RichardB

I see many of my own favorites on lists already posted. Here are some I have loved which have not been mentioned yet: Fiction: Stand on Zanzibar-JohnBrunner Pale Fire-Vladimir Nabokov I Am a Cat-Soseki The Baron in the Trees-Italo Calvino A Personal Anthology, and Labyrinths-Jorge Luis Borges Kwaidan-Lafcadio Hearn Dead Souls-Nikolai Gogol (actually a very satirical and funny book) The Dalkey Archive, and The Third Policeman-Flann O'Brian Non-Fiction: What the Buddha Taught-Walpola Rahula Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism-Chogyam Trungpa Animal Architecture-Karl von Frisch The Looking-Glass Universe-John Briggs and David Peat The Portable Curmudgeon and Portable Curmudgeon Redux-John Winokur The Transformation of Nature in Art-Ananda Coomaraswamy The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are-Alan Watts (Edited by RichardB at 11:21 pm on Oct. 10, 2001)

John, Thanks for your comments. Yes, I get perfectionistic about reloading! It's really unnecessary in many respects, but it is an outlet for this precisionist urge of mine. I had just reread Dean Grennell's book, "ABC's of Reloading", and he makes some fuss over the fact that .45ACP brass gets shorter each time it is reloaded. It doesn't really matter much, especially since I reload them only 2-3 times anyway. I'll try some TFP's, as you suggest, but what does TFP stand for; also is vn320 a Vihtavouri powder? Thanks, Richard

Thanks, Singlestack! I have used LSWC's before and arrived at 1.245" OAL by the same process. It is reassuring to have some confirmation on this. I have been separating once-fired mixed brass (from hardball ammo-PMC and Winchester-bought on sale) according to average case length to make consistent batches, but am going to follow Brian's book and order a quantity of virgin brass for match ammo. Can anyone tell me which supplier's brass is closest to spec (.898) length?

Does anyone have a starting load for Titegroup plus the Precision Bullets coated 200 gr. LSWC, for my 1911-type pistol? How do you determine the cartridge OAL? Any thoughts much appreciated.