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Reasonable? I'm afraid you picked the wrong caliber. Heard that you could use the 25-20 WCF dies but I suppose I wasn't bright enough. BTW the WCF shellholder doesn't work for the SS. You can get...

In the previous posts there has been some confusion about the OP's cartridge. The SS version is different than the WCF version although with similar case capacities. The deciding factor is gun and...

My brother made them for his wife. She was outdoors a lot and they lived out in the county. Don't know the powder or charge weight but he would seat a gc cup up, fill with #12 shot, place a gc cup...

I have been a lover of firearms and all things connected since I was 15, now 76. Not quite the opinionated know all I was when younger. Life teaches and in those years I've picked up a couple of...

Thanks everyone. Will get back to it tomorrow using your suggestions.

Bob

Steve, thanks for the help. Looks like my zero issue may be in something else.
Take care.

Bob

Primers I keep in the house with just enough in the shop for what I'm doing. Got a cheap Home Depot thick plastic storage cabinet 6' tall and about 2' wide for powder stored in the shop. Has double...

I bought a used Ohaus 500 gr capacity beam scale and I can't get it to zero. I can set it to weigh 5 gr and she will balance. Set everything on zero and she pegs out at the top. In looking at the...

I am not trying to hijack the thread and only have one suggestion and then a question. A suggestion that worked for me once was to apply enough heat to it that would melt a small birthday candle when...

That fella's Daddy is someone I would want to talk to before I ventured into bear country. That must have been a hell of an experience. After surviving that it must be kinda hard for anything else...

Best I can remember I fired 6 of the Lubaloy 357 and they locked up my S&W model 19 every round. Finally disgusted I quit only to find it was a blessing in disguise for if I had been able to fire...

When I read the last paragraph I thought "that works" but the more I looked at that press the more I thought about the size and weight of that thing and then noticed that it had 6 mounting holes. You...

I don't have it handy but I seem to remember Ken Water's Pet Loads showed 21.0 grains of IMR 4198 with your Lyman bullet Level 1 guns like Stevens 44 the weakest action so should be OK for your gun....

Brian, the load in question is a very very hot load in a 38spl and honestly I wouldn't use it in a Colt Trooper. No offense to you but the internals aren't sturdy enough IMO. An earlier post mention...

I settled on the middle ground at 13.7 gr of 2400 and shoot 158-173 gr bullets with & wo gas checks and standard primer. Speedy and accurate in Contender and N frame S&W's and is more accurate than I...

I think Speer also had a Gold Match that was marketed along with the others. Then, no more.

Redhawk, I shoot a Uberti HW that has to have .380 or you couldn't shoot your way out of a phone booth( remember those?)
Anyway I have some commercial cast .,380 in 250 grain if that may help you....

I did just that last Friday with my transition OD, but with 5.5 gr. Herco & a Zero 158 JSP.
Shot a steel man silhouette at 140 yds. Wife spotting for me thought I was nuts. Got boring after a while...

Before you load a bunch & taper crimp or use Lee FCD make sure they work in the mag by loading 5 RDS.
Don't ask how I know.
I use for either the cast 225TC or 230 RN over 5.6gr of Win 231. Works...

Wasn't the Marlin model 1881 made in 38-55. If so that action is a little on the delicate side.

Pick several random rounds, load & cycle one at a time cause you don't want but one in there if it jams. Don't ask how I know. It is one of my favorite calibers and guns. I have two in its big...

I have two LW, 30" 32-20 and 25-20wcf, 26" shilen bbl and a 30" 38-55 HW and the LW's are such neat, trim, handy & a joy to carry & shoot.
You're gonna like it.
Bob

Nice. Be sure to give us range report. I have a couple of LW and one HW.
I like'em

Bob

I have 2 Uberti low walls and like'em a lot. Single trigger model can be tough to deal with and suggest in off season send the innards to Lee Shaver for his 2# trigger job. I think on whitetail deer...