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I've got a 220f in the factory stock that I've had for several years. Usual great accuracy with Sabot slugs. I had a 210F going back to the mid 90's when they were still available and also had good...

I've used a lot of stuff over the years and Wipe Out is by far the best, at least at copper removal. I think that may be because it's safe to leave in the bore for a good while where other...

Looking forward to seeing what they say. I know I may sound stuck on the plating thing, but I still have a partial brick of Win LR primers from say the 90's and they are plated. Don't know if that...

Henry-- I apologize for the late reply. Lot No. is GCL405G and on the brick package tab is what might be a date of 12/12.

I think one potential issue is that these are clearly brass cupped...

I've had problems with Win primers as you have described. I read some of the first posts in the thread and you've already been told all the usual warnings about cases with crimps left in them, etc. ...

I'm in the "The Load" camp for all of my surplus rifles too. Some of these are older guns that already endured plenty of shooting and they have steel butt plates too. So, the light load thing is...

Yes...the FCD is famous for squeezing a seated cast bullet down to around jacketed bullet dimensions. The dimension varies since the case wall thickness does too and the die just squeezes the case...

Ive only used the Lee push through dies for both PC and hi-tek coated bullets. Most of my dies were enlarged so they got polished internally in the process. The thing that has made the most...

I think that folks with more experience than I have, have already hit some of the most critical issues about bullet fit and not needing the hotter primer. I would offer one other thought: You...

I hate to see an original Finn m28 get cobbled into something else, but then it's not mine and you should do as makes you happy. As mtgun44 points out, you probably did the right thing except that...

Thank you, 303Guy. I knew I remembered seeing the thread and pictures. I appreciate you re-posting them. I think I may save those off for future reference. It's one thing to tell a guy about the...

I didn't buy the Pact due to my lousy support experience with my Pact scale. I bought one of these after reading reviews and am happy. It doesn't put the controls on the bench as you desire without...

You don't have to melt lead to end up with it in a comp, etc. If you doubt that some can rub off without melting, look at your fingers when you are done handling lead bullets. Almost certainly,...

You mentioned messing around with how tight the sprue plate is-- since there's no lock screw, the bolt/thimble/spring assembly should be tightened all the way down. If you removed the assembly, then...

I have had that a few times after a mold has gotten too hot...in effect it's warpage. It's probably more apt to happen with a nice long sprue plate...and probably moreso with the aluminum sprue...

I had a small amount of time to try out the mold last night. The good news is that I got no feathers or fins so clearly that amount of gap is adequate for venting and not a problem from a leakage...

Yeah...I have a few single cavity Lee molds too and some have a good bit of chatter. One, a .429 310gr bullet had some pretty serious chatter like that too, but it too shot fine. I ended up lapping...

I just finally gave in and decided to cast for 9mm and 40S&W after avoiding it forever due to the usual cautions about it being more difficult than working with lower pressure rounds. I figured...

I have standard neck size dies for a few cartridges....usually came as part of a three die (Redding) set that also included a full-length die. I wouldn't particularly opt to do that again. If I am...

The ideal in a bolt gun is to just size the brass enough so the bolt just closes without resistance. I actually like to disassemble the bolt and use the bolt without the cocking resistance of the...

I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but primers backing out and flattening are usually caused by two things: Brass that's sized too much to fill the chamber and loads that are too light.
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I had the same problem with the little Ranch Dog .380 bullet in a .380 barrelled Makarov. As cast (about .358), they did not lead but I had to seat them real deep. Sized to .356 to let me seat them...

I agree about .308 not being correct. Problem was that at the time I only had a .308 die to push the bullet through, and I mentioned that I needed to lap it out to about .309. I don't even know...

I appreciate all the advice. The trouble here is that the alloy is not what I thought I was buying...it's *not* all clip-on wheel weights as the seller represented or I wouldn't have ended up at a...

My concern was that with this alloy being so soft that it would behave more like a lead-tin alloy (absent some antimony) and they *age soften*

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