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I had a thought this morning on the way home from church. I've always hoped I could one day have a SXS "Express" rifle in something like 600 or 700 Nitro Express, but such guns are kinda out of my...

I've done a BIT of experimentation with the MagTech brass shells in 16 Gauge using 15 grains (by Lee scoop) Green Dot powder under a patched .626 round ball mostly. This load is accurate enough for...

Some years ago I blew up the cylinder from a Colt conversion revolver Italian clone in .45 Colt using Titegroup. Later on, I figured I had about a triple charge in it. I had tried the powder on the...

Many years ago, I started reloading for .44 Magnum with a Lee Loader, a plastic scoop and a pound of IMR 4198. I have no idea why the man who would become my boss in another decade or so started me...

Y'know, I never thought of using a chop stick for a gunsmithing tool... and I got a bunch of 'em in a container on the counter in plain sight. My own Ruger/Lipsey .44 Special did not really NEED a...

I too have been looking for certain powders and certain guns. I'm learning to make do with what I can find. Never considered that Green Dot might be a viable powder for a .44 Special "Skeeter...

Got a Zip-Lock Baggie full of 160 grain LRN bullets from the old Green Bay Bullets company. The original box has long since disintegrated, but if memory serves, they were sized to .358. I loaded...

I've been playing with .44 special for a while now using a Ruger/Lipsey Blackhawk Flattop with a 5.5" barrel. The bore slugs out at .430 and the chamber throats are .432. When purchased, the...

I have never used any lube in any carbide sizing die. That is why I paid extra for the carbide die set. Been reloading since the early 1980's or so if memory serves.

I've got one or two of his books in my library. If I recall correctly, Jack was a major proponent of the .270 Winchester back when it was still a wildcat.

I would question the assertion that...

I have a Ruger/Lipsey Flattop .44 Special. Chamber throats measure .432 (using a .440 round ball driven through the throat with a punch, then a Lyman dial caliper to measure the slug). Groove...

Montana Bullets has a plain base version of this. I have some on order to test with. I'm hoping for a light-recoiling bullet at about 900 FPS or so in my Ruger Flattop .44 Special. I have started...

Stainless Ruger Flattop Bisley .44 Special. EWL or Tetra grease on the ratchet, base pin and revolver "nose". Any kind of gun oil on other pivot points. Hoppes Number Nine for cleaning the bore...

Upon further experimentation, I have dropped my powder charge a half grain to 6 grains of Green Dot. The Starline brass seemed to be holding up well enough, but the Winchester brass started to bulge...

I have three pounds of Green Dot sitting on the shelf... at least one of them bore the "Hercules" name on the original container. Back then the store I worked for routinely weighed up a pound at a...

Arsenal 429421 255 Grain Keith SWC in brass. Got it yesterday. Did my heat cycling in a convection oven over the course of the night and cast a few samples today that look pretty darn good.

My...

I'm using two .360 round balls (pure lead) in a .38 S&W case over .3cc of Green Dot. No lube. The gun is a Colt Police Positive with, of course, fixed sights. A cylinder load puts twelve holes in...

Loaded and tested an experimental multi-ball load for .38 S&W. Used pure lead (more or less) cast in a Lee .360 RB mold atop .3cc of Trail Boss. Weight of cast projectile (according to the mold...

This project is still in the "thinking about it" stage, but... yesterday a lady came in and sold the store I work for an old Colt Bisley revolver in .38 Long Colt. From what I can tell so far, it...

I consider the Ruger Blackhawk to be one of the best revolver designs out there. That said, it isn't perfect.

The "captive" ejector rod of the Ruger Blackhawk revolvers, I would guess, is a...

That was my thought as well.

For Remington 1100/870 shooters who remove the trigger group and have the shell latch fall out:

The latch is under tension and there isn't room to hold it in place when you attempt to put the...

The first thing that came to my mind was "why would anybody want to do that?" There are all kinds of factory loads out there designed to do the very thing you are trying to reinvent and without the...

This topic has, in general, been discussed around many a campfire since Cain and Abel. The 40 S&W and/or the 10mm FBI load are pretty much ballistic twins to my favorite, that being the 38 WCF, AKA...

If the feds ban muzzleloaders, it will be time to take the muzzleloaders to Washington and take back our country. O' course by then, they will have banned all other types of weaponry and it will be...