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After cleaning, wipe revolver with syn 2-stroke oil. I ever push a lightly oiled patch through the barrel followed by a dry patch. Cleaning is much easier afterwards.

22-TCM is a shorten 223 with same OAL as 45ACP designed to be fired in a 1911 frame. It is difficult to find 22-Hornet brass. Once fired 223 is available. 22-Hornet case has larger volume but short...

Armscor news release reports 100 22 TCM rifles were released in August and 300 to be released in September and each month thereafter. It looks like Armscor's 22-Hornet and 22-TCM rifles are using the...

To reduce costs, many of us do not use a gas check boolit unless it is needed to avoid leading.

Lots of variables but somewhere between 800 to 1,000 FPS leading will occur without a gas check...

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I know you have some 30/40 Krag brass. A call to Pacific Tool may give you a drawing of the case chamber for the 35 LP.

Siskguns gets his reamers for the 35 Lever Power from Pacific Tool...

Consider loading in two stages. In the first stage size and prime in station 1 and place the M-die in station 3. In the second stage do everything else. The extra step allows one to double check...

I just got one of Charlie's 7mm GC tool. Item is at the below link. You can follow it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230251100293.

Bob

The below link is for the 7mm GC tool I just purchased. From there you can find Charlie and whatever he has posted today.

I hope this is permitted.

Bob
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If you are loading cases of ammo for some future event and have no idea what rifle will be shooting it, the small base sizing die is the way to go. A jam can get you killed. In this situation you are...

As a mental exercise, think about the conditions that have to exist for Charlie’s statements to be factually true. Then try to disprove them one by one. Then think about what he has said.
Bob

Soft drink and beer alum cans have a protective coating on the inside. Palce the coated side on the outside of the GC. In fact all alum cans used to contain food are so coated. The road sides are...

alum cans are used to contain food, even coke, for long periods before opening. When opened, the inside is nice and shiney. I expect they would stay that way stored in an ammo can until they are used...

Good morning. I think a step inside the case is a plus. The boolit can not be seated past it. That eliminates another variable in the mix.
Bob

Blammer, I had no idea how much the melplate would be reduced. The R.053 cuts the flat surface from .218 to .116. Does this matter? I do like the results.
_ Can the melplate be increased by...

Some questions - I do not know enought to answer. Hope those who do will post.

_ Would a flat point round nose be better that the truncated cone for feeding and accuracy; given the flat point is...

Good morning Joe.

You are asking for data reporting results of a 5 shot strings, about 2 strings shot every 15 minutes. In an hour that is 40 shots or 2.5 hours for 20 strings totaling 100 shots....

I like the design shown in #13. Having said that, for me, round lube grooves drop easier and a bevel base is faster to insert into the case. I would rather have a 6-C but would buy a 2-C mold. After...

I purchased this one a few days ago -

LYMAN RCBS type tapered lube sizer die .321 .320 .319
eBay Item number: 230151029225

Custom made Lyman type die for the cast bullet lube / sizer. The...

Good afternoon, Joe.

IMO, the folks that wrote the cookbooks we use did a lot of the "small increment" development. When I work up a load, I load 25 of each batch to be able to see how they shoot....

From what I have read the new Red Dot is supposed to burn cleaner and the old stock of this powder is being sold under the name of Promo. I have not purchased any of the new Red Dot or Promo and can...

Is it the receiver or this barrel that is out of spec? The answer to Lathesmith's question will shed light on the problem being discussed.

Bob

Thanks. This forum is full of lessons to be learned. Bob

I agree with Charger in his reply #5 and with Joe B in his reply #4. The boolit has to be supported by the throat and guided concentrically into the rifling of the barrel. A cone shaped throat does...

Good evening, Joe B. A Merry Christmas Eve it is.

To address some of the questions you raise.

Think of a long thin balloon and then squeeze it with you hand until you have two sections: a...

Joe B.
I have read this thread a few times. I will comment, try to summarize and ask questions.

I agree the pressure on both sides of the primer hole is the same.

Now let’s talk about force....