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Steel shot BB and full chokes can (and probably will) cause problems with some old barrels. My buddy got away with it for a few years until last fall, when his Wingmaster displayed a ripped (burst)...

After committing money to some reloading presses, a bunch of die sets, a bunch of bullet moulds, and casting equipment, one may feel they have the capacity to make as much ammo as They want. Once...

Interesting thread. I've been saving my magnum primers for 357 loads, using the WSP for 38 and 9mm. Thing is, they are same price and basically same availability for me. Perhaps it is time to...

Ill second the cleanliness of ramshot competition. The velocity ceiling seems pretty real, though... I pushed beyond the book loads with 200 gr h&g68, and did not see much velocity increase but...

I did a lot of messing around with cast boolits from 255 gr up to 500 gr in a 460v (5"). My favorite is probably the 405 gr @ 950 using sr 4756. Also the lee 340 gr shot around 1300 fps was pretty...

Deer season starting now? Are does included? Man, you guys must have some substantial feeding plots maintained to keep the population up. Out here, such a late hunt date would decimate the buck...

Quick answer: use varget if you have it, that will get the velocity you are seeking within safe pressures.

Dont push the pressure envelope within any given load recipe, and the 30-06 is pretty...

I like my ramshot competition a lot, but aint gonna get 2000 fps on a dare

About 7-9 grains is a super mellow shooting load that gets just above supersonic with most boolits, and is damn near free...

I worked up a good load using h414, a little bit slower than rx15 but not too different. Mine was nearly a case full, and launched the rcbs 180 fn (dropped around 195 from my alloy) at just under...

Is Mr Onty still with us or are we just blowing our own bagpipes? Cmon man let the people know you are reading this or it's all just useless repetition

This is my 357 boolit of choice, maybe a...

Ill just throw in the comment that proper h110 loads in your 7.5" SBH should be pretty managable to shoot. Yeah, they will kick serious azzz on the muzzle end, but not too bad on the shooter's side....

7.5 gr fast shotgun powder. Trying it this weekend. May not stabilize. Probably good out to 50 yds though. Good lube, gas check in place. Hoping for good results in a tikka t3. I wouldnt be too...

Off topic but related to the post: dont take any oxycontin/oxycodone/hydrocodone medications at prescribed levels for the prescribed duration unless you want to become a spineless opium junkie! ...

I had the same problem after i bought my sti spartan. Got some good mags (mccormick and kimber) and still had problem. Bought a new slide stop, and now every mag works, even the crappy ones that...

Op, id love to see some good boolit pics. You have received plenty of advice by now how to achieve that, and it is without the PID. This forum is about casting boolits first and foremost, right?
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For a light load, i am really liking 6-7 grains fast pistol powder behind the lee 150. I drilled out the gas check shank so it weighs about 160 now, but it shoots lights out up to 50 yds at...

I like how runfiverun says it (you can always trust him for no BS), and it helps me undrstand why the WLP work so well with such a variety of loads

Light target 45acp loads? Check. The powder...

H110 baby! Bimart has it back in stock after three years drought... No price increase. Kudos

Maybe a stupid question: can you re-prime these with boxer primers?

I love my brass yugo 7.62x39 surplus ammo... And when i bought it, i figured "hey, brass cases are reloadable" until i realized...

You other guys may be right, but 44man wins the "reliabilty" award for proposing an idea that doesnt require such strict guidelines to even get a boolit out the barrel. Why limit myself to +/- .2...

Great documentation thus far, sir

Please keep it coming! It is excellent fodder for other newcomers learning the skill

And, pretty good looking boolits (last pic in particular). Shoot some!...

Not a stupid question, pretty common really.

Others will chime in with more questions about specifics of your load, but my bet is that your problem has to do with seating depth and/or degree of...

It is hard to believe that you have reloaded for years and own neither a scale nor a powder dispenser. Before doing any more reloading, drop what you are doing and go get one of each.

Not even...

Agreed, and i see that my post was unclear. I was just commenting on the use of the powder for relatively high pressure loads with safety.

Of course, "the load" is not very high velocity, and...

Id be surprised about any factory-new primers (magnum especially) failing to properly light a book-load of h110. Your charge weight seems in line with hodgdon's recommendations for that boolit, so...