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    Stuck Redding die lock ring

    Re: Stuck Redding die lock ring <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JLM ®</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Solution: Hornady Lock Rings.</div></div> Next time you speak with Pat Ryan you might discuss the virtues of Hornady lock rings.
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    Stuck Redding die lock ring

    Re: Stuck Redding die lock ring <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MG386</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All my Redding dies use lead under the set screw. Back out the set screw, and hit the die down on a 2x4 piece of wood with the screw on the impact...
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    Busted my Lee Press

    Re: Busted my Lee Press <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LoneWolfUSMC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I will say that this thing is MILES above the Challenger. </div></div> As are most presses.
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    New to Reloading

    Re: New to Reloading <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: okiefired</div><div class="ubbcode-body">BTW, damn you, now you've got me thinking about a Charge Master too! </div></div> May Santa Claus smile kindly upon you.
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    Another kind of runout

    Re: Another kind of runout Do you have a ball mic? Sounds like uneven case thickness.
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    Need help- Unimpressed with Forster!!!!

    Re: Thanks Clark, JLM & all Forster problem fixed <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JLM ®</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There are some very knowledgeable and helpful cats on this site </div></div> This is getting embarrassing.
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    Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Marks?

    Re: Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Ma <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ReaperDriver</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is there a specific way to insert the bushing into the die? IOW, which way does it go in (looking from the top)...
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    Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Marks?

    Re: Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Ma <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Winchester 69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Might be from galling. Clean the bushing with copper solvent. </div></div>...
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    help with choosing reloading gear .308 >1000 yards

    Re: help with choosing reloading gear .308 >1000 y Are you chamfering the inside of your case necks? I won't say that a Lee die can't shave brass, but most dies don't. If you can shoot 1/4 MOA at 100 yds. and 3/4 MOA at 500 yds. with a factory gun, I would expect that most will tell you not...
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    New to Reloading

    Re: New to Reloading If it's affordable, the ChargeMaster Combo makes sense when charges would otherwise have to be weighed and the loading volume can justify it. The powder measure and beam scale included in a kit are then unneeded and extraneous if the machine is purchased later. The...
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    Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Marks?

    Re: Redding Competition Neck Sizing Die Bushing Ma Might be from galling. Clean the bushing with copper solvent.
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    New to Reloading

    Re: New to Reloading The primary item in that kit beyond the press is a scale. I frankly DO NOT see it as a good buy. Graf, MidSouth and Natchez all have good prices, and I suggest you do some shopping. The RockChucker kit is a good buy, but I recommend that you consider individual...
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    please help.

    Re: please help. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: o1sick7</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...I still need a scale powder dispenser. </div></div> A Dillon beam scale (made by Ohaus) and a set of Lee dippers will satisfy your powder needs. A...
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    please help.

    Re: please help. Tell us what caliber. I've got boxes of stuff that I've inherited, and I'll be glad to send one if I have it. I've even got a Lee deal with a micrometer, if anyone can believe that. Purchase carefully. Those old Lee and Lyman tools are good for handgun, particularly...
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    Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook

    Re: Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook You did. If you can get past the rhetoric, you've got everything. The other book isn't bad, especially if you want an overview. Let us know what you think of it after you've done your time.
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    Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook

    Re: Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook <span style="text-decoration: underline">Handloading</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline">Competition</span> is in pint and readily available. Sinclair's <span style="text-decoration...
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    Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook

    Re: Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JLM ®</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for your help!</div></div> You're welcome. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JLM...
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    Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook

    Re: Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JLM ®</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One thing though, someone loaned me a Forster Co-Ax gauge (it's actually one of the old Bonanza labeled ones so you can NOT check necks...
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    Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook

    Re: Precision Reloading & Shooting Handbook Side play at the handle is due to loose fit in the links and their pins. It has nothing to do with the ram. Mine has none. The amount of play is constant in the press, but extending the handle away from the linkage amplifies the existence of...
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    Need help with some silver bullets

    Re: Need help with some silver bullets <span style="font-style: italic">Lycanthrope</span>? Is that anything like Elton John?