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I have some MP 254 powder on the way from American Reloading. I have never used it or even heard of it but the price was right. They say it's similar to IMR Blue, which I have never used and is now obsolete. Has anybody ever used MP 254 or have any loading data for it? I plan to use it for...

After many years of shooting various S&W revolvers I finally experienced a broken hammer nose. The tip broke off my 64-2 snub while shooting. I have various replacement parts for my revolvers but NOT a single hammer nose. I'm trying to find a replacement and I'm not sure what works. It looks...

I've been reloading for my Savage 99E .300 Savage since my high school days (close to 30 years now) and this afternoon I finally had my first case head separation. The problem is definitely tired brass. Lately I'd been using reformed .308 Winchester brass in this rifle but then I bought a SCAR...

I recently acquired a nice quantity of brass and bullets. Included was a fairly large amount of what appears to be once fired .30-06 brass. It's mostly military brass with headstamps that go back as far as 1940 and was clearly shot out of a Garand. It's deprimed (does not appear to be...

A friend recently loaned me his new in the box RCBS Charge Master 1500 electronic scale and dispenser combo. He had bought it a few years ago to dispense large charges of slow burning rifle powder and hadn't even taken it out of the box yet. Wow! How have I ever managed to live without this...

I have been using the Rooster Jacket lube for some time now with the Lee 158 gr. tumble lube bullet in the .357 Magnum. It seems to work well up to 1200 FPS with no significant leading in my 627-5. My RCBS Lubri-sizer has been down for some time now and I can't figure out what's wrong with it...

My friend just told me that his neighbor wants me to load some .40 S&W ammo for him. "Neighbor" is also an "acquaintance" of mine, and I have sold him a few guns over the years. Neighbor is also a handloader. Neighbor was looking through a loading manual the other day and could not figure out...

I have a chance to buy a FN 5.7 pistol for a good price. Naturally I will need to reload for it. Frankly I've never been a fan of bottleneck pistol cartridges and this will be new territory for me. How frustrating an experience is it? What range of bullet weights is feasible? I'd be...

I just ordered some of the Tula KV-24N Berdan primers what are "supposed to be used" to load 7.62x39. Why are they different from the KV-762N which is "supposed to be used" to load 7.62x51? Is the difference in the priming compound or cup size? If I want to reload 7.62x54R or any other...

I will soon be trading a friend for his brand new never fired 340PD. I have no desire whatsoever to shoot .357 Magnum ammo out of this revolver and will concentrate on .38 Special handloads. In the spirit of keeping the gun as light as possible I will focus on 125 gr. JHP bullets. What is a...

I have brass for .45 ACP and 7.62x39 that has no headstamp whatsoever. Both are Boxer primed. Is there some (foreign?) manufacturer that does this as a matter of habit or is this stuff so bad that the maker is ashamed to mark it? Dave Sinko

A friend of mine has the FN pistol that uses this weird little cartridge. I am wondering how much trouble it would be to reload this cartridge. I expect the brass has to be processed just like a bottlenecked rifle cartridge, with the case lubed, shoulder set back properly and then trimmed. I...

Ballistic Products finally had their #3 buckshot back in stock so I bought some for loading into the .25 ACP. I have read here and elsewhere that these are suitable (and cheap!) projectiles for this cartridge. I have been coating them with Rooster Jacket prior to loading them. The fit is not...

Lately I've been carrying my 43C pressed against my flesh while running. Today at the range I decided to fire those rounds that have been subjected to my sweat for about a month. The rims had become tarnished and I figured it's time to get rid of them. Only four of the eight rounds fired...

I'm considering lead buckshot that can be used for "other" purposes. Can a .180" round ball be shot out of a .177 spring piston air gun? I know I have seen something similar explicitly for use in air rifles and I figure this is all pretty much the same. Dave Sinko

I'm eyeballing a used 629-5 PC Snub. It has the flat 2 5/8" barrel, skeletonized ejector rod housing and dark red Combat type grips. There is no lock, and the hammer and trigger are forged and flash chromed. Am I correct in my assumption that this revolver is devoid of MIM parts? Trigger...

A local store has an interesting revolver called the Model 586-7 Performance Center. It's a 7 shooter, cut for moonclips, with a 3" "carry comp" barrel and black finish. Very nice for a .357 Magnum. I was surprised to see these, since the store has a hard time getting ANY S&W revolvers, let...

WANTED: Boxer primed 7.62x39 brass from any manufacturer. New or once fired. I have large quantities of once fired .223/5.56 and once fired nickel plated Speer .40 S&W brass to trade. I also have smaller quantities of oddball brass and factory loaded ammo that I'll trade. If you have 7.62x39...

A friend just bought some CCI small rifle magnum primers and gave them to me. He didn't realize they were the magnum variety and bought them by mistake. What purpose do they serve? What small rifle cartridge really needs a magum primer? Maybe I can reduce the powder charge slightly in .223...

I have just become aware of a contraption that allows golf balls to be launched utilizing the grenade launcher provisions of my Yugo SKS. But I need blanks. Is there any way to handload them? Or is it not worth the trouble and should I just buy them? Dave Sinko