If you attempt to follow book OALs as if they are a "rule", you will have troubles.
You need to understand that a book's OAL is just what the loaders who wrote that book used, it's not an absolute for the rest of us. Seat your bullets where you want them, develop your load and you wil be fine ...
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- Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:19 am
- Forum: Reloading Forum
- Topic: Finally reloading - now I have questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2155
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:02 am
- Forum: Reloading Forum
- Topic: New primers with limited lifespan?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4886
Re: New primers with limited lifespan?
"I heard a rumor that gun banners were trying change primers over to another type that would only have a shelf life of two years under the banner of the environment........"
I understand this has been tossed around by the Brady type folks for some years. In their near total ignorance of all things ...
I understand this has been tossed around by the Brady type folks for some years. In their near total ignorance of all things ...
- Tue May 13, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: Reloading Forum
- Topic: Polishing brass with car polish
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7491
Re: Polishing brass with car polish
"...tumbled about 1100 rds of .45 ACP. They came out brighter than they would have with the same amount of polishing with Rooster Bright. "
You have just demonstrated a fact of life; all polishes are pretty much the same.
You have just demonstrated a fact of life; all polishes are pretty much the same.
- Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: Reloading Forum
- Topic: At what point will I break even?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3796
Re: At what point will I break even?
I don't know yet. Started this in mid '65 and figger I ought to start turning a small profit pretty soon now.
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:01 pm
- Forum: Never Again!!
- Topic: Woman told to stop calling 911, killed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3235
Re: Woman told to stop calling 911, killed
I believe it was Grits Grisham who said, correctly, that when seconds count the cops are only minutes away. Those who choose not to even attempt to defend themselves have that privilege, what I hate is when they seek to make it mandatory to extend their helplessness to others in some warped sense of ...
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:55 pm
- Forum: Never Again!!
- Topic: Seven-year-old girl takes 6 bullets for mother
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4261
Re: Seven-year-old girl takes 6 bullets for mother
"The Japanese have a good way of doing it. Takes three people. Two to hold the BG and one to put a 9mm in the base of his skull."
Chinese, not Japanese. I wonder what cartridge that bag was using, if 6 roounds couldn't - than God - take out a six year old, nor the mother even with a round in the ...
Chinese, not Japanese. I wonder what cartridge that bag was using, if 6 roounds couldn't - than God - take out a six year old, nor the mother even with a round in the ...
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:44 pm
- Forum: Reloading Forum
- Topic: die maintenance question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2222
Re: die maintenance question
WD-40 is great for what it's made for, displacing water on metal surfaces. As a lube or long term (month or more) storage protector it is almost useless but thosereally aren't it's intended uses.
I use a cheap spray bottle with a mixture of about 30% paint thinner (mineral spirits) and the rest ...
I use a cheap spray bottle with a mixture of about 30% paint thinner (mineral spirits) and the rest ...