Recent content by sailorb

Been busy and hadn’t read the responses to my post. To clarify a few things. The gun was a Smith and Wesson M&P Shield. The brass was mine, a mixed head stamp lot from other places. The loads were ones I have used before, all mid range in the loading manuals. Both used Berry plated bullets with...

I have been reloading for over 25 years. Always cautious and only had a few squib loads in all those years. Recently I had problems finding primers and wound up with a box of Winchester small pistol magnums. I decided to load some .40 S&W with them. I usually don’t do top end loads and thought I...

I have used Lil Gun in .44 Mad in my pistols and my carbine. The carbine loves it behind a 270 gr. Speer. I’ve seen no signs of forcing cone problems in the revolvers. Maybe I don’t understand the physics involved but it would seem to me that forcing cone erosion would be a result of high heat...

I bought an LCP II a little less than a year ago and purchased two spare six and seven round magazines each. One six round would not lock the slide back reliably, it seemed to fit loosely. No big deal. As I shot the gun more, occasionally a magazine would pop loose after a couple rounds. I...

Haven’t seen any factory ammo that exceeds the pressure limits on a Swede. Seems like Hornady might have something hotter than the rest. Most loading manuals list handloads for modern guns. No reason anewfirearm couldn’t handle the pressure of say a 30-06. That said, I would be very cautious...

The 6.5x55 is one of the most overlooked cartridges in America. It will do just about anything on any game animal except the biggest bears. It’s only a tick behind the Creedmore, not enough to make any practical difference. I have a Tina T3 plus 3 vintage military guns. All will shoot the eye...

Been a while since I’ve been on the forum. Life gets busy. But I need some advice from all of you. I am thinking of getting a Ruger LCP. I need a gun I can drop in a pocket over the summer. I see a Ruger still offers the standard LCP and the LCP 2. I know there are some differences as I see on...

Check with boat yards. Many sailboats use a keel made of a hard lead and antimony blend. Find a junk boat and you will have 600-2000 pounds. Cut off what you want and junk the rest. Florida is full of them from all the hurricanes. I know this because I both shoot and sailing worked in boat...

I have used range brass for years. Bought 5 5 gallon buckets from an estate sale and have been shooting it ever since. In pistols you can hardly go wrong. I think some of my brass will outlast me. For center fire hunting ammo, I stick to new or once fired. I also test every hunting round to make...

I had a 1976 1V in .300Win Mag. It did exactly what your gun is doing. I tried everything. Free floated the barrel, tried different fore arm tension and all the hand loading tricks. I think the bottom line is certain #1s just don’t shoot consistantly. Cool guns but have some sort of basic flaw...

So, is my 66 Mustang or my 69 Bronco obsolete? How about my 130 year old house. Obsolete is in the eye of the beholder. May be old, but that doesn’t mean useless. Myself included.

Took said ammo to my land today and loaded it up in a bolt action rifle. Took three different boxes from the brick. All had bad rounds within two to three shots. Got some soot on my hand, but no mishaps like before. The cases split where the firing pin strikes. I am guessing debris from the...

I was recently shooting my Single Six Bisley and a had a bizarre occurance. I fired two shots and on the second, felt some hot gritty stuff hit my hand and face. The cylinder locked up and after some fiddling with it I went to pull the cylinder pin. The base latch pin was gone and I assumed it...

After looking at it, I think I’ll remove the decapping pin, leave the die setting alone and do a full resize. It won’t really be resizing anything but the neck and I won’t have to readjust the die when I’m done. Haven’t been able to find any info on neck sizing .30-30 cases since a vast majority...

Thanks for the replies. This kind of confirms my line of thinking. I think I’ll remove the decapping pin and go from there. I too have removed some live ones and never had a “bang”, but I hate to push my luck. I think I’ll do a full length resize just so I don’t have to change the die. With a...