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I’ve had both. Prefer the RCBS by a wide margin, especially if casting a large number of heavy bullets.

If the heating element on the SAECO goes, you’re out of luck. They are over 50 years old...

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough . . .”

Very old Chinese saying

FWIW, I quit with matches years ago. A cheap disposable butane lighter has a MUCH better shelf life than the new strike anywhere matches. You can get them wet, and they’ll still light.

The 6 1/2” Model 24-3 revolvers came with the wrong height front sight. I had the same problem when I bought the gun new in ‘83 or so, and shipped mine back to S&W to have the proper height front...

I generally steer clear of 2X4s for smoking :p

I have a Winchester Model 54 Winchester in 2R Lovell that I also inherited many years ago that had started life as a 22 Hornet. I killed my first groundhog with that rifle! The 2R is a great...

There is a lot of good info from previous posts. Loading for the .35 can be a little more problematic WRT setting up your sizing die. Size too much, and you get excess headspace, and dud rounds. ...

If the firing pin hole is too large for the firing pin (or conversely the firing pin worn/too small for the hole), primer material can flow like what is shown in your pictures. If it is doing that...

I’ve never understood the rationale for facing Mauser actions. On those actions, the barrel butts up against the stop inside the action, not the front of the receiver ring, like a Remington,...

+1 on annealing the necks. As hard as 30-40 brass is to find today, no need to “roll the dice” when fire forming.

How is the eye relief with that 4x Leupold? I have a #3 in 375 Win that is a great CB shooter, but I can’t quite find a scope/mount combination that provides proper eye relief for the scope. I’ve...

Not quite what you asked for, but Lyman’s 429421 HP, cast from wheelweights with 21 grains of 2400 and a standard primer chronographed at 1190 fps from my 4” M29. Based on this experience, I suspect...

FWIW, try to watch your temps when rendering WWs with gas burners. I started rendering in an old Lee 20 lb model due to concerns about inadvertently melting a non-lead weight, and ruining the batch....

I had a similar scar show up on a revolver I sent to S&W years ago. In this case, while it is possible to weld, reblue, etc. . . . the reality is you run the risk of making it worse trying to cover...

As WildWilly said, check your magazine springs. It’s a good idea to mark, or number your magazines so you can tell if a particular problem only occurs when using a specific magazine.

I was...

Lucky, Lucky, Lucky!

Those will make for nice projects. I’m biased, but would build a nice 30-40 Krag on the engraved action!!

I’d bet that scope was originally destined for a hunter class bench rest rifle. 6x was the maximum magnification allowed. They were a good scope for that purpose, just heavy compared to a Leupold....

The radios draw a significant amount of power, believe it or not. I had to get a follow-car jumped one time when I had the engine off too long (I want to say only 1-2 hours)with the radios on. Not...

A friend that works on small engines told me recently that Honda has gone to plastic gears in some of their newer engines. He didn’t think the new breed of Honda engines won’t be as “bulletproof” as...

My “reasonable recommendation” is to use another cartridge. The 17s are not for everyone. “Body shot is good enough” doesn’t work for the 17s, rimfire or centerfire unless you are hunting ground...

The Microtrack scopes could be special ordered with 1/8 and I think 3/8 MOA adjustments. As long as it is consistently making 1/8 MOA adjustments, I’d just shoot it as is. I still have 2 16X models...

All of the groundhogs I’ve killed with the 17 HMR and 17 grain V-max bullets were DRT. Groundhogs are much harder to kill than rabbits. I suspect the subject rabbit was actually gut shot, and that...

I also had better luck lightly filing an “X” pattern on top of the capsule to help it break open after firing; the capsule already has molded scoring there, but it needs a little help.

I used Solo 1250 in my 1 oz loads unit they quit making it. It was the perfect powder for low pressure loads in the 16 with 1 oz loads and Win CF hulls.

That’s funny. I recall hearing as a kid to stay away from the Coronas, because they were soft!!!