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New Lodge are hit or miss. The coating is awful. If you want to remove the coating cook up a can of peaches with the juice of a fresh lemon. The coating comes right off. Then you can see if the pan is tight grained or porus and season accordingly. I have some old Benjamin Medwin that I like...
Not for me at $1200. If they offered a system inclusive of dies and shell holder with the same tolerances it might be different. Also don't like that is is made from aluminum.
It gets down to a matter of technique and learning how to use the equipment properly. I've been handloading for a long time and have tried many different brands of equipment. I would steer you away from Smart Reloader and Hornady equipment. Redding, Forster, RCBS, Lyman, Lee (best value) and...
Great thread. I processed lots and lots of firewood when I lived in upstate NY. Moved to TX last year and am lucky to have a tree on the property. I brought my splitter with me but will likely never use it here. I ran it off the hydraulic system on my tractor. It's for sale. I live 15...
The "oversized" cases may not fire because the shoulder determines the proper headspace on a bottle necked cartridge. Your case will be pushed too far forward in the chamber for proper firing and may result in the bullet engaging the lands. It may or may not fire depending on the length of...
I removed the #9 lead shot from two 12 ga shotgun shells and put it in a small plastic container (looks like a liquor shot glass) then added a good amount of fine powdered graphite. I plunge the case necks into the shot a couple 3 times and get a nicely lubed neck. As to cleaning brass - hot...
I have developed three loads for my Kimber Longmaster Classic 223 bolt action rifle that are amazingly accurate. 1) 63 grain Sierra Semi Spitzer bullet using H-4895 powder. 2) 40 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet using Hodgdon Benchmark powder. 3) Sierra 69 grain Match hollow point bullet...
I load 223 for both my semi auto rifle and my bolt action rifle. I have two different setups, one for each. Cranking out ammo for the semi auto I use a Lee system with the auto indexing Classic Turret, all Lee dies (Powder Through Expander Die is great) and a Lee Auto Drum powder dispenser...