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Steve: yes, I do worry about any overcharge, as charges for 32 Auto are very small (~2 gr Bullseye and what comes after the decimal is critical) and "hotrodders" tend to crack frames, which I...

thank you, Steve. I think that you are right: a note to Hodgdon is in order. BTW, I appreciate the link with the Nitro 100 NF loads you posted. There's some things to study there. Thanks!

I'm...

Does anyone have experience with loading pistol/revolver cartridges with Hodgdon's "Perfect Pattern" powder?

There is a discussion of it here for shotgun use, for which it is advertised, but as it...

Respectfully replying to your sincere comments, NSB, you are in error.

While your comments may be pertinent to yourself, and perhaps quite a number of others, they certainly are not pertinent to...

This is one of those questions that inquires about opinion, rather than fact, I think.

I was just thinking about this very thing lately, when I came across a few boxes of my first reloads with my...

I don't mean to highjack the threat with my old stove stories, but 405grain's account brings back some memories of my youth, which I'd like to relate.

My Uncle, a brother much older than my Mom,...

thank you for your replies, gentlemen. I am looking at paper patching as the unwanted, but apparently necessary burden for another project, and I wouldn't like to add the 577-450 to that list....

If one were to enlarge the design of Lyman 457130, the 45-70 "Collar Button," How might one expect such a boolit sized ~ 0.470 - 0.475" to perform in a Martini Henry with its odd Henry rifling? Say...

Gentlemen:

I have considered using pulled military powder. I contacted Jeff Bartlett regarding IMR 7383, which I learned about when digging around for 7.5 x 53.5 Swiss loads. My plan was to get...

Gentlemen, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with me on this question.

I should have mentioned that I've properly saved for retirement with regards to Unique and Bullseye (for handguns)....

Now that my can of H4198 is running low, I am seeing H4198 showing up at the local gun stores for $55 a pound, when it is in stock. This seems pretty rich for my blood.

I would like to find an...

I agree with your problem. It would seem that, with all of the activity in 45-70 reloading, a 4 die set would be available.

However, I hardly have a set of matched dies that I actually use...

1. RCBS Uniflow with baffle and micrometer pistol accessory, used to do everything
2-4. Three RCBS Little Dandy measures. I need at least two more, three would be better. I use them on my Ponsness...

1. RCBS Rockchucker, bought 1978
2. Lee Load-all 16 gauge
3. Lee Load-all 12 gauge
4. Ponsness Warren P-200 Metalmatic (for all straight walled handgun cartridges)
5. Texan 256 Double C (This was...

FWIW, the fellow at the LGS today told me that the primer problem is due to their being made in Australia, which still has COVID restrictions in place.

Also, with primers and powder, he said that...

Exactly! Except this was true for me over 40 years ago.

I was a young worker with a stay-at-home wife who sewed clothes and baked bread for our four little ones. We drove old clunkers I repaired...

I note that you asked what you should buy for him. If the question is, what should you buy for him that he wants, then you would need to ask him that question.

I think that you should buy what you...

Oh, I still like a lot of my tools because I like them, even if they aren't optimal in some cases. This may be because I can't afford better, or the tool was given to me, or just because it's the way...

I have lurked here for years, but this post has brought me out of the woods. I agree, it is thought provoking and provided some interesting viewpoints upon which I'd like to comment. This post will...