Recent content by jeffpatton00

I bought a Starrett, less expensive than the Mitutoyo, but great precision and repeatability. I'd had cheap calipers but for precision reloading, they didn't "measure up."

I'm trying to set up a used Hornady AP press and I'm hoping to find someone in this area to coach me on making it work. Currently the rounds aren't ejecting as they should. Anyone AP users live in this area? I'd appreciate the advice, thz. Jeff

Another factor is that insufficient neck tension can result in bullet movement due to recoil and other forces unique to semi-autos.

Before things got tight I'd invested in large rifle primers, I have plenty and I'd be interested in trading 1k of those for small rifle primers.

My Silencer Central Banish 30 multi-cal is due any day now, and I can't wait to see how that performs.

I've gotten Varget, H4350, Shooter's World Precision Rifle and Vihtavuori N140, all by doing a very annoying thing - I keep tabs open in my browser to many of the sites you listed, on the detail page for each powder I'm interested in, and I go back and refresh them every 30 minutes or so while...

Some final feedback on this issue. Gunsmith Joe Carlos in Driftwood PA, who built this upper, figured out the problem - when I removed the expander button and threaded shaft from the die (I prefer to decap in another way, and use an expander mandrel rather than the die's expander button), I...

A simple question, similar to a Helpdesk tech asking if the computer is plugged in - do you have a rifle-length buttstock, buffer and buffer tube? Not advised to mix rifle length barrel & gas tube with carbine length buttstock. Not that you're doing this, of course, but worth mentioning none...

The die is screwed as far down as possible, giving a slight cam-over. It should be noted that this won't work for my purposes because it sets the shoulder back too far, but I've done this for the purpose of diagnosing the problem. I then screwed the stem above the bushing all the way down till...

Great suggestion, I'll check this out.

No, it's not micrometer adjustable, I have to screw the die itself down to make the adjustment, then lock in using the locking ring. That does work to get me the necessary shoulder bump, but the neck and the base are being insufficiently resized. I've asked the gunsmith who built this upper if...

Both Mike & Spife suggest screwing the bushing down further, so you guys must not be encountering the same problems I'm seeing - that makes me wonder if the Redding die is the problem since I have the bushings screwed all the way down, (although it's still free-floating). What brand/model of...

I'm using a Redding neck bushing FL die, not sure of the part number, but it may not be small base. However, I do screw the stem all the way down and don't back it off, but if I shake the die I can hear the bushing rattle so the die must be designed so the bushing is free-floating even when the...

I'm puzzled about something I've run into loading for my 224 Valkyrie semi-auto, when I screw the neck bushing FL die down only enough to bump the fired case shoulders down by .003" - .004", I'm getting 2 problems: 1) the neck is only being sized by about 40%, and 2) the cases bases are not...

I I like Aero Precision's design details and manufacturing quality. I worked as a manufacturing engineer for years and you can tell when corners aren't cut.