[My First Hammer Bob]

That is awesome. One question, though. Why did you not grind it flush with the frame? I'm sure there's a reason I'm not aware of.

Thanks!

Well first...I actually let a friend of mine do the rough grinding because I don't own a grinder. He overshot the mark a tad and was out of square. VERY ugly. I had to "save" it with the dremel but almost ran out of material and it made the lower portion more recessed than I had intended.

Second, I used a french curve to find the curve of the frame and transferred it to the hammer outside the gun so I guessed at the proper location. It was supposed to be more close to flush.

Third, "flush" on a 625 is a moving target. The hammer sits differently in the gun when the trigger is pulled. The nose goes deeper into the recess and the rear (lower) part rises up a bit. So you have to pick between flush at rest or flush at the end if the trigger stroke.

If I do another I will mark the hammer while in the gun and shoot for flush at rest. It was a learning experience

Yes, thanks, that makes sense. I guess you can always take a little more off if you wanted, and maybe make it faster in the bargain.

[My First Hammer Bob]

I bought the APEX hammer for my 625 and it is an awesome hammer but I wanted to see if I could bob the MIM hammer so it would look as nice as the APEX when installed...gotta love the Dremel!

The APEX hammer:

My "Bob-Job" (cell phone pic)...I'll post another when it is installed:

That is awesome. One question, though. Why did you not grind it flush with the frame? I'm sure there's a reason I'm not aware of.

Thanks!

[Hollow base .45acp]

How are you finding those RNHBs, accuracy wise, rj? I just bought a bunch of them for my 625.

Thanks!

I ended up going to 4.8 Clays. For the Hollow base OAL is 1.200, for the Midstates OAL is 1.25. The hollow base over 4.6gns Clays doesn't cut it.

All show very, very slight signs of pressure. I would like to use the Moly coated hollow base as my primary load 'cause I think they will chamber more reliably. The Midstates have a shoulder.

Thanks again Carlos,

Rick

[Glock Talk]

Members of GT's Reloading Forum are generally pretty high on Dillon and buying Dillon stuff from Brian. They steered me over here to buy my 550. They're a pretty laid back bunch who know a lot about reloading, but they try not to take themselves too seriously.

[Ideal Height For Bench Mounting A 550]

I have found a nice handmade bench that comes up about a foot above my beltline and I'm thinking of mounting my 550 on it. I don't have a strong mount so I would mount the press directly on the bench. Does this sound about right? Currently I use a barstool on a shorter bench but it seems that I hit about the same place. Anyway, it would be fairly easy to lower the bench.

Thanks for any thoughts.

[Washing Brass ?]

I sometimes wash my range brass before separating by caliber prior to tumbling. I use about a cup of Simple Green in a gallon of warm water. Soak and stir for five minutes, then rinse in clean water and air dry.

[9mm 125gr Lrn And Clays]

I tried 2.8gr and 3.2gr of (straight) Clays under a Georgia Arms 125gr LRN. (1.125" OAL) Out of my CZ75B the rounds look like buckshot patterns! Accuracy was terrible. This is very strange because otherwise the gun is very accurate. Using 3.2 - 3.5gr of Clays under a Rainier 124gr plated round nose is very accurate in the gun.

Hodgdon recommends a max load of 3.3gr of Clays for a 125gr LRN, but I'm going to try 3.5gr and see if it's any better.

Any suggestions?

[Anybody Using Titegroup With 200 Gr Zeros]

They sent me this last week:

Hodgdon Powder Company
Cartridge Load Recipe Report - 2/11/2004 45 ACP 
Load Type:  Pistol Powder:  Titegroup 
BW:  200   

Comments: .45 acp 200 gr data 
Cartridge Information 
Case:  Winchester Barrel Length:  5" 
Twist:  1:16" Trim Length:  .893" 
Primer:  FEDERAL 150   
   
45 ACP
Cartridge Load Data Starting Loads

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Maximum Loads

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Bullet Weight (Gr.) Powder Bullet Diam. C.O.L. Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure 
200 GR. CAST LSWC  Titegroup  .451"  1.225"  4.8  877  13,400 CUP  5.4  957  16,800 CUP  
200 GR. SPR JHP  Titegroup  .451"  1.155"  4.7  812  13,700 CUP  5.2  884  16,900 CUP  



And this today:

Hodgdon Powder Company
Cartridge Load Recipe Report - 2/16/2004 45 ACP 
Load Type:  Pistol Powder:  Clays 
BW:  200   

Comments: .45 200 gr. data 
Cartridge Information 
Case:  Winchester Barrel Length:  5" 
Twist:  1:16" Trim Length:  .893" 
Primer:  FEDERAL 150   
   
45 ACP
Cartridge Load Data Starting Loads

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Maximum Loads

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Bullet Weight (Gr.) Powder Bullet Diam. C.O.L. Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure 
200 GR. CAST LSWC  Clays  .451"  1.225"  3.6  759  11,800 CUP  4.3  888  17,000 CUP  
200 GR. SPR JHP  Clays  .451"  1.155"  3.9  714  15,200 CUP  4.3  785  17,700 CUP  

Sorry about the formatting. If you email them (help@hodgdon.com) they'll send the data.