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0.41", 210-grain was the standard 41 Rem Mag commercial load heavy bullet, so we can guess that was the target audience. Those bullets appear to be an attempt to make a TMJ version of a truncated...

I've never figured out why salt annealing would be better than molten lead, which has higher thermal conductivity and higher specific heat density resulting in higher thermal diffusivity. In other...

Hornady Unique is a lanolin-based lube, so if you don't want to mix your own, just buy the Unique. Like Imperial Sizing Wax, too much will cause dents in the shoulders of bottleneck cases, but with...

The candle and lead methods both are things I first saw in metallurgist Fred Barker's article in Precision Shooting Magazine.



The graphite prevents the lead from soldering to the brass. ...

I do wonder if the OP has found an answer in the intervening seven years since the previous last post. Other than roll-forming, I don't see a practical method. You could make smooth wheels to...

I'm sure you can get a chamber reamer made if you really want one. But then you'd need a supply of brass so you could feed it.

The old Frankford Arsenal case cleaning solution recommendation was 5% citric acid. The discoloration you are seeing is oxidation by the air. Being warm greatly accelerates that oxidation. If you...

It may have been mentioned already, but 10% citric acid solution (by weight) is an alternative to nitric acid for passivating stainless steel. Like nitric acid, it eats out free iron on the surface...

These are excellent additions to your dies. Redding also makes them. I've had one in a .30-06 Redding die for 25 years and added one to my .223 die when I got an AR target rifle in about 2000. I...

I know I'm reviving a zombie thread, but here are a few more I collected from MSDS sheets.


Powders from 2009 MSDS sheets (some newer MSDS sheets lack the powder name information due to
changes...

For those not familiar with it, the old Frankford Arsenal formula in the NRA book, Handloading, edited by Wm. C. Davis, is 5% citric acid in water by weight. That's a reusable solution that will...

Interesting about the 9 mm issues. I've had nothing but good results from TL bullets in .45 and in .38 Special. Sure, the TL Microbands are small, but why should that not mean there is also a...

Desteve811,

If it has started splitting or you think it will, you anneal before resizing to avoid further hardening and to reduce spring-back for more consistent neck tension. Resizing is when...

Slug the bore. My 1895's, at least, do noticeably better with bullets sized 0.002" over-groove than with the general purpose 0.001" over-groove prescription. I've heard the same is true for other...

Agree on micrometer. You want an OD thimble micrometer with at least 0.0001" resolution, whether from a Vernier scale or a digital readout.

As to the Foul Out electrolytic bore cleaner, the build...

Agree with the micrometer, but the fishing sinkers where I am in Ohio don't seem to be pure lead anymore. You want pure lead, or something not more than about BHN 6 or so, for its lack of...

Power Pistol is burning hotter and faster and better. The 4895 load is having a lot of trouble with ignition at that charge level and is probably pushing a good bit of unlit or poorly lit powder...

Without reading all 21 pages of the thread again, I'll point out I'm surprised at all the low concentrations mentioned. The now out-of-print NRA book Handloading mentions 5% citric acid by weight,...

Rattletrap1970, your photos have vanished. Might try ImageShack.us. I've got photos years old that they still host with no problem. The Attach Files feature of the Advanced email editor will host...

I've read this lengthy post with some interest and am in mid-experimentation mode myself. I'll toss a couple of things into the mix:

First, I'll second Mold Maker's suggested source of citric...