply of lead now. It isn't as hard to do when you...

I only have two types of lead, COWW and SOWW. I cast ingots in muffin pans for the COWW and in Lee ingot molds for the SOWW. It only takes a glance.

I can answer some of your questions. FF is rifle, FFF is pistol (and FFFF is for priming flintlock pans.) For my .44 Russian pistol, I use either FF or FFF. Not much difference. I find I get more...

That was an excellent story with great photos. Thanks for posting and letting us see what it was like.

I'm saving my zinc ones for trading but at the rate I'm going, it will take a year or 2 to fill a medium flat rate box. I've only got about 23 pounds right now.

The smallest tire shop of about 6 that I visit reuses his clip-on WW and sells me his stick-on ones. I'm planning to see if I can swap clip-ons from other tire ships for stick-ons from him.