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Thanks for the tip, .40AET. The ones from CE look like the shot for me. Thanks again. --Mykal

It's time I got a chronograph for load workup. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a good one that can be used indoors in the $100 range? Thanks. --Mykal

ErikWarren: That was is. I started with 4.1 0f 231, which is the minimum in the Hornady Manual and it just wasn't enough oomph to cycle the gun. The slide catch wasn't engaging on last round shots as well, which should have been the final hint. Anyway, I bounced it up to 4.4, which was better. The gun (Ruger P-95) cycled fine, but accuracy was wanting. I went to 4.7 of 231, and that was the ticket with Hornady TMJs. Accuracy fine and no cycling problems. 4.7 is the max load in the H Manual. Thanks to everyone. I think that Chrony base model is sounding like a good idea. Midway? Thanks again. --Mykal

Berkim: did not chrono it. I don't have the Hornady Manual handy, so I'm not even sure what the projected FPS was. I'll check it out once I get home to the manual. I'll be looking it up, anyway.

so, it's Federal, then?

Eric: Thanks. I'll bet that's it. I used the starting load in the Hornady manual, and all my Rugers seem to go better with a stiffer load. I'll beef the load up a bit and see. any other ideas are welcome!

I just got back from shooting my first load of 9mm. Out of 100 rounds, I got a coule stovepipe jams. I was shooting my Ruger P95, which is always 100% reliable with any factor ammo, and the magazine was the factory Ruger. What part of the relaoding process am I botching? OAL was 1.100 with 115 Sp TMJ-RN. Powder was Win 231 4.1 grain. My guess is I crimped them wrong, either too little or too much. I use a Redding taper crimp die. Any thoughts? --Mykal

I am looking at a couple of different rifles in .223, one of them being the Browning A-Bolt II. Does anyone have thoughts or experiences with this rifle? Thanks --Mykal

I could watch Ashley Judd tie her shoes. --Mykal

I clean my guns everytime I shoot them-brass brush, cleaning rod, and Hoppes #9. Then leave a light film of gun oil on the inside by swabing through once with a CPL Breakfree. I have never broken in a gun barrel at all. I called Clark Custom about this, after reading some of the nearly impossible, elaborate break in procedures some folks do. I have a 10/22 920 barrel. They told me that no barrel should require a break in period. --Mykal

Dick & gm iprod: the responses: of course, the case gets stretched in the resizing die. Thanks for the recipes for plinking, gm iprod. I'm a newbie and sometimes the nomunclature still confuses me. Will any 170 grain flat point bullet do for these loads? Thanks. -Mykal

Hey, folks. Another newbie question. I just finished shooting my first batch of handloads! It went very well. All fired fine and I got the results I wanted. I fired about 40 rounds of 30-30. My gun is a Winchester 94. I used 28.0 grains of IMR 4895. I used Speer Flat –SP Bullets 130 grain. Primer was CCI-200. I wanted to try this load for general fun shooting, looking for light recoil compared to factory 150 grain I had been using. I found these 150 grain a bit punishing after about 20 rounds. The 130-grain worked great, and after 40 rounds I could have kept shooting. Anyway, here is my question. I had trimmed all cases to 2.029. After shooting, they were all about 2.022 or so. I thought cases were supposed to stretch after shooting, no? I was all set to clean and trim, but now these cases aren’t usable? Any help would be appreciated. –Mykal

Thanks, Dick. I just spoke with RCBS, and a nice lady told me that the wobble I was experiencing was completely normal and did not effect the function of the press. The problem, as some of you probably new, was user error. She suggested that each case be trimmed, even though they were new cases and nev er before fired. I assumed, wrongly, that new cases didn't need to be trimmed. I'll go with that and try her suggestion. --Mykal

Hi, Folks. I got a new Rock Chucker press for Christmas, and I think I may have a problem. When the handle on the press is all the way down, and the press is all the way up into the die, the handle/unit has a wobble that seems to be getting worse. This makes applying a a consistant roll crimp difficult. I carefully set the roll crimp for a 30-30 case, and it seems fine. As a work along, it begins to overcrimp or change slighlty. I have set all the locking rings for both the seater die and the seater plug. I thought maybe this handle and unit wobble was normal, but it seems to be getting worse slightly. I have only reloading a total of perhaps 60 or 70 cartridges, and an having a rough time. For those of you with single stage presses, does yours wobble when the handle is down? Thanks for any help or advice. --Mykal

Thanks, everyone. I ordered the RCBS carbide dies with the roll crimp. I also got the Lee factory carbide roll crimp die for the .357 and .38 special. Skywalker 67 - thanks for the visuals. That made it very clear. --Mykal