Hi-Power Jack

I'm still using 8mm videotapes ....

Yeah, my favorite single movie is Braveheart and Pulp Fiction (OOPS, that's two single movies).

Not after they saw me shoot my first mag ...

I've taken three courses with very "famous" masters, none of whom have ever offered any suggestions re: my grip One of those courses consisted of 60% Dot Torture Well known names in the field. I can't recommend any, yet, since I wasn't happy with the three that I tried. If you go to a course that involves firing 1,000 rounds/day - bring bandaids. Unless your gun is Very Smooth, you're going to end up with bleeding hands. Make sure they send you away with a Plan of Action - what should you do to follow up on what you've learned - no one offered that, either. YES, I should have asked, in retrospect. Didn't know enough to ask at the time (these were many years ago). That's the reason I pass it along, free of charge Good luck with it. Let us know how you made out.

Sounds like about $2,000 for the 5-day course, plus a rifle/shotgun course, and room/board plus travel expenses. Lots of dough. I prefer to spend the time and money spread out a bit - maybe a one-day course and then weeks of practice what I've learned - then another course and practice. I took a 2-day course and my hands were bleeding by the middle of the 2nd day But, I did have a blast, and learned quite a bit

Are you lubing the cases ?

What's the 1. scope? 2. comp? 3. trigger ? Good luck with it

Great idea. Don't spend a penny on any of the "extras" that are recommended (base, handle, bullet holder, etc). They are NOT necessary to load three boxes of ammo a week. Just the basic machine (I'm still using the basic machine to load 20,000 rounds/year) is all you need (Plus chrono, scale, calipers).

I haven't seen the first one, but the 2nd one is a Lot of Fun to watch

1. Can't get no Satisfaction - Mick Jagger 2. Don't bring me down - Creedence Clearwater Revival 3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 4. Boots (Made for walking) - Nancy Sinatra 5. Fever - Peggy Lee 6. House of the Rising Sun

I'd drop a note to aircooled6racer - he seems to have a LOT of experience with what will work and won't work with a PCC

Only IFF you get bullet setback with a heavy .40 bullet and fast powder. BUT, 9mm Major is much safer than you would think. Most European 9mm Minor ammo is pretty close to 9mm Major ammo here in the US

I've never loaded .40, but I used to use a lot of WW231 for both 9mm and .45. I would imagine it would probably be pretty good for .40, also. And, WW just brought out WW244 - supposed to be better than WW231, but the price seems pretty high ???

I've been shooting 9mm Major for about 11 years - no problems with it. I keep hearing about .40 Major's going kaboom - have a feeling that .40 Major is more risky than 9mm Major. WHY? You cannot get bullet setback with a 9mm Major (there's too much powder in the case for the bullet to setback. The .40 Major, on the other hand, can and will setback IFF the sizing die doesn't do a tight enough job. (Nothing to do with "crimp". Out of fairness, I guess that .40 Major loads in a non-compensated barrel will usually be heavy bullets and fast powders (and they can cause problems with bullet setback). Whereas .40 Major loads in compensated barrels will be lighter bullets and slower powders - so probably much less risk than a .40 Major load in a Limited gun. BUT, not a lot of risk in 9mm Major

I've never owned a .40, but shot a GM's once - didn't see any difference in recoil between his .40 Major STI and my BHP 9mm Minor. Of course, the STI was a half pound heavier than my BHP.

Congrats, and Good Luck

BTW, I'd suggest taking all 300 of those rounds and "gauging" them. I prefer to Plunk them ALL in the barrel I'm going to be shooting with, but they do also sell gauges so you don't have to go thru the terrible trouble of taking the barrel out of your gun and using that as a gauge. BUT, your actual barrel/chamber is MUCH better than any gauge. Any rounds that are suspicious, I take out and put them into a "Practice Only" pile. You'll probably find that all of them chamber properly anyway, but better to be safe. Oh, and check for "high primers". If the primer sticks up above the case, even by a little bit, I put those rounds into the "Practice Only" pile, as well. Have fun

Mine usually run 125 or so, but BRING DOUBLE

I shot Limited Minor for years - still do if I don't shoot my TruBor in OPEN. The advantages: I already have the gun - a custom BHP Ammo is much cheaper (9mm vs .40) Disadvantage: Lose points on C's and D's. Overall: I ain't going to win anyway, so I shoot the 9mm I have rather than buying a new .40, and I get to stay with all 9mm for my reloading

+1 When everything is tuned, my TruBor (11 years old) runs like a sewing machine Ran perfectly for two years in a row, until it need some new springs. BTW, we now have MORE emoji's

Possible. I 'm not sure ???

Great, but did they lose any velocity ?

Ain't it da truth ?

Ditto. I took 12 years off shooting, and came back about 11 years ago - first time I ever saw a 2011. Took me about 7 months to make the plunge All I shoot now is my TruBor

If you have $425 you don't need, you can buy a Dillon SDB, with the dies, and reload your 600 rounds in about 3 hours, easily. How long would that take you to reload with the single stage press ?