Recent content by Dan-the-man

I load for a Colt 1917 in 45 ACP. The 1917's are great for target shooting at the range. Either bullet you mentioned should work well. My advice is not to crimp the rounds too heavy. Sometimes it interferes with the chambering (at least in my Colt). I use AA#2. It's clean burning and a little...

I took off the case feeder assembly and now feed my Load Master by hand. It solved my issues with the press. Smoother operation and 95% improved priming. Hornady and Dillon don't come with case feeders and most folks are very happy with those presses. If you take the case feeder off of your...

The last few sets of dies I've purchased were Lee's and I must say that they work great. I'm not a match shooter, just a hunter and plinker. The ammo is accurate and the Lee dies are less expensive. I also have a Lee Load Master that I had a love/hate relationship with. I saw a mod on that Lee...

I've had a Load Master for several years now and the best advice i could give a novice Load Master owner is to NOT set up or use the case feeder. Most of the complaints Load Master user's have is problems with the priming. I found that the majority of those problems went away when I took off...