Recent content by ddraper

I recently got my hands on a S&W 22S-1. The 22S is basically the same as the 22A except it has a steel frame instead of aluminium. There were 3 variants made. Variant 1, which mine is, was manufactured from 1997 to 2007. I have searched looking for a way to determine the manufacture date based...

I own a model 28 I bought new in 1986. For some reason I always thought it was a 28-3 however more investigation shows that it is 28-2 manufactured between 78-80. The serial # is N955xxx . Must have been sitting in the shop for a while before I bought it. To further mess me up when I was...

Very nice. I'm envious. Treasure them always. When my Dad passed I got all of his guns. The one I treasure the most is Model 10-8. Except for the original grips, which I replaced, I rate it about an 8.5

Very Nice. Unless there is anything wrong with it, it should be a real sweet shooter and with a little bit of cleaning and polishing the triggers are real nice. I have a 28-3 6" that I bought new in 1986 however from what I can tell mine was made in 1976. I went looking for .357 but the newer...

I disagree with the above. You do need some crimp to hold the bullet enough so that chambering the round does cause the bullet to move and shorten the COL increasing your pressure. You also need to make sure the bullet does not move so you can reuse a round after it has been chambered. You don't...

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the Sierra 8100. It is a 90 grain JHP. This happens to be my goto bullet for reloading 380. I like to use 3.0 grain of W231, for little more punch you can also load 3.1 of W231. From Sierra, "Sierra's Power Jacket with skives enhances expansion in...

One suggestion. Using the Berry's I would go for a COL of 1.150 Most of the reloading data for Berry's calls for that length. Also as stated previously, use a taper crimp not a roll crimp.

I use a Comp-Tac MTAC for about a year now. I really like it. MTAC Holster | Comp-Tac Victory Gear

10 round mags, loaded with 10. Mags are not even close to new. They are all just shy of year old with about 4k rounds through them collectively. Recoil spring is stock, never changed. Same age as mags. 11 months with about 4k rounds on it. I was trying to reproduce the problem this morning...

Sorry about the dupe. I didn't see that thread. Problems sounds the same. I will look everything over as I also installed an Apex in mine but that was 5+ months and 1800 rounds ago.

No magazine safety. Magazines are un-modified. No cut followers, no loop removed from the magazine spring. I didn't even try pushing the slide forward. SOP for me in IDPA for this type of malfunction is rack and go. I am going to disassemble the gun and take a look. I will check out the...

I like 4227 for 30 Carbine loads. I have used it for 357 and it was OK however as others have mentioned there is unburned powder left. That was with Model 28 6" barrel.

I had two instances of a problem yesterday that is bothering me. Full size M&P 9mm. I shot the IDPA Classifier yesterday. Which for those familiar with it know that stage 3 calls for 2 tactical reloads. Basically the gun has a round chambered and is in battery. You drop and store the mag and...

No experience with the new RCBS presses. My Rockchucker was boght new in the mid 80s and never had a problem with it. It is still going strong however since going to the dark side and getting a Dillon 650 for handgun loading my Rockchucker only sees duty for loading 270 and 30 Carbine these...

I have used and owned RCBS, Redding and Dillon. Most of mine have been RCBS. For a single stage I like using the RCBS with single die for seating and crimping. All of the Redding I have used were one die for seating and a second for crimping. With a progressive I prefer to have separate seating...