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Yep, the revolver just plain feels better overall to me. Plus, the simpler the better in case you have to troubleshoot something.

Right now I'm not even sure which mold was used to cast the bullets I'm using; they were bought off an auction. Of course, I've gone through and weighed them, and the average is about 160 grains. So...

Well, I'm using what's on hand for now, and have finally gotten out to practice with some cast boolits. I only took 14 rounds with me, the first seven had 13 grains of IMR4227, the 2nd group had 14...

I just had a bit of luck finding some cast boolits; it seems that one LGS went to an estate sale and bought a lot of stuff they don't know what to do with. This includes a large batch of .357/.38...

I had fun yesterday firing about 20 .357 rounds and just a couple of .38 special. 10 yards and I had shots inside an inch firing it SA. This will also be my replacement for muzzleloader this year for...

So, I got my stimulus check in, and one of the LGS's had a *gasp* Taurus Tracker M627 on the shelf for $414. It's the 6.5 in. barrel. After much research, I decided "why not?".
I've only put just...

I tried this in another area, but no response. Possibly the wrong place to ask...
My 300 AAC is proving that it hates 150 grain bullets. This wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the fact...

Not to resurrect a zombie thread, but I'm having problems with getting a bunch of old style .308 bullets to group from my 1:7 twist 300 AAC barrel. My typical go to powder for the caliber is IMR...

This year was a little slow for the deer season. Wind, rain, you name it, there weren't a lot of good days to hunt here.
I didn't make use of my archery tag, but I did manage to work out some kinks...

Will be praying. My neighbor is 80 and has pancreatic cancer right now; it doesn't look like he's got long.

I took the AR out tonight and ran 45 rounds through it; they all fed beautifully, and were very accurate to boot. I had 3 rounds siamese just high and left of the bullseye.
So, I'll keep the brass...

I've only run about 2 boxes of factory ammo through it, but that all fed fine. I've never had the need for a case gauge before, but it wouldn't hurt to get one at this point.

From this point, I'm simply going to keep the brass sorted, bolt action in one bin and AR in another.
I have yet to count how much I've got in the way of .223/5.56 brass, but the number is adequate...

At this point, I'm going to go back through all the primed brass that came from that container, and inspect it. Checking length, even running back through the press if needed (sans the de-capping...

No, this is a single stage press. I'm starting to think that someone (aka my "help") managed to throw a bunch of brass into the wrong container.
So far, I'm not having issues so long as I use the...

I did check headspace, got gages for the .223 when I built the AR, and went ahead and checked the Axis as well. Both are fine according to the go/no go gages.
A few thousandths is apparently what...

Interesting; at one point, I'd had head space described to me totally differently. Good to know the actual definition is NOT what I was told.
Basically, I was told head space was from the bolt face...

This is basically the solution I've come up with. In this situation, I'm going to do a full length resize with my Lee die, trim if needed, then size again with the RCBS SB die. I shouldn't see a...

I didn't measure prior to storing them, and that is the only thing I can even begin to think of, is a short stroke on the press. Actually, I did have some "assistance" in the way of an 8 year old,...

I've already posted this question to a FB page, but without much in the way of results.
I'm loading .223 for 2 different firearms; one is my Savage Axis, the other is my home built AR in 5.56.
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Well, I think I got it fixed. Today I went out to the range with some thicker patches (.014 compressed rather than .011). I almost had to break into the range, as the front gate lock was iced...

Just talked to one of my local FFLs, and he may have some leftover sabots for the .54. If he does, then I'll at least be able to test the thing out and see if I can get decent groups.
Hopefully I'll...

Right now I'll try just about anything. Last time I took a deer with this gun was a couple of years ago, he was only 30 yards away, and even then, I aimed for his chest but hit him in the neck. The...

Just got back a little bit ago from the range; tried powder charges from 70 grains to 125, and none of them are consistent.
The issue from here is that I'm hoping that I can get either some of the...

Well, I'll get out here in the next few days and try some lower powder loads with the PRB again. I've got two weeks before the late season starts for muzzy anyway.
Only down side is I may have to...