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Chronograph results & stats – 9mm plinking load, primer modifications
I went to the range. I was able to chronograph those primer modifications I made to my basic 9mm plinking load recipe. I had previously collected some performance data on that load, and that somewhat...
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Barnes VOR-TX
A couple of weeks ago, Barnes Bullets announced a new line of loaded ammunition called the Barnes VOR-TX. I obviously missed the announcement, and I’m quite the fan of Barnes Bullets (even a member of...
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Rifle Reloading… just thinking aloud
I’ve been keeping up my daily ritual of reloading every morning. I did bump it up to 200 rounds a day, and that’s made a big difference. Doesn’t take much more time out of my day, but is making...
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New Powders… Barnes & 6.8 implications?
This morning I read on The Firearm Blog that Hornady Superformance and LEVERevolution powders are coming in 2011. The ammunition brought to market is interesting because it brings 100-200 fps more but...
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10,000+
I didn’t start out wanting to load this much. In fact, I can’t remember exactly how it started. But the basic idea was that buying components in bulk, if you can afford the high up-front cost, is worth...
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Back to .38
Now that I’m done (for now) loading 9mm, I’m switching to reload .38 Special. The caliber conversion on the Lock N Load press went pretty smoothly, thanx to the bushing system. I had loaded .38...
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I bent my wookie
Reloaded another 200 rounds of .38 Special this morning. It was anything but routine. I broke the decapping pin on the sizing die. *sigh* I’m not 100% sure how it happened, but here’s my guess....
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Superformance powder – the limited skinny
So we know about Hornady’s new Superformance ammo. The gist is not just really accurate for factory ammo, but also achieving 100-200 fps more than other ammo yet staying within SAAMI pressure specs....
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Rifle waffle
Deer season opens this coming weekend (gun; archery was last month). I’m getting excited. Already been having dreams, and have been waking up early in anticipation of having to get up early to get out...
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Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho
It’s back to the reloading bench I go. I don’t know why I stopped reloading, but I just stopped. My guess? The daily routine of loading 9mm until I had a mountain of surplus just burned me out. I don’t...
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Happiness is…
…doing it yourself. 200 rounds of .38 Special. Loaded myself, same recipe. Happy because there’s no factory load like this. I can do it myself and get exactly what I want. The materials, the...
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What to do… what to do….
This is one of those times where the blog is more for me… where I want to write something to help me think through it, to help me remember what I’m thinking. But if someone wants to comment, great....
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Winchester ballistic coefficients
When I bought all that reloading equipment off Dock, I got a bunch of components as well: lots of Winchester FMJ bullets. The trouble is, I have been having a dog of a time trying to find information...
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RCBS X-Sizer die
Most of my reloading efforts have been with pistol cartridges. My one set of .223 Rem trials just was not successful, but I’m going to try rifle again. The one thing I don’t like about doing rifle is...
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I am a waffle
I’m almost done with reloading .38 Special. The last of the Titegroup is in the powder drop, just a few hundred rounds to go. I’ll get to it eventually… no big rush right now as vacationing is more...
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IMR 8208 XBR – wow
Any reloaders out there worked with IMR 8208 XBR powder? It’s a relatively new powder, but all the stuff I’m reading online seems very promising and positive. Excellent velocity, high accuracy,...
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Here’s my reloading plan
Enough waffling. I think I have a plan for my next reloading efforts. Background When I reload, I like to reload “everything at once”; that is, as long as the press is set up for X caliber, just keep...
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OOOH, lookie!
Lookie what I got! For Christmas I received a Cabela’s gift card, so I put Daughter in the car and off we went. I actually was going to look at getting a new coat (those Carhartt’s looked pretty cool)...
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Found the ballistic coefficients
Called Winchester today and found out the ballistic coefficients on those bullets. Updated my original post with the data. Filed under: Guns, Reloading Tagged: Guns, Reloading
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So it ends, so it can begin
I’m done. All of my Titegroup powder is gone. I loaded 300 rounds of .38 Special last night, and there was just a bit of powder left over. Not enough to bother with, so I’m calling it good enough and...
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6.8 – a different opinion
When the February 2011 issue of American Rifleman showed up in my mailbox a few days ago, I look at the cover and see “Shooting & Loading the 6.8 SPC“. Ooo! How apropos! In reading the article I...
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All the prep work… oye
Now I remember why I don’t like reloading rifle cartridges. All the prep work. I’m finally getting back on the reloading wagon. After doing some clean and lube maintenance on the presses, I took 100...
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Only 3 shots? or… 7? maybe 5 or 10. What’s statistically best?
Reader Mike left a comment that pointed to Dan Newberry’s Optimal Charge Weight website and reloading technique. Thanx, Mike! Reading through Dan’s writings, I have to say there’s a lot of sound...
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Weighing a (more) accurate charge
Dave Re has a good write-up and video on how to more accurately weigh a powder charge. Nice technique! I shall have to adopt that myself. Filed under: Guns, Reloading Tagged: Guns, Reloading
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Hornady Powder Cop Die… for .223 Rem?
I’ve been too busy with other things to spend time at the reloading bench. But the other night I had a little time so I thought I’d switch the powder drop over from the pistol to the rifle rotor and...
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