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Pat the sugar in the sweet tasting cleaner will not cut the copper ,try something that tastes sour like vingar it will do a better job. Bob B

I do not think anyone mentioned books by Ned Roberts ,H A Donaldson or C E landis or books by Horace Kephart.the writing of thse gentlemen is good reading.Bob B

I can see why sixgun junkys memory is bad if he shot very many 545 grain bullets at 1900 fps from his 458.Bob B

I started out using the #42 lyman manual and have read everything on bullet casting and reloading I could get my hands on down through the years. Read all you can on the subject,you will never learn...

In his book on reloading Nonte tells of using the neck from a cartridge that has a slit side to a bullet in a lathe or vice for holow pointing.Bob B

Try 3 grains bullseye or other fast powder with round ball,work charge up or down to control noise and accuracy.Bob B

I use 7 grains of red dot in my 308 under the RCBS 30-165 sil.bullet with good results.8 to 10 grains should work in the 30-06 Bob B

My favorite reduced load for the 308 is 16grains of 2400 powder under the RCBS 30-180 bullet Bob B

Just kidding Junior,those mosins also shoot good using the RCBS 30-180 FP bullet.Bob B

Hey Junior,what about that statement on the furgel outdoorman about using only cast bullets and iron sights,is the outdoorman growing to old for iron sights and bullet casting.Bob B

In using using reduced powder charges in reloading cartridges I use a flashlight to check level of powder in each case.This is cheap insurance. Bob B

Bolt a metal clip from a wheel weight to the top of your melting pot to hold pin while emptying mold this will keep pin hot and help make good bullets.Bob B

I resently loaded some lyman 311410 bullets and some R.C.B.S 30-165 SIL,these with out gas checks over 5 grains of red-dot powder.From the bench the 30-165 bullet made several one fourth inch groups...

Haveyou figured the impact difference due to rotonal speed between the high and lower velocity loads? Bob B

I have that during world war one Dupont made powder at their Old Hickory plant and stored it in the Cumberland river.Bob B

Have you tried using the gas check bullets without the gas check,they shoot good at lower velocities for me.Bob B

Years ago Larry Moore had an article in the AR Magazine where he stated the 150 gr. jacketed pointed bullet busted brush as well as any projectile. Bob B

Most of your gun writersdo their shooting from the bench and computers. They have no use for agun sling so they know nothing about and never write about the different slings.Bob B

Have you tried ordering Matthews book The Paper Jacket from Harris pub.this is the co. that publishes the Handloader mag. and publishes Matthews books.Bob B

Have you tried shooting the rifle you keep geting the copper out of? You may find have been wasting your time with the extra cleaning.I have a 243 savage110 that I seldom clean that will group 5...

The armys old guard cartridge for the 30-06 was loaded with a 140 grain swaged bullet over 6 grains of bulleye or 10grains of4759-#80 powder.Do not try to push a plain base bullet to fast. Bob B

One other thing about the wire patched bullet,often the barrel rifling would cut the patching wire and the bullet would whine or howl all the way to the target.I think Hensley and Gibbs made some...

I woulld like to know what others use to wet the paper patch with,I use saliva but wonder if there is any danger in doing this? Bob B

I know some folks load the paper patched bullets and black powder.one warning about this,do not use a cell phone while loading ammo.Although I think using a cell phone around an open container of any...

I use the rcbs 30-180sp bullet first sized 308 in lee push through die then patched with 9lb.onion skin paper then sized and lubed with alox in .312 lyman die for midrange shootingin my 308 and30-40...