BisleyBlackhawk

RIP and thank you for what you have given, not only to the reloading community, aviation but also the nation...you will be missed.

The loop where you hang the powder pan should swing freely on the studs...it is the same on scales in this "family" manufactured by Ohaus (RCBS 502, 505, Dillon Eliminator)...make sure it is not "squeezed" tight on the beam so it is unable to swing free...to have the same issue on two different scales is unusual at best...the 505 is the scale that most are measured by for accuracy...you might to check this and spread the loop if necessary to put it back in service... As far as what to replace it with...the digital scale from Brian has a good satisfaction record or the Dillon Determinator.

Greetings mmosur, I think the advice to push a gas checked bullet behind lead to "clean" a leaded bore comes from the civil war use of the Williams cleaning bullet...which was a .58 caliber bullet with a zinc washer attached to the bottom to scrub fouling from the rifle bore when loaded and fired. It did if fact "clean" black powder fouling when used...but the fouling was scraped when loading the bullet. As far as leading with cast pistol bullets I agree with Linear Thinker that it is best to deal with leading (if any) before it becomes a problem to remove. I have always been told (right or wrong?) that the only thing you will do with a jacketed or gas checked bullet is to "iron" the lead on a bore down which will make it harder to remove.. Like Linear Thinker I also cast my own bullets for Cowboy Action shooting and have never had any problem with lead buildup. I cast from range scrap which I pick up after a shoot which when melted and recast are BHN 15 to 18 (a rating of hardness) which is sorta in the middle and use a home made bullet lube made from alox and paste wax. I think that a bullet with a generous band of lube pushed under 1100 fps should not result in leading....all commercial bullets I have seen fit this description. A good website for info on shooting lead bullets is www.ammosmith.com and another that as best as I remember is www.castboolets.com (you may want to do a search) As a note...I do not use a cast bullet in a Glock factory barrel. Bisley

I have an almost unused measure from my old upgraded 450. It has the powder die and both large and small powder bars. I will take $45.00 plus shipping...not sure what the box that if it fits it ships for a set price will be as sold by the USPS but will find out. If interested shoot me an e-mail at willyams71@hotmail.com with the particulars. A money order will be an accepted form of payment. Bisley

Sorta sounds to me that the filler tube is not dropping all the primers out into the press feed tube...leaving a couple in the filler tube. I have had this happen at times on my old 450 when the knurled cap thingy is not tight on the feeder tube allowing the inner tube to get offset...loosing it's center. When primers are being "forced" by the weight of the primers on top of them you don't notice it...they feed...but the last couple of primers have no weight above them to aid in dropping from the filler tube into the primer feed tube, they hang up and can leave a couple to fall out. Make sure the knurled cap is snug...not over tight...and give the filler tube a couple of finger thumps to drop the last couple of primers out into the feeder tube. Bisley

Time

The older I get, the more I learn from my border collie Jennie. She does "live in the moment". It does amaze me to no end that just taking a walk around the neighborhood...smelling the same bush day after day or catching a tossed frizbee can bring so much joy. She does not judge one day over another...one walk or activity over another...every experience brings happiness no matter how often you repeat it. Every trip around the same block is as if it has never happened before....she does not dwell in the past or look to some future event...she focuses on the present and IMHO...enjoys it. We can learn allot from border collies. If only she had thumbs to pull a slide back or cock a hammer....the mind is there...but the body just don't fit shooting. Like Will Rogers said..."If there are no dogs in heaven, send me where they are", Bisley

The thing with quicksand is that you are not actually being "pulled" down...your struggles against what you are immersed in (quicksand) are what works against you and results in your being pulled under by your work and struggle and the end result being your drowning. What you need to "refocus" on is the fact that quicksand is water based and if you relax and let go...you will float...maybe more slowly...but float you will. Our failure to let go ends with our getting into worst trouble. "Trying" too hard will only kill us in quicksand and in shooting will make us try to hard adding one mistake after another which only increases our errors. I know it can be difficult to do but as in everything in life we must learn to relax and...to coin the age old mantra...LET GO (easier to type and say for advice) but something well worth seeking and working toward. Shooting under the clock is just about the most perfect example on how to perfect this mindset. The pressures we are so accustomed to life only work against us our REAL life. Bisley

Stay away from anything A-MERC....Please. Bisley

Release

Greetings all, this is my first post though I have lurked around for many months....maybe I should post this in the "beginners" section but I will post it here. There has been much discussion about "knowing" how to do something as opposed to "feeling" it. I have been a shooter as well as a motorcycle rider for 40 years. I don't want to come across as someone who says you don't "learn" certain skills as opposed to just knowing them but let me share my feelings on things. Each of us is a product of what we experience through our senses. When we are riding and someone suddenly pulls out in front of us our minds (or at least mine) does not go through a series of do's or dont's about what we will do to get out of a accident...you just do it. It does not go through your mind that "if I look at the car I will "steer" my scoot into it...you allow (if that is the right word) to look past the threat and naturally allow (if that is the right word) your mind to "control" the threat through..."feeling" as opposed to "knowing" what to do (based on your what you have "learned" as well as "senses" and feel)...you know what to do but you also must feel what to do. When I raced motocross (a short time a long, long time ago) it was described as "being in the groove" or "feeling the track" (yes, I know CORNEY idioms...but it was the 70's)...but it was a feeling as opposed to knowing the correct procedures to make a good run...if it "felt right" it was right (tech vs. right...both combined resulted in "feel"). We call it "gut"?. All things in life...important and unimportant are like this. To really screw up...over think it...over plan it, and try too hard. Things take care of things. Bisley