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Post count is meaningless. I've bought and sold on many forums since '98.

I explained how you changed the deal in mid stream for the elucidation of others - it is up to them to decide how to...

I had a gut feeling as well.

After my you accepted my cash offer on 2/29, you PM'd this at 10:23pm on 2/29:

"Send me your address and I will ship it to you,make the determination that you...

Same here - very good coms, very fast shipping, and everything was as described.

Excellent!

This is VERY true. Hypokalemia is the name for "low potassium". Muscles need it to function, so everything from your leg muscles to your heart and even your bowels are affected. Some people need...

Just getting started myself, so not a lot of info to share. Loaded these Lyman 311041s today over a starting load of 297. Hope to find a good spot around 1800fps, but we will see.

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WC844 is similar to H335, and is a good 223 powder. WC844T is the tracer version.

WC846 is similar to BL-C(2). Slower than 844.

I've used a good bit of X-Terminator also - works well.
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No, the Dillon setup in that case is a form/size/trim die & trimmer. The Giraud is strictly a trimmer, referencing off the shoulder in the case of 308.

Almost bought a Giraud as I liked the idea of a decoupled drive better than the Dillon. However, the Dillon's speed is many times faster, which sold me. Cost wasn't really a factor either way.
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Moonie's correct, the 300 BLK is 10mm shorter than 5.56.

Way back in the 70s, we took readily available blanks, ran them into a trim die, hacksawed close, and filed. Presto, new primed brass! ...

I *think* I know the man referenced here. Swapped a couple of emails with him recently, so he's alive and kicking.

LOL! Was thinking the same thing. For everything else, I prefer the RCBS APS (plastic strip system).

Yep, the military 5.56 blank has a cannelure near the extractor groove - memory says perhaps 1/4"-3/8" away.

What's the headstamp?

LOL! BTDT, and I now keep a finger positioned to catch it if it decides to jump ship.

They're nice, work on the same basic principle as the Star, use the same dies and have LOTS more "HP and torque" for sizing hard/oversize bullets.

Several times, when I still had my Star, I stuck...

Glad you got it figured out! I should order an extra one myself - mine has a divot from over-tightening the mounting screw and it wants to seek this spot whenever I need to reposition.

On mine, no issues. I've loaded lots of 44sp/mag, 45acp, 38/357 and 5.56. Lesser quantities of other calibers.

First, primer pocket swaging - a touch of this can even help some commercial...

There's an old saying "you can make anything on a shaper except money". Dunno. I have a neat 7" Atlas myself that hasn't seen much use - yet. Very interesting machine with lots of potential in our...

Lynn, in my case, I set (using a case gauge) the Dillon trim/size die to do all the sizing I wanted while trimming in one pass.

What I'm sure the fella was getting at was that if the case is...

Similar test, yet different caliber from eight years ago:

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/johnk/primertest.htm

The real issue is to make sure a fellow doesn't work up a load with say, a...

Excellent plan!

Roundnoser, my wife is the same - zero complaints.

Oven?! PLEASE DON'T!

Never, ever, EVER heat up the base, head or whatever you might call the end with the primer. The entire case will be soft and might fail under pressure and relieving all...

Dave, I'm using a 1050 for all of it. What Lloyd is referencing is the fact that the trim motor itself is large enough to preclude mounting everything - trimmer, dies, powder measure, etc. - on the...

Moonie, the brown-suit Santa will be arriving tomorrow! So my rifle will be functional before my loading setup which is probably still a week out.

Lloyd - I hear ya, but it doesn't really bother me as I run my brass through a basic cleaning process before it hits the 1050 to size/deprime/swage/trim, then tumble and anneal offline before...

No offense, Steve, but I'm not buying the "one finger" statement either, if taken literally. Resizing milsurp brass is one example. Brand new brass can hang on expanders unless tumbled first for...