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    Used reloading equipment

    the ole iron brings in some good money as mentioned Stars, Hollywoods, got my eyes on (actual my name) CH Tool CH444 in 45acp just want one, this gentlemen has several and not a bad price. I also have ole Ohaus RCBS 10-10 scales, Lyman M5's an RCBS Duo-measure powder measure that works great...
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    LC 74 308 Match brass

    saw the date of the OP also, have a bunch of 77' LC match brass and a few cans ammo, shoot it in the ole Devine M1A, some WRA 68 ball ammo, some LC 68' de-mil 06 brass, great brass. -Snoopz
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    Range report, .221 Fireball

    Love the 100, picked up 2 of them years ago, one still in the original zippered plastic case it came in, the other has a Leupold 4X EER scope on it,shoot 52gr. Sierra HPBT out of it, sorta of my varmint pistol, also have a 660 in .308, both are great shooters. Have fun with it. -Snoopz
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    Single stage press?

    Got a few ole Rock Chuckers, did the batch thing one setup to size, one to seat, other to taper crimp, progressives were out of my reach in those years, still use the Ole RC's, brass forming, making 22 cal bullets out of .22lr cases. Redding BB2, progressives, Pro7's, LNL AP, Dillons, but...
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    Ideal way to test reloads...?

    It's worth it, and yes the cost of the grips adds up rather quickly .. mainly buy one as I acquire a new toy or when it can be justified ;) want a chrono, toss up though thinkin back to the 35P As far as the rest and some have said it takes the shooter out of the variable, one less thing to...
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    It is a Unique day

    ^^^^ this ...no.2 Lyman Cast bullet handbook Lyman Pistol & Revolver Handbook -Snoopz
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    small pistol primer in Blazer Brass 45 ACP

    as mentioned by others, non-toxic lead free rounds are mostly loaded with small pistol primers. and as far as I have seen and others have said it is Small primers.. ..."lead free priming" when reloading "may have slightly less pressure", be aware when mixing for target loads, as per Speer #14...
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    44 Mag what powder do you use?

    basically the same here Unique with cast bullets...ole Elmer Keith style SWC 2400 with gas checks -Snoopz
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    Your biggest overload? What happened?

    This ^^^^ some people let their ammo sit in direct sunlight, a big no..no, had that literally beaten into me by my tutor (Army Colonel ret.) when firing my M1A w/LC match ammo many years ago, he would punch me in the arm when I went to reload the mag. "Boy you know better" on and on.. it did...
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    Stuck cases

    I love it ...you got me by 8 yrs, 61 here..so if you got baby fat on you, just call me the fat man, cause it's would be just everywhere by his thinking...84 and still at the range, that's great...had a Colonel that ran a range teach me, Hi-Power shooting when I was in my 20's he was in his 60's...
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    Stuck cases

    have heard also been going around.. ..use Imperial and TiN dies in .223 from CH4D.. a little costly...but..., I also purchase their own dies and have it done..and yes you still have to lube them ..but the "effort" is reduced and when pulling the expander back through the case mouth.. Dave is a...
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    Am I Sentenced Forevermore To Brass Scrounging?

    You hit the nail on the head..been reloading for 35+ years and yes there are people who leave it set, the last batch of so-called 1x 45, netted, swaged, reamed primer pockets (that didn't need it) multiple marks on the case heads, extractor marks, etc....5.56 the same way...more so..they get...
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    Stuck cases

    Just don't hit it tooo hard...just enough so you can try and unscrew it.... I haven't had any stuck cases in all the years I have been reloading and know it will be a first time..now that I have said it:rolleyes:... have done it for other people, just trying to give back... let us know how it...
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    .45 acp Pet Loads

    I hope so...:) The old stand by like others 231, almost the same charges, BE and once again almost the same charges.. H&G 68 mold, or MiHec brass molds, H&G clone, with all the pins.. -Snoopz
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    Am I Sentenced Forevermore To Brass Scrounging?

    this...and if it's been reloaded, the question is why did the "reloader" leave it? Just saying... also done the "tarp" thing above when we had "pin shoots" a long time ago -Snoopz
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