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    Load development at the range

    What caliber are you trying to optimize? At the range, are you loading outside, under a roof, or inside? Do you have power? Is it warm and sunny or cold and rainy? You said, "charge and seating depth" - so you settled on brass, neck ID, primer, bullet and powder. Make up primed brass in...
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    What reloading equipment kits would you recommend for someone getting started at under $1000?

    Yup, I know about OCW. I typically shoot some form of ladder to find nodes then pick one and step across it in 0.1 grain or 0.05 grain steps to find the best group. When I find it, that is my target weight, let's call that "zero". In my experience, if I load 5 rounds at zero minus 0.2, five...
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    What reloading equipment kits would you recommend for someone getting started at under $1000?

    The OP said that he was shooting a 308 and a 6.5 and was thinking about building a 300 win mag and a 375 cheytac. In my opinion, I think that it is reasonable to assume that no one on this board is shooting short range. I don't know why you brought it up. Yesterday I was shooting with a guy...
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    What reloading equipment kits would you recommend for someone getting started at under $1000?

    It sounds like you are new to reloading. If that is true, you have a limited frame of reference. You read a little and looked at the options and decided that you didn't know enough to pick each component separately. So you floated a trial balloon and then dropped a note here and got lots of...
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    Surprising neck tension test ... (at least it surprised me)

    I use a .332 bushing and a .306 mandrel. The goal is a .304 neck ID when using a .308 bullet. Based on your results, I think I will try a .305 mandrel. I think that the ride from the magazine to the chamber might increase runout so I use more "squeeze". Watch a cartridge as it is stripped...
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    Is this mandrel toast

    Perhaps I am misinformed but I was told that brass cannot hardened enough to gouge steel. So, if the steel is actually gouged then it was not the new cases that did it, it was something else - maybe dirt or sand on the neck? New brass is annealed so what we see could be soft annealed brass...
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    AMP annealing gone wrong?

    You mentioned that seating forced is light. Since you are annealing the brass, it is softer that it was before so neck tension is less. The rounds may be more susceptible to damage from ordinary handling or abuse. For example, bullets may be set back in the magazine by recoil - stuff like...
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    Cheap vs Expensive ammo question

    Suppose that were a professional with that weapon no reloading equipment or skills. Since your are a professional, you know how to shoot so group-size limits are set by the equipment and the ammo. You are a pro and you have good equipment so your limit is ammo. As a general statement...
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    Building the Perfect Reloading Room

    I like them a lot, I have two bases mounted and another base yet to be mounted. Be sure that the base sticks out far enough so that you can easily tighten and loosen the wingnuts AND so that things below the base plate don't hit the facia of your bench - I ended up doing some router and chisel...
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    M-Press Die Blocks

    Opps, sorry, I didn't know about those die blocks on the M-Press. Thanks for correcting my post.
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    What do I have here?

    Ok, the blue press is a Dillon RL550. I can't tell if it is a 550B or a 550C. Looking at the ram, that press is in good condition. There are 6 toolheads - 2 with dies, one with a powder thrower and unknown dies, the other 8x57 no powder thrower. There are two powder throwers mounted to...
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    M-Press Die Blocks

    Replace your lock rings. I like the Hornady they use a different design with a larger screw. You can get 6 for about $24 on Amazon.
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    Reloading .308 Brass (faint ring)

    Your brass is fine. Your rifle chamber is not the same size and shape as the inside of your sizing die. After firing, your brass is roughly the size and shape of the chamber. When you shove that brass into the sizing die, the brass is forced to change shape. The rub marks tell you where the...
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    First 308 reload

    Hi Josh, Did N150 work with Sierra 175s in your 20-inch AR10? My load with IMR 4064 works in an AR10, just checking for other things that would work. IMR 4064 can be very hard to find.
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    First 308 reload

    This load has almost exactly the same ballistics as Federal Gold Medal Match: full length size, trim to 2.010, IMR 4064 41.52 grains, Federal 210M, Sierra 175 (#2275), COL 2.820. I get about 2,610 fps in a bolt gun with a 26-inch 1:11 barrel. According to Gordon's Reloading Tool, with a...
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    Brass Resizing Dillema

    Okay. That makes sense. Without the cutout, you can't be sure that it stops because of the shoulder or because of something else - say, neck too long? Is that right? Here is how I approach that problem. In order to set up my sizing die, I use the Hornady headspace tool. My .308 cases...
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    Improving My Reloading Process - Biggest Impact on SD

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    Brass Resizing Dillema

    Interesting comment. How did the gauge save time? I checked their site and I see pictures. Seems like I would need to drop the round into the gauge, then lay a straight-edge on the base to see which step I was on. I have similar Wilson gauges and they seem - not helpful. What am I missing?
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    Reusing old brass in a new barrel

    ^^^this^^^ "worn out" means: a. primer pocket won't hold a primer and I don't want to crimp the primer pocket b. neck split - annealing mostly prevents this c. incipient or actual case head separation - shoot it a lot, shoot it hot, bump the shoulder too much and this will happen. In the...
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    Improving My Reloading Process - Biggest Impact on SD

    Then you said, "I think I am convincing myself that I really need annealing gear of some sort for Christmas." There are no special qualifications to have opinions. Keep that in mind when evaluating my comments. This comment is Too Long :) In the end, targets matter more than the rest of...
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