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Serviceable 7.5 Swiss can be easily reformed from .284 Win by simply running the .284 cases through a 7.5 Swiss full-length die. Necks will be a smidge short...like forming 30-40 Krag from .303...

While I pan-lube for all my BPCR calibers, I've been powder coating everything else for several years without encountering any disadvantage. In my experience, accuracy is about a 50-50 toss-up (I...

I'm 79 and was diagnosed for 'wet' AMD in my left eye a little over 20 years ago. Underwent lazer surgery to cauterize the affected portion of the retina which, at that time, was the 'standard'...

When I was at the old Federal #3 two years ago (see my post #8), I was told by one of the (ex-miner?) tour guides that when the mine was shut down, after the salvageable equipment was removed, the...

IIRC, the Striker was based on the Savage 110 action so it likely that a any 110 barrel could be shortened and turned down to a Striker profile. Or, you could send the gun to JES and have the 22-250...

+1 on 1970 or earlier for the 'diamond-pattern' boxes. I got out of the Army in mid '69 and was reloading again by the end of the year. IIRC, CCI SPs were $.89/100 @ Lorrie's Sports in downtown...

Was at the Missouri State Historical Site at Park Hills (old Federal Mine #3) and went through the museum there. Really interesting and the museum staff...mostly former mine employees...are willing...

Kinda reminds me of the time, back in the mid-1980s, when I called Dillon with a question about setting up my then-new Square Deal and Mike Dillon answered the phone. He said everyone else was out...

Yup...with a Sierra 45 gr. RNSP!! :drinks:

Bill

Had my Labradar out yesterday morning. Two 10-shot strings of gas-checked.308 WCF with PC @ 1800-1850 fps. without a hiccup. Did miss one or two intermediate velocities...was set to record velocity...

Area around Marquette is nice; a very clean mix of Midwest college town and considerable maritime history. Some great 'photo ops' for those with the interest.

Bill

[Only empty pot if I'm changing alloy and that is easy with my dipper pot for the ladle, just use welding gloves pick it up carefully (very carefully) and dump out the lead after using a ladle to get...

I watch the consignment sales on a couple of downstate auction houses and, from what I've seen, 'unusual/rare' ammo doesn't seem to bring any real premium money there. A week ago, I snagged 100...

I saw some H4895 earlier this week...@ $42.50 (plus tax) a pound!!

I've been using one of the DeWalt "2 in 1 stackable" tool carts for several years. Can fit in everything I need for a range session except my big Meade spotting scope...and its case has a shoulder...

I do it all the time...flawed/damaged/pulled boolits, boolits designs that just didn't work out for one reason or another, boolits that I no longer have guns for, etc. Right now, have active bids on...

Pick it up, run it in the tumbler for a while, inspect and sort by headstamp, reload, and shoot. Not much more to it. Last week, I picked 102 lightly-tarnished, once-fired Hornaday .308s out of the...

Back when I was shooting a lot of NRA Action Pistol competition, CCI primers were notorious for being 'hard'. I had a couple revolvers, 'tuned' by the S&W Custom Shop, that were totally unreliable...

A book or two a week from the public library with a personal library that's fairly eclectic; full sets of L'amour and Heinlein in paperback, O'Conner, Keith, Nonte, and Brownell (all four volumes of...

As already posted, value is what someone might actually be willing to pay. Around this part of the world, with a decent bore, maybe $250-$300. FWIW, though, 5 or 6 years ago, I paid (IIRC) around...

In the past, burned a lot of AA2015 with jacketed in 7BRs and 7TCUs. Because I had some left over from my IHMSA days, tried it for BP-level loads in 45-70s...no significant improvement over IMR4198...

IMHO, go with the levergun. I have both a .357 Rossi 92 and JM Marlin .44 Mag and wouldn't even consider trading off either one. As for the Ruger PCC, can't buy one in this state due to our stupid...

+1 post #10 (Chill Wills). Started out pan-lubing using SPG shortly after obtaining my first BPCR...about 15 years ago. Put together a batch of 'modified Emmert's' when I ran out of the SPG and...

Currently, VV350 'cause I scored an unopened 4 lb. jug from an estate auction last year for $90. (5.0 gr. under a PC'd 125 gr. RNFP produces 1030 fps from my SIG 365 with an SD of 19.3)

Bill

It's a matter of boolit distortion from centifrugal force. Stability ceiling for lead alloy projectiles is somewhere around 225,000 RPM and, with a 1-10 twist that translates to approximately 2100...