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  2. Cast Steel Shot for trap

    in Shotgun Reloading General

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    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

  3. Latest Addition

    in Revolvers

    Posted

    Wayne, it's 38 spl.

    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

  11. Galling in Lee .223 resizing die

    in Metallic Reloading Presses & Equipment

    Posted

    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:

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    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

  14. Became a NRA life member today

    in General & Off Topic

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    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

  17. Loaded 1000 rounds of 9mm this past weekend

    in Reloading General

    Posted

    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

  18. Confused about COL of Rem .223

    in Rifle Reloading General

    Posted

    It all becomes a balance between many different variables.

    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

  21. Bought a Bushmaster Predator AR15

    in Semi Automatic Rifles

    Posted

    I really like Lepould scopes for this one reason , My dad bought a 300 weatherby in 1961 "I went with him I really hate the rifle though" and it had a Lepould scope on it . In 1995 I took the rifle out to shoot it and found the coating on the lens coating peeling, I called lepould and told them the story and that I had no proof of purchase etc. The Lepould rep.said to ship it in the scope has a lifetime warranty and there was a 2 week turn around time.

    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

  23. Anyone use CorrosionX?

    in Cleaning Products and Techniques

    Posted

    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

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