Originally Posted by AveragEd

Something that always puzzles me is a poster saying he can only use a certain bushing or other measuring device because it is the only one he has. Why can't he buy more bushings? Why can't he buy a powder measure? Has he checked that bushing's drop weight with the powder he has using a scale or is he going strictly by a chart? Certainly anyone who has the financial ability to own a Smith & Wesson revolver and reload for it is able to make those purchases. Or am I missing something?

It troubles me to read about handloaders "settling" on a given recipe because it is the only one they have the tools or components to load. Granted, this OP probably isn't going to make any unsafe ammunition but that isn't always the case.

Just wonderin' - no offense meant.

Ed