Recent content by JHB51

I watched that video before I purchased my press and noticed a couple of changes Lee made. My shell holder sits about .01 thousands below the shelf the slide runs on. The next thing they may have changed the design of the grippers slightly when they changed the color mine are red. I also use...

Ok my curiosity got the best of me. I purchased a Lee APP press the other day. The only plans I have for it now is depriming range brass before ultrasonic cleaning. About 30 minuets without using the instructions and it was ready to go. One hour and twenty minuets later 1000 pcs of 9mm and 200...

I have been using them for years. Bayou Bullets has been my go to up until lately. A club member started producing most of what I need. A quick text and I am set for a few months. He delivers to our biweekly steel match.

I decided to shoot revolver class in Steel Challenge. Nuf said.

I will wait until some other press manufacture brings one out made from steel or aluminum. The only things made by Lee I like are the factory crimp die and their decaping die. When I buy equipment I like to set it and forget it not tinker with to keep it working.

I used to avoid using 38s in 357s because of the carbon buildup. Then I found Bore Tech Carbon Remover. A wet patch let it sit for a few minutes then a quick scrub with another wet patch dry patch done. That stuff works like advertised.

I heard the old type wasn't being made any more. Glad to see TK stepped up and started producing a new design that looks like it will work from both ends of the barrel.

For a SD gun I do a polish job a competition gun gets a polish and a 14# rebound spring. I don't change main springs. I don't like having to use one type of primer for the gun to be reliable. Lots of live and dry fire will make all the difference in the world with the trigger pull and don't...

Yes for the mags. Shoe polish works wonders on a sticky mag until it wears in. Put on let it dry wipe it off nice slick surface. Paste shoe polish makes a great release agent for acraglass bedding compound try it you may like it.

Unless the lube is a dry lube it will collect trash in a mag. Paste shoe polish or paste furniture wax is better.

There should be a slight gap between the mag base pad and the bottom of the grip. If there isn't the mag catch can't seat fully. A business card thickness between the grip and mag base should do it.

A Lyman M expander die for starters. Then a custom seater plug make one from JB weld. You can use paste shoe polish for a release agent and crimp separate from seating.

A seating plug from a 38/357 die should work. You may have to take the Dia. down about a .001 or so. Chuck it up in a hand drill and use sand paper backed by a piece of wood.

Do a search there are multiple threads on this at least one a week. There is a stack up of tolerances between the slide and barrel.

Retired toolmaker here I also worked in a PM shop for a few years. The lower receiver looks to be cast or forged to me. The configuration doesn't look to lend itself to the PM process without a lot of machining afterwards. The barrel looks like a easy job for a CNC lathe and made out of bar...