Recent content by SidecarFlip

I use the 165 Game Kings in my 308 exclusively for deer hunting with excellent penetration and expansion, in fact, it's my favorite pill to load. I run mine 20 off the lands in my 11 Lightweight hunter but I set mine with with a Hornady headspace gage because every chamber will be different...

Not too fond of Bruno's in general. They want to rape you on shipping (which seems to be the norm now days rather than the exception) and their prices on powder and primers are higher than any other internet supplier. I actually talked to Amy Bruno about that and was told tough shitte. They...

Your actions are entirely predicated on one, the physical size and prowness of your neighbor, two, his firearm collection and his temper. I'd approach it at first diplomatically and see what result you get. If a negative reaction, then get serious but be prepared to either get your ass kicked...

Pretty obvious to me that Bud is a limp pud.

.....and in the long run, a 10 (or 20) pound bottle is cheaper. If you have a gas grill, use that bottle...lol Far as checking the necks, it's all about springback and that takes some finesse on your part. They do make machines that check the ductility and elongation but you can't afford one...

My suggestion is to put the box in the house somewhere. Reason being, you live in Ohio and you'll have a wide variation in ambient temperatures and humidity levels, both detrimental to metals and both promote corrosion. You might get by with a container of dessicant (silica gel crystals) but...

I own a 6.5x55 and a 308. My go to rifle for hunting is the 308 for one reason and that is ammunition availability. Having said that, I handload everyrhing but.... put yourself in the situation where you've flown in to a hunt and your sacred handloads get lost somehow. If it's a 6.5 round...

I must be 'one of those'. I get my riles (aka: tools) sighted in and put them away in the gun cabinet for when I need them. I know where they are printing at for a particular load/pill and so long as I'm using the same, I don't fiddle with them. The only one I might fiddle with is my long...

I had a Redding morcometer trimmer for years that I sold because it was literally a 'pain in the hand', after a number of cases, cranking the handle got, shall we say, tedious anr it was hard to hold case length across a number of cases because the inherent deflection on the spindle/chuck...

I will say that I put the FLIR in the same catergory as Trigicon rifle scopes. Overpriced and limited use. I can't see how a company like Trigicon stays in business, well, I know how, Trigicon is a first tier government supplier probably the makers of the FLIR are as well. The gummit can pay...

If I had 10 grand ro blow on something iot wouldn't be thermal imaging for sure. Dang things look like toys anyway.

I did a side by side comparison of your versus Dale's and Dale's is similar in concept to yours but as far as I could ascertain (without actually buying one which I had no intention to), yours lacked the interchangeability of caliber groups that Dale's did. You both use the same operating...

Kool-Aid, like everyone else in America is...............

Depends on your end use. Bolt action ,maximum accurate range rifles require handloads with proper neck tension and cartridge concentricity while shorter range ballistics require less prep and precision. In the very least I'd purchase an RCBS Competition die set in 308 Winchester with RCBS's...

As a matter of procedure, I VLD everything. I use an RCBS VLD reamer but again, I take the handle off and chuck the reamer in a lathe, that way I can use 2 hands to align the case mouth and control the cut and of course it's much quicker than the manual method. The Giraud Machine Tool and the...