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Any numbers on stress in the cylinder wall are iffy-- because its hard to really know exactly how something like that will fail. However, it happens that I had, at one time done stress calculations...

My 223 is 1:9, and works with Lyman #2 and a gas check-- but you have a trickier problem. One of my sons has an AR that is, I think, perhaps 1:7. He uses a similar bullet, gas checked and powder...

Can you find Clay Dot (Alliant)? It is Allliant's answer to Clays for 12 Gauge, and is nicely bulky like Clays, and the loads published by Alliant for shotgun are very much like Clays. I know of...

I do essentially the same. Worth noting, however, that I am not advocating changing the primers without being cautious. Larry gives us great info here. It just happens that I don't like hot loads...

I have the same price issues you have but my main source is still Roto. I buy Antimonial lead from them-- which is usually lower cost, then blend with one of the other lower cost lead/tin alloys. ...

The English used cotton cord cut in strips: Cordite

I use the Lyman hand tool-- chuck the case in a hand drill and turn the case while holding the Lyman. It removes any crimp, uniforms the pockets and is shaped so it stops at the correct depth. With...

Very nice rifle-- I also have a 550-1 and am very impressed with how well they shoot! Also nice to see how the scope is set up. I have a scope set aside for mine, as I still shoot iron sights-- but...

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I have used the same M die for my Mauser and My enfield. Sometimes it depends a little on the M die-- I have had to play with how far I screw the M die into the press, checking with a case as I go,...

Got it! neat! although I use both types and never had any trouble sorting them by eye-- an even simpler solution (I just put all the cases in the plastic trays primer side up and the smaller ones...

What makes them stick up 1/16? I've measured my LP brass and SP brass and they are all the same length,which seems to make sense since both SP and LP are made to chamber in the same guns and they...

I use the Lee 356-124 RN and PC them to 0.358. Nice round nose feeds with no hang-ups. Likewise the Lee 358-150 1R, another round nose.

Only 2000, but same experience, 100% good

The one test I have done (Lyman 452-374 in 45 acp using loads from the Lyman Cast Handbook ed 4) definitely made a difference. The lubed bullets were much worse in accuracy. However, I think the...

You asked for one good example, and I have several: I have a plain based spire point 175 grain mold that I use with my Enfield (303 British). Lubed it is OK, but powder coated I can drive it to a...

I've always been a believer-- but I became even more of a believer one day when a 22 LR case blew out at the base in one of my 22 rifles. I have no idea how the pressure got around the bolt-- but I...

Sizing before or after PC also depends on what size you are trying to reach. Sizing at least once is a good idea to assure uniformity. I have one bullet that drops at 0.311 but shoots best in my...

Assuming 9mm, my go-to load with that bullet is 4.0 grains Titegroup at 1050 fps. All my 9's love it

Dovetail mount put the sight too far forward-- and I couldn't find anyone with a mounting system for the scope pad that didn't require drilling and tapping. I'm sort of a purist and don't like to go...

You could do what I did for both my CZ's. Take a "see through" scope mount that will attache to the rear scope platform on the rifle, cut off the top of the mount, buy a Skinner dovetail sight, cut...

That's why I only use 296 (or H110) for 357 Magnum loads in my 357 Magnum Rifle. In the revolver I use Titegroup or HP-38.

I have one book that says the barrels were nickel steel from about 1896 until 1933, except for some odd experimental materials in the early 1920's and some special order stainless steel barrels later...

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I don't know anything of the history, but my 32 WS was built in 1949 and I have measured the twist. It is 1:16.