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I'm enjoying this hobby more than I ever could have imagined.

I had a batch ready for granulation today so I got to try out the modified grain mill with the belt between the rollers for the first time. All I can say is wow! So much easier. Before I had to...

When I first started making my own powder a little over two years ago I read this entire thread over the course of a couple weeks. So much good information. Recently I remembered reading a post where...

When I first started making my own corned powder I was having problems pouring it, so I tried adding a little graphite. It certainly didn't help and I thought it made the powder a little slower to...

I started out using cedar fence pickets I bought at Home Depot, but then a friend who is the manager of a building supplies warehouse told me he gets lots of cedar cutoffs that are normally scrapped....

When I want to post a video to a forum I first upload it to YouTube and then link from there. For example my son shooting his new gun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tV_J_cFo6Y&ab_channel=mmb617...

I'm probably just lazy but it seems like I'm doing less work on my ingredients than most of you.

I break up my charcoal by hand into chunks that will fit in my HF ball mill and run 4-6 hrs or so...

Exactly the same here. I did what most of us probably do and started out making pucks that were too thick and really hard to break up. Now the 5 pucks at a time in the 3 inch die is perfect.
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I've been using .45 caliber FMJ bullets and they haven't shown any noticeable wear yet. I started with lead balls and they had noticeable wear after only a couple uses.

My experiences have been similar to yours.



I'm also using the Woody's die and ordered extra discs as 5 pucks makes them just the right thickness.



My HF 12 ton press story has been the...

In talking about the ceramic burr coffee grinders I'm guessing the hand cranked ones mentioned are something like this:

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I started with that and the oblong hole for the handle wallowed...

I'm still reading and admiring the dedication of those who are always trying to make some part of the process better.

I don't have that kind of desire to perfect my product. After some stumbling...

Your digital scale is probably the same or similar to the one I have, and I've also been impressed with how good it is for the price. I use it for my modern cartridge reloading since it weighs down...

There are those who think 45 ACP will eventually all go to the small primer cases. Whether that's true I can't say.

I started out using lead round balls as media and noticed significant erosion...

Great minds think alike as I have the exact same setup, 3" Woody's dies, 12 ton press and press 5 pucks at a time. I weigh out 22-23 grams of dampened meal to spoon into each layer in the puck die...

That makes a lot of sense. I'll have to try it. Often someone makes a suggestion that after hearing it seems so obvious you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself.

At one time I was filling my...

No they are Traditions flintlock rifles. I would guess that their preference for the finer powder is related to their patent breech design and the way fouling accumulates perhaps blocking all but the...

I have a new project for myself. I want to increase my 4f percentage, decrease my 3f percentage and hopefully not significantly increase my fines percentage. With where I have my mill and grinder set...

I bought those screens on Amazon and they are really nicely made stainless steel, but they were also almost $50 each.

I shake the stack on the modified brass tumbler in the picture and it makes...

I also saw varying information on what screens correspond to what grain size. This is my screen stack which appears to make my interpretation of 2f, 3f and 4f grains be a little larger than yours. In...

I take it you are considering anything smaller than 3f as fines? You're not saving any 4f? I'm kind of the opposite as I don't want anything bigger than 3f, but will take all the 4f I can get. So I...

That's a good question and I'd also like to hear how others pile the burn wood.

I'm not using a burn barrel but instead placing my one gallon paint can on one of those round charcoal grills. If I...

I have the Woody's puck die in 3" with 2 extra spacers. It works great and I can't see myself ever wearing it out or breaking it.

That's what I do with one of my rifles that has a loose wedge. It's easy and you can't see that little piece of paper when the rifle is assembled unless you looked really close. I don't want to...

I started making corned powder and that's all I've ever made. Maybe I have more time on my hands than some of you but I just don't think it takes that long once you get a system in place. I haven't...