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I started handloading .357 SIG almost 12 years ago, ...and it quickly became apparent that one of the first things the prospective reloader has to decide with this caliber is how to headspace it.
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Yep! .......I did physically check it: ....But I knew before I even did it that the marking was correct.

I have several weapons in .300 AAC, so I have gotten rather used to looking at 1:7 twists.

I recently purchased a lot of AR parts, and included were three new AR9 barrels, ...all stamped "Palmetto".

The thing that puzzles me is that they feature a 1:7 twist! I have NEVER seen a twist...

Yup! .......I got the bogus warning for the first time today.

I filled out their little form to report it as an error, and nothing changed.

KLC

Fred

In the interest of clarity, I must point out that the 9mm Parabellum is a case with a very small volume to begin with.

ANY case design change that reduces this volume will leave the door...

Thanks to NoAngel for the photo!

I haven't sectioned one of these cases yet, but it looks to me like it is a pressed in sleeve that is inserted after the case has been extruded to final length.
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Be alert for 9mm brass carrying the "MAXXTECH" headstamp!!

This boxer primed brass is apparently Russian production, and from the outside looks like good, reloadable brass.

The problem is on...

Ever since I was quite young, I have felt that there is something fundamentally wrong with a place where one of the gases in the atmosphere periodically freezes out and lays on the ground. I would...

Yes...... A short summary would probably be convenient: .....But I promise you that you will be missing out! There are tricks and techniques imbedded throughout this thread that WILL help solve...

Hmmmm.............

Having worked as a Design Engineer in a former life, I can usually do metric - American conversions in my head pretty quickly; ........But I can't for the life of me remember...

Hey Popper

Who's mold are you using for that 145 grain load??

I have been getting good results with the Lee 230 and Hi-Tek in my subsonic loads, but I haven't found a mid-range boolit that has...

Thank you Sir!!

I am sure that your actions were both well considered and just.

......Personally, after his second or third post, I was beginning to think in terms of a Drone Strike. (....But...

Uhmmm....... Errrrr........

Ausglock; the more days Mr. Obama spends away from work, the better off we are up here!

Listen Scooter; ....If you want to be taken seriously here, you're going about it in all the wrong ways!

Post your verifiable lab reports and stop with the slander! ......Otherwise you will just...

LOL!! .....

As I see it, anyone who doesn't understand the humor in the whole "Boolits Thing" simply lacks the social skills required for this particular community!

That's an excellent idea! You could at least determine if the problem lies with your coating process, or with mechanical issues. (Loading procedure/firearm)

I had similar concerns, which is why I made a point of checking the actual internal operating temperature of the dehydrator I was intending to use.

The hygroscopic nature of acetone has been...

I live in the Chicago area: ......And right now, I have to run my heater for 2 hours to get my shop up to 60 degrees (F).

Not everyone is lucky enough to live in South Carolina!

If one extra,...

The dehydrator I bought will hold an internal temperature of 115 degrees Fahrenheit when sitting in a 45 degree (F) garage. It is a fixed setting unit with no temperature adjustment.

Your mileage...

I have the same issue here in the Chicago area, and I have found a solution that seems to be working well for me.

I bought a used food dehydrator at a second hand shop for ten bucks. This...

I wish you wouldn't post things like that!

......I had just convinced my wife that this whole "baking bullets thing" was a GOOD idea!!!!

Now she's checking my reloading log for phone numbers.

I'm just using the last of my clip-on wheel weight alloy for these boolits; ....And yes. it is the Lee TL 309-230-5R Mold.

I sure wish they made a six cavity version of that guy! I'm currently...

Up until now, I have been a "Lurker" on this thread. I couldn't, in good conscience, post with questions until I had read the entire thread: .....But once I had finished reading this online version...

Thank you for bringing up the issue of hardness!! .....That might be the answer.

I cast these little 129grn guys out of the same alloy I use for my Lee 155 and 230 grn .309 boolits: ....That...