Recent content by N-frame-guy

Wondering how the OP made out with this project? My old W94 also has a very worn bore. After much experimenting, I ended up with .382 bullets from Rimrock in Starline brass. They are a plain base bullet, no gas checks. They wouldn't chamber using standard Winchester brass, too fat. My RCBS dies...

The Dillon SDB takes a proprietary die; standard 7/8 x 14 dies will not fit.

Running similar components, but not the same as the books as listed, here is what I've come up with. 357 mag, from Hogdons 25th, 158 grain jacketed, HS6 at 8.5 grains, magnum primer, they show 1150. I forgot to see what they used but from my M28, 6", I got 921. 357, from the Hornady #5, they...

I know from my rifle reloading that some powders show some fairly wide swings in performance at opposite ends of the thermometer. Is this behavior also seen in the pistol powders? I lean toward mild to medium loads in much of my handgun shooting and just came back from running a few different...

I had a chance to try my unit out this afternoon. Total winner in my opinion. Ran 14 different strings with various rifles from 17 HMR to cast bullets from a 38-55, captured them all. So simple to set up and use, just like everyone else has said. We did have some problems with a muzzle loader...

Thanks for the insight, folks. Looks like I'll be jotting down the info and pasting it as usual in my load books along with the targets and load data. I'm really looking forward to giving this chrono a try. Always hated setting up the Pact and getting it just so.

I know that you can pair this unit with a smart phone and continue to manipulate the data in the app. Can the data be exported direct to a computer rather than to a phone via the USB cable in some fashion? I have a Windows 10 desktop if it matters. I do not have a smart phone, with no plans to...

Merry Christmas folks, from a regular reader but seldom poster.

Thanks for the tip about Scheels having them in stock; ordered and confirmed and hope to see it by the end of next week. Bummer is my wife says it's my Christmas present and I can't tinker with it until after the 25th!

I have a SDB for 357. As mentioned above, the working space for placing cases and bullets is on the meager side, particularly if you have large hands and I do. Knowing what I do now and with many years of loading various handgun and rifle cartridges behind me, I wish I'd gone with the 550. I...

Regarding the candle flame annealing, do a google search and include the campfire forums as I'm pretty sure that's where I read about it as well. The biggest problem with the candle is the soot on the case neck when you're done. It did seem to work for me, I used a metronome I happened to have...

Update: I tried 5.0 up to 5.8 in 2 tenths increments with BE 86 but didn't find anything that I'd call acceptable grouping with the 115 grain RN. I then loaded 5 each with Bullseye, starting at 3.9 up to 4.3 and had much better results. 4.1 or the 4.3 had the roundest groups so I'll load up...

I've burned quite a bit of it in a 12 gauge with 3/4, 7/8 and 1 oz loads. In that application, it was released as interchangeable with Clays by Hodgdon. Not exactly by bushing number but by weight. Literature at the time said to use Clays data. I've looked for metallic data as well but have not...

Duh, yes it does, right there in plain sight, too...sorry for not seeing that. Wish I could shoot a group like any of those.

Nice shooting; what was the testing distance? And how big a change on the COL of the Green Dot comparison?