Greetings All, My son turned up here the other day with a Henry SS in 45-70. A nice looking rifle. He said he was in Gun City and they were on special and you know the rest. Plans are for cast...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 11:48 AM
Post 6 Working Up a Load, Seating Projectiles and Keeping out of Trouble Most of the Time. Working Up a Load. You will have heard the phrase start low and work up slowly. Good advice but what...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:35 AM
Greetings Yet Again. Post 5 Some Notes on Safety and Picking a Load. Inattention and Safety. Dama dama was gracious in sharing his handloading whoopsie with us yesterday and it is only fair...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
Greetings Once More, Post 3 Sizing Die Adjustment, Sizing and Trouble Shooting. Sizing Die Adjustment. Full length sizing dies need to be adjusted so that excess head space is not created when...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
Greetings Once More, Post 4 Case Trimming, Primers and Priming. Case Trimming. Now that we have our batch of cases all sized and sitting in the block we are all ready to load. Right? Not quite...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:33 AM
Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:20 AM
Greetings All, I've noted a couple of new and prospective handloaders on the Forum that are using the lock down to progress their knowledge. Admirable. I thought it might be useful to share how I go...
Liked On: 04-04-2020, 10:18 AM
Greetings Dawg, Those seem like pretty consistent loads. AR2209 is a pretty good fit with the .243 lighter projectiles. The original purpose of the ladder test, often called the Audette (I think)...
Liked On: 03-04-2020, 04:15 PM
Greetings, Agree with the above. The shiny bit is where the case has expanded to be in contact with the chamber and the duller bit where the solid head of the case has not expanded. Pretty standard...
Liked On: 03-04-2020, 12:46 PM
Greetings Yet Again. Post 5 Some Notes on Safety and Picking a Load. Inattention and Safety. Dama dama was gracious in sharing his handloading whoopsie with us yesterday and it is only fair...
Liked On: 03-04-2020, 11:16 AM
Greetings Once More, Post 4 Case Trimming, Primers and Priming. Case Trimming. Now that we have our batch of cases all sized and sitting in the block we are all ready to load. Right? Not quite...
Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:22 PM
Greetings Once More, Post 3 Sizing Die Adjustment, Sizing and Trouble Shooting. Sizing Die Adjustment. Full length sizing dies need to be adjusted so that excess head space is not created when...
Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:20 PM
Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
Liked On: 02-04-2020, 06:15 PM
Greetings All, I've noted a couple of new and prospective handloaders on the Forum that are using the lock down to progress their knowledge. Admirable. I thought it might be useful to share how I go...
Liked On: 02-04-2020, 09:55 AM
Greetings Again, Post 2 Case inspection and Sizing. Cracks, Head Separation and Other Faults. Now is the time to have a good look at the cases. If your selected cases have only been fired once...
Liked On: 31-03-2020, 12:09 PM