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Pablo, I'll help you accurize that Mini and help you get rid of some of your money. Thank me very much! Wayne

Don't do it... You WILL scratch your barrel. I tried it and effectively ruined a barrel.. As a matter of fact, it doesn't just scratch the barrel, it will gouge deep scars. Cast steel shot is way harder than the annealed cut-wire shot. It's also about 15-20% lighter, which makes it even harder to break the targets. There is a process to make soft cast shot that is almost as heavy as cut-wire, but you'll not find it anywhere yet. The factory steel trap loads we can buy over the counter are loaded with cast shot. There must be a patent(s) on the process to make the shot. I hope someday we can get it, but for now the cut-wire steel shot is really the only option. Wayne

I see now that the first picture does say "38". I still think the second and fourth pictures say "44", but just might be wishful thinking on my part. With the 38 the recoil should be nil... Wayne

I would think the REAL bullet would be a bit difficult to start into the bore and push down the barrel? Wayne

Bob, I'm with Trapper. How is the recoil with the 44 Special in a fairly lightweight gun like the Detective Special? Wayne

RebinPA, You used the term "REAL" in this post earlier today. I'm interested in what "REAL" means? The .675 RB sounds interesting as well. Thanks in advance for sharing. Wayne

I just bought a plastic Plano ammo can at Bass Pro for $12.00. I put 1000 Rem .223 in it and it's about 1/2-2/3 full, just about the perfect size for my purposes. Wayne

I've used about ten different types of center fire pistol magazine reloaders and the UpLULA is simply the best. Wayne

Rebin, Welcome to our slowly but surely growing forum! It is a bit slow, but it takes time to grow any web forum from scratch. Do you have any youtubes of your reenactments? Wayne

My neighbor loaned me his Dillon .223 carbide resizing die. It's the only carbide rifle resizing die I've ever seen. It is a sweet die that you'll not have to worry about scratching and it has a no BS warranty. For the price of $120, it should be darned good. I'll say that it does work like a champ. Wayne

I started reloading a batch of 1,000 .223 Rem to take PD shooting later this month in SD. About 100 into the batch a could feel and hear scraping in my resizing die. I could see scratches in the brass that are almost the full length of the case. When looking into the die, I can see what looks like three or four streaks of brass. I believe this is galling as defined by the ASTM: Quote:ASTM International has formulated and established a common definition for the technical aspect of the galling phenomenon in the ASTM G40 standard, and it reads: "Galling is a form of surface damage arising between sliding solids, distinguished by microscopic, usually localized, roughening and creation of protrusions above the original surface" I have no idea if I can get the galling out of the die or how to attempt to get it out. Maybe I'll have to send it back to Lee, where hopefully they can polish it out... Wayne

If you've ever filled out a 4473, then I'll promise you you're on the list.

There are 80,000,000 firearms owners in the US, but the NRA only has a few million members. I've always wondered why so many are oblivious to the threats to our cherished 2nd amendment. Wayne

I have been thinking about becoming a life member for a while. Today I went online to renew my annual membership and saw that they have a program called EPL (Easy Payment Life) member. It allows you to pay the $1,000 life membership over 10 years. That's 4 $25 payments/yr. To me this was a no brainer - if your not a life member, then you should consider it now. Wayne

They still show the stainless 92 with a 20" barrel, but who knows.

xtell, We're going to SD soon to shoot prairie dogs again. This time we're taking 6,000 rounds of .223 for 3 shooters..!! I hope we run out again... :-) Wayne

Xtell, Hats off to you reloading with the Lee Loader! I seriously don't think I would have that kind of patients.. For progressive presses, I've owned the Lee Loadmaster and a Hornady Lock-n-Load AP. I loaded about 15,000 45ACP with the Lee before I gave up on the priming mechanism. I would have between 3 and 6 crushed primers out of 100. I could write a book about what I did to modify the press to make the primer feeder work. It's my opinion that it is simply a bad design. I gave the press and everything that when with it to a friend of mine. I hope someday he'll speak to me again.. :-) I have loaded about 4,000 with the Hornady, both 9mm and .223 Rem. I can't say enough good about the Hornady. The primer feeder has flipped or crushed exactly zero primers - it just works! The ability to easily take the brass out at any station is really a huge plus. The powder measure is also much more consistent than the Lee. I've never reloaded on the Dillon, but I did own a 550b for a couple days.. :-) Wayne

Xtell, You sure are right about that! I've been loading about 10% off max with 55g bullets out of my 24" 1 in 9 twist barrel. This gives about 3200fps, which is close to the limits on rotational velocity with the 55g bullets. I think I've seen a few come apart in mid-air because they sure didn't hit where I was looking. Wayne

Huh!! :-)

Every time I load a bunch of ammo in a few hours, it makes me wonder how I loaded thousands of round per year on a single station. Wayne

Steve, That certainly is a warm and fuzzy story for Leupold's willingness to back their products. I wonder if other scope makers have such a warranty? Wayne

Pablo, I think you mean this shootout in North Hollywood? These guys had body armor and got off hundreds of shots fired before they were killed by the police. I believe they both had dozens of hits on their body armor. Wayne

I've now used CorrosionX on my 870, AR15, XD, XDm, M&P, Ruger Mark II, Ruger P90, single six, and 2 1911's with very good results. I was having an issue with very slight surface rust in my safe, even though I have two rechargeable dehumidifiers. I gave every gun in my safe a very light coat on all metal surfaces. The rusting is done, game over. I had coated everything with a light application of Rem Oil, but it just wasn't effective. Score one for CorrosionX. Lubrication is the next claimed advantage of CorrosionX. The claim is that "polar bonding" make it stuck to the surface. The end result is that it won't sling off like other lubes. Every rail, slide, carrier, etc that moves and needs to be lubed got a few drops. Without exception, every place that I lubed still has what I would call, "visible wetness". The CorrosionX didn't sling off and didn't evaporate. The most extreme example is my 870, it's been fired a couple thousand times since I applied CorrosionX and the bolt carrier rails are still visibly wet and it cycles smoothly. Score two. The last advantage the man who formulated CorrosionX claimed was that the gun would clean much easier. His reasoning was the the CorrosionX bonds to the metal, hence the powder reside can't stick directly to the gun and will wipe off easily. It does. I cleaned four handguns today with an old t-shirt and Q-tips, no solvent was used. Each gun had been fired hundreds of times since the CorrosionX was applied. The powder residue wipes off with little effort. Score another. Great product at a good price. My $.02 Wayne

I didn't even realize it was in the censor. If you run into something like this, just email me and I'll look at it. Wayne

Why can't you say grogan? :-) I took it out of the censor. I don't think I've heard it used as slang in 20 years. Wayne