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Gentlemen, thank you ALL for the almost unanimous answers !
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...same lenght of wave about Fiocchi, here_ and I avoid S&B, too, counting that I don't shoot 9mm, but .357 and .44magnum only, today_ thanks!

I've some boxes of CBC once fired .44magnum cases_
never used CBC ammo or brass, I know nothin'about them_
Is it worth handloading them, or better sending them to the recycler?
opinions...

for sure before produced before 2002_

strange thing: I hated and I hate motorcycle helmets, but I've always used glasses on motorbikes, and I can't stand to use my industrial vacuum cleaner without shooting hearmuffs...

just in case: I happened to partially crack a Lee wooden handle longitudinally, starting from the part closest to the heat.
I closed it tight with two opposing stainless hose clamps: fast & ugly,...

...just today my glasses stopped a splash of boiling water: I had slipped a potato into it_ enough said

my only .45 acp mold has been and it's the TL-452-230-2R #90358: never gave me feeding problems_

the problem can occur on new cases as well as on used ones, although for different reasons_
the Sinclair Primer Pocket Uniformer it's my fool-proof insurance against shallow/uneven primer pockets,...

for what I can, uniformity is the keyword. since the start_
sizing new it's a must, in my book_

...well done !

...:drinks:...
I don't know what shotgun you have, but certainly a traditional pump is the most forgiving for this type of experiment. it was also easy on my shoulder, too, compared to a full magnum...

...same mold, Lee #90282_
to play soft with my 870 express magnum, I bought the cheapest non-magnum for birds, emptied the wad from the birdshots, and replaced the pellets with the 7/8 Lee pure...

+1:drinks:

...acetone can be really aggressive against most unknown plastic/rubber compounds, starting to melt them...
if used as a last resort, one must be quick, and immediately after go through with white...

U.G., please let us know if any of the stickiness solutions of above are or will give you any results: this will be of future use to all of us_
about o/sea grips, I don't love them just as I don't...

...forgive my ingenuity: the main problem it's the excessive/sticky grip on your hand
or the gummy residues inside ?

if the problem concerns the interior only, and cannot be solved otherwise, a sheet of baking aluminum applied to the internal rubber faces will remain stuck, and can be appropriately cut_
spraying...

...nothing to lose, therefore, before thrash them definitively, I would rub them with white petroleum = lamp oil.
if fails, I would try spraying them with dashboard silicone, next dabbing the...

...at worst, I would have tossed the container, not the powder !

...rub the part with graphite powder_
straight from a pencil or from a hardware shop (sold to lube the locks)

chinese sells everywhere a sort of cheap electrified tennis racket, just engineered to fry anything flies.
beautiful ZOT sound, btw :smile:

both 1st an 2nd reloading manuals by Richard Lee have ready redux tables about the .30-06 Spr.,
(aside a good general formula to obtain reduced loads I used for my casts loaded with Vihtavuori)_ ...

I bought a 9.1/2" one, next equipped with a 2-7x burris last year just to test my handloads without abusing a pair of vintage S&W ones.
I haven't used it much, but the only flaw, imho, they are the...

a spray paint can at hand, color unimportant, can do wonders on the flying efforts of any insect. stomp next_
not funny as shooting, but not prohibited by firearm laws, here. until now, at least_