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I put a 140 dawson on my limited pro but see the top of the slide. I put 160's on my stock 2 and 3 and I don't see the slide on them. My rear sight is still low in the sight cut out. I like the 160's much better. The width is .100

I have a Limited Pro and Stock 3 and pretty much changed to the Henning rod on both immediately. I did it more for frame protection than anything else.

I do the same anm2_man. I loaded 20 rounds with 43.5 grains of varget ubder a mil-spec 168 grain BTHP and 20 rounds of 41 grains of TAC over the same pill for a start. I was surprised that the TAC grouped significantly better than the varget. My next step is to ladder them upwards and see how they do.

I do the same thing SpotHogg except I use a 650. I found a pound of varget yesterday at the local ammo bunker. Loaded 30 rounds to test and it metered very well. Smoother than I expected. I was waiting to have to push through some powder kernels but it never happened. Varget is a much shorter stick then what I remember of the IMR's.

I prefer to tumble after resize to remove the case lube before proceeding with the process. Any potential flash hole issues are discovered during case inspections. On occasion I have found the steel media wedged in the primer pocket.

I decap on the single stage then tumble and move on from there. Thanks for you opinion

Thanks for the reply. I have 8208 on my waiting list. Hopefully some shows up shortly.

I've been reloading ammunition for 35 years starting with a single stage RCBS rockchucker. I loaded pistol, revolver and rifle with this press and weighed every load and the system worked well. Well, since that time I've developed a liking for the AR style rifles and purchased a few and built a few in 5.56x45, 7.62x51 and most recently .300 AAC blackout. All I've used so far are spherical powders. My interest lies with the .308 and from what I've read hear I need to try Varget and either of the 4895's. I still use the rockchucker to resize all my brass but have upgraded to a Dillon XL650 a few years ago for the reloading and love it. Never having tried any extruded powders in the progressive machine I wonder which extruded powders meter reasonably well for volume loading on this press. It seems 4064 is one I should stay away from but varget and 4895 are a go? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

They are really known as magazines. Clips are something one use in an M1 rifle. Thank you Sir. I will remeber that.

I use a paint marker on the side of the clip. It's receives less wear and tear than the base cap.