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There's not much point in posting a link to Hodgdon's load data when they have never published any load data for any of the Ranch Dog bullet designs. Please understand--they never will.

When...

I'm really amazed at some of the replies here. Clearly some folks replying have little to no experience with wood stoves, or heating in cold environments.

First and foremost, any wood stove that...

RMR Bullets has leftover lead from their jacketed bullet manufacturing for a better price than Rotometals. It's about 10 BHN.

I use it for 10mm and .45 auto all the time. If I had a mold for...

Haha! No, I'm in Anchorage (or "Los Anchorage" as most folks up here call it because it doesn't bear much resemblance to the real Alaska). Anchorage temps are probably far more like the Pacific...

I've got a ceramic bowl with a tin foil "lid" that I keep next to the stove that has a mixture of beef, pork and bacon fat. About every month or two I'll scoop it into a sauce pan and heat it up on...

Alliant shows a max load of 11 grains of Power Pistol with a 270 grain bullet. I'm not sure why they stopped at 11 grains, but it could certainly be for reasons other than chamber pressure.

In my...

When you take out the spring, definitely swab it out with solvent. I had one Rossi where the mag tube was greased up with some nasty thick crud. After I swabbed it out and cut down the excessively...

It's worth pointing out that Buffalo Arms sells custom lubesizer dies. I bought a .433" die from them years ago and have been very happy with it, and the price was very good too.

The .45 Colt Rossi 92s handle 10 grains of Unique with the 270-SAA bullet seated to the crimp groove without breaking a sweat. The receiver of your steel framed Henry should be similar in stength to...

It's definitely not the same as Power Pistol with flash suppressant. If you try to use Power Pistol data with BE-86, you could easily get into some excessive pressures.

I've found that Power...

Today I fired up the casting pot and cast about 500 bullets from Accurate 36-125K. Only 3 rejects from the entire bunch! These Accurate molds are an absolute joy to cast with.

Also loaded up 50...

It's -10 here at my place, and the only wildlife I've seen this past week was the squirrel that made a suicide dive in front of my truck.

Alliant does show a max load of 7.6 grains for a 190 grain JHP, so that's not too far off and should be a good reference point. I think based on that, if it were me I might start with 6.5 grains...

The Lee mold #90303 is the 158 grain round nose flat point, 358-158-rf. That's a great bullet and should work very well for you.

Either your Unique or 2400 should be excellent with standard...

I used to filter bacon grease through a paper towel, but I don't bother anymore.

What I typically do though, is put it all in a little sauce pan on low or med low heat and slowly work off the...

Since Lovex powders sound more available and less expensive for you, I'd just recommend you stick with them.

D032.03 (sold here as Clean Shot, also known as Accurate #2) would be ideal for .38...

That's pretty much the situation I've had when I've gone hunting blacktails and black bear in Prince William Sound up here. Certainly no shots beyond 100 yards, and most would be within 50 yards.
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White Label Lube carnauba red. Best lube I've ever used.

Maven, I wish we were closer--I'd give you the pound of Lil' Gun I have for free!

I'm not sure why it didn't heat up your guns to the disturbing level it did mine, but I have seen similar stuff...

You're not going to see any load data for the Ranch Dog series in authoritative published sources. It's a custom bullet design, but admittedly a popular one.

I don't think bearing surface figures...

I know that some folks count the cost of their time as part of the cost of reloading equation, but I don't. Same with bullet casting. I enjoy both activities. Just like I don't count the cost of...

I really wish there was a "like" function here. Some of the posts here really show the amazing experience of some of the folks here.

I was a weekend warrior during the mid 1990s, and I had a 3 D...

I use them both, but for different purposes.

Unique, being "fluffy" I use quite a bit for low velocity bottleneck rifle cartridges. Also for midrange .454 Casull carbine loads. In the longer...

I can't see the Lee carbide FCD being responsible for this, or over crimping. To cause a bullet to tumble/keyhole means something much more dramatic is happening.

Have you measured the diameter...

One thing I keep seeing in these threads is that people seem to think that above "X" level, you're in serious trouble, and anywhere below that level, there's absolutely nothing to worry about. It...