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JFE makes an excellent point. I use the 429244 & 429640, but I use .444 brass cases that I have shortened so they will chamber properly . I wouldn't dare have the throat lengthened on mine. I have...

In my old Marlin 444 I use the Lyman 429244 & solid 429640 sized to .431" . Using 14.5 of Red Dot I get velocities of 1,450 & 1,465 respectively. I shoot at active targets out to 200 yards. Both...

I tried the 311291 in my Rem 700 .30-06 using Std LPP and 14.0 grains of Winchester 244 powder. Once sighted in I do action shooting into a sand berm at 150~200 yards. My main targets are empty...

If you load the bullets into the case on a loading block, after the block is "filled" take a small piece of paper towel coated with a light coating of any liquid auto wax. Dab it on the tip of each...

I have a few years on you wmitty....gone are the days that I find a hot pistol magnum is pleasurable to shoot anymore. As a handloader there is no reason to take the punishment! A .44 Magnum with...

S ON A S....I don't doubt your words. In my Ruger .45 Colt BHK I've found the 452424 at 800~900 FPS is the most accurate bullet that I've ever tried with it. However the RCBS Keith in the .44...

Thank you, Maven. Good to know. With that carbine like barreled Ruger I am sure you can easily determine which is more accurate. I have the RCBS Keith bullet mold; frankly I had high expectations...

Thank you wmitty. By Ruger SBHK has .430" throats so I should not have any issue.

I plan on using this bullet with Titegroup* developing loads both .44 Spl & .44 Mag with this bullet in my Ruger SBHK & M-29 to give me 800~850 and 1,000~1,050 FPS respectively. Bullets to be sized...

I have a 1978 Marlin 1894C .357 Mag Carbine. I had trouble finding an accurate cast load as the gun is finicky with cast bullets. My goal was a load that would hit a 2.5” wide object at 150 yards...

No Sir--I do clean my brass first before resizing.

I use a lot of nickel plated brass in the .38 Spl/.357 Magnum. I found it best to clean it with walnut/iron oxide and place a 4" square of used dryer sheet soaked with Charcoal lighter fluid or...

Well done--very clever!!!!!

I never have had that happen--the sleeks on the cases I believe are from primer ash residue.

Excellent method. Was the paper loose on the slotted rod, or was it tight?

What a novel & clever idea!

Even clean brass--even really clean brass will eventualy show sleeks ..again from imbedded primer residue. Of course one can decap & clean the brass first--then resize. I chose not to do it that...

Is anyone polishing their sizing dies? After using awhile steel sizing dies causes resized cartridge cases show small sleeks, even when the brass is thoughly cleaned. I suspect primer powder...

I bought a jug of XLOX and after using a bit it was too thick to pour out of the sealed container. Carfeful use of a Microwave fixed that issue. Place the jug in a ziplock bag --just in case.

No arguement there. I did a test and loaded (seated/crimped) a few hundred .38 Spl w/ 158 Lee SWC-TL. I measured the COL between the first & last, after the Liquid car wax paint treatment--no...

That would work nicely; but most seating stems don't have a weep hole. Yours is probably from Dillon.

For those that are using Lee Tumble Lube bullets with Alox (Not the JPW blend) you may have noticed a build up when loading, on your seating stem. As you load the alox builds up in the seating stem...

Thanks...perhaps a hard lube would work, but it might no be worth the effort. One could argue--what good are TL bullets that you don't TL?

Huskerguy your experience with the .38 Cal TL bullets mirror mine---accurate and dead on in my .38 Caliber pistols. One can size them first--just roll them over a lightly oil lubed pad first. A...

Yes indeed the cylinder throats will size them; as long as the rounds will chamber, you are good to go. Theoretically sizing makes the bullets uniform and that should offer the best accuracy, but in...