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    It's been a difficult M&P 9mm. yes, slug and...

    It's been a difficult M&P 9mm. yes, slug and smash test and whatnot (.3555, sizing .357 and .358 through testing). All the steps I have taken for previous 9mm and other M&Ps. The .358 double...
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    Interesting find

    Having successfully developed loads for a couple of previous glocks, and a compact S&W, when I got my 5" SW I figured... no problem.

    Well, multiple alloys, sizes, oal, crimps (no crimp, fcd etc)...
  3. Curious, aren't ESPC boolits bare based usually? ...

    Curious, aren't ESPC boolits bare based usually? I have heard people say this isn't an issue... maybe better for long term storage?
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    Thanks everyone. Got some good PMs too. Going to...

    Thanks everyone. Got some good PMs too. Going to get some more books and start a new work up. Will keep everyone posted as to the results. Needed my brain jogged a bit on next steps. I appreciate the...
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    There is a throat. I can seat .357 to just...

    There is a throat. I can seat .357 to just covering the grease groove and no problem. .358 have to basically swage their way into the throat unless seated 1.040 (all of the contact portion of boolit...
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    I have had the same issues with my 1.0 4" and my...

    I have had the same issues with my 1.0 4" and my mp9c. They all slug and chamber essentially the same (good for their QC i guess haha). In my 1.0 and 9c it never really mattered, just shot plated...
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    Did my 9mm homework... or so I thought

    oooh, the 9mm cast loading... the finicky beast that it is.

    Got my 9mm loads dialed last year for the G34. Perfection.... sold that gun :shock:

    Struggling with the new M&P 2.0

    Leading is...
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    Who is happily casting for M&P?

    I spent last year making glock 9mm work. Now returning back to my M&P line. Got rid of my G34 and got the 5” 2.0.

    Been shooting .357 with Smoke PC because that is the biggest that will fit in the...
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    What is your OAL? I just ran 200 through in a...

    What is your OAL? I just ran 200 through in a training course yesterday. 4.2 WSF and 3.8 TG at 1.065. 100% reliability
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    Done [emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using...

    Done [emoji3]


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    I got him into reloading last year. I am...

    I got him into reloading last year. I am thinking that maybe I will buy a .40cal mold/lee sizer and cast/pc him some boolits. Hard to say tho... i know how much tinkering I have had to do to get...
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    Friends are good!!!

    Car is in the shop. Always more $$ than you want to spend. Especially when it is piddly stuff that shouldn’t seem so bad. (Trans flush is how much?!?!?). But when the mechanic, an old friend texts...
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    $800/$40 per 500 payoff at 10,000 rounds if you...

    $800/$40 per 500 payoff at 10,000 rounds if you were loading plated.
    If you were shooting factory at $10/50, will be significantly sooner (4k)
    I don't have many investments that pay themselves off...
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    Interestingly enough. I been...
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    Off season ladder testing results

    Brought 11 (actually 9) loads of 10 rounds to the only indoor range within an hour that allows CB (2 'test' loads of 5 I figured were a bit hot... no pressure seen tho).

    I am not extremely...
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    I like this plan. I was just hoping to avoid the...

    I like this plan. I was just hoping to avoid the unnecessary leading (and save buying 3 different sizers). I appreciate all of the responses
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    35rem. Thanks. My measurement was groove...

    35rem. Thanks. My measurement was groove diameter. The slug was certainly over barrel diameter. I drove through end of barrel and shaved a ring all the way around the slug before it drove completely...
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    That was the widest diameter. It was AC Range...

    That was the widest diameter. It was AC Range scrap. Is what I had access to. Cast in a spent 45 case.


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    1911 .45 bore diameter

    Slugged my ATI 1911 at .448. Seems odd to be undersized versus oversized. Used calipers with multiple careful measurements. Going to have my machinist Neighbor verify with his better micrometer.
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    Dog, didn't see one, sent you PM, but following...

    Dog, didn't see one, sent you PM, but following up here in case there is some problem with PM
    :edit: MB was full
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    WTS/WTT. GSG 1911 22LR conversion

    Never fired. I did dry test fire with a snap cap 4x as pictured. I included photo of instructions. States fits 70/80 Series 1911. Full size 1911.

    $175obo. Or trade for 45ACP casting/reloading...
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    Sticky: Got my PID wired and tested. Now just have to...

    Got my PID wired and tested. Now just have to get it mounted in a metal box... Holding 700* nearly perfectly
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    It’s a zev barrel. Consequently my Glock Barrel...

    It’s a zev barrel. Consequently my Glock Barrel does not lead. I am just saving it. For. Something I guess. Haha. (Zev was a near gift price so I run it)


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    Why cast makes me crazy!

    Sitting in my bench I have 100 test loads in various configurations to work up an ‘accuracy’ load. My current is set to min PF for competing and is good enough for alpha/Charlie work.

    So I take...
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    I am trying to play the percentages this week on...

    I am trying to play the percentages this week on a snow melt to try to get to the club to snag some other people's brass that has been covered and uncovered by snow/melt. :veryconfu
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check