Ammonia causes season cracking of brass cartridge cases. Its a big no no'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_cracking
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Forum: Reloading Equipment
Ammonia causes season cracking of brass cartridge cases. Its a big no no'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_cracking
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Herters powder was rebranded Nobels Glasgow,
Of course there are import laws in Oz and only a fool would risk his licence by trying to circumvent them. And any "accomplice" in the US might expect a visit from some clandestine agency.
Besides,...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I have Pact, an early ProChrono and Labradar as well as access to another Pact and a QED M2.
The PACTs and QED are patchy at best.
The Prochrono was very reliable until it was shot and you will...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
This.
TGIC powders are highly regulated in the EU so if you are buying locally almost certainly they are TGIC free and can be harder to work with.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Have the Caldwell version as well.
Agree that the thing is junk. I consider it about the worst fail of anything I've bought in the shooting sports line. it really is that bad. I left it at the...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Also DownUnder and had the same experience with Lyman, actually worse because they charged my cc the additional postage which was not revealed in their online order portal.
RCBS is not as great as...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
It's nicer not to have to deal with residual lead and carbon products in the primer pockets.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I've done a lot of experimenting with different pin/brass ratios.
I've concluded that about 1.2:1 pins/brass works best for me. This is similar to what others have reported.
Keeping in mind...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Brownells list some of them in their "Cheat Sheets" Weaver Company mount base specifications.
Just looked again. They actually list all of the specs in separate sections.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
The coatings are completely dry and cover the entire bullet so I presume it is tumble process.
The Westcastings (Gold Supreme) are a matte gold and the Hawkesbury Blue is a shiny navy blue. The...
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