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I found his satirical review pretty darn funny! This is The Onion we're talking about here. I laughed out loud at the last sentence in his review: "But if you are in the San Diego area, do me this favor: Go to Sea World, walk into the emperor-penguin exhibit, and punch one those f*#kers right in the face."

The movie finally made it to my small town and I'm just getting home from seeing it. Great movie - it was almost a comedy at times and quite sad at others. Thanks for the recommendation (my wife thanks you too). I also was thinking of the poor cameramen during the storms. Brrrr!!!!

Here are the award winning songs and lyrics: http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/songs.shtml

I'm going to add Cannibal the Musical to this list. It's made by the guys that created South Park and it's based off a true story.

Hey, I'm slow and even used a Taurus revolver for several matches. Where do I sign up?

Hot off the presses - A-52525

But you'll use more powder pushing the lighter bullets. It would make an interesting cost analysis to see if everything evens out. -Chet I am fairly certain that with the higher cost on bullets right now, the 115's will be cheaper to load, even with the greater amounts of powder used. However, I still load 147's since they seem to cycle much more reliably.

It might have been at one time. But now it's mainly a nice layer of mold. The Titegroup doesn't seem to mind though

Here is the bench constructed by me and shooting buddy Nick. Notice the custom "handle groove" The old worthless fridge I was contemplating junking has found a new use:

FWIW, I haven't noticed any keyholing with any of these loads. I've shot about 1500 of them so far. My friend was getting keyholing with the loads and the cure was to lengthen the OAL a bit.

I've been using 3.3gr of Titegroup with Berry's 147's and love it. I don't have a chrono yet (next purchase) so can't give you any stats there. However, this load shoots great and cycles the gun reliably.

I have never used N320 but do use Titegroup for my 9 loads. I'm loading 147's with 3.5 gr (If I remember correctly) of Titegroup. When compared to any sort of major load, this is a joke. Shooting doesn't get much lighter. I agree with Steve that it does leave the brown haze on my gun, but I don't care - it wipes off easily. With the low recoil, low cost and reliability, I have no reason to check out any other powders. Plus, I use it for my 38 Spcl steel loads as well.

I just started loading 38 Spcl on a 650 a month ago. I ordered the Dillon set of dies and the roll crimp die seems to work great (actually, I think Brian described it as a taper/roll crimp die). I cannot set back the bullets by pressing on them. However, I am loading fairly light rounds for steel and have not tested the crimp with stiffer loads. So, with my light loads there is no problem with the bullets jumping forward.

I do like Titegroup in the 9's I load for IPSC. So, it would be a benefit if I could use it in both. Plus, the 4 and 8 lb containers are pretty economical. Thanks for the advice guys!

I loaded and shot a couple different loads using Titegroup and they all seemed to work well. Boy, it's hard to see the small amount of powder down in those cases. I think I'm going to find a powder that has a little more volume to it...any suggestions? I also really need to get a chronograph! Thanks for the help.

So, it should be safe to drop the load 10-15% from published max with the shortened OAL? I do know that there is going to be lots of free space in the case using Titegroup. Anyone else have any recommendations for minor loads using 38 Spcl? I'll be shooting steel with it. Thanks.

I'm wanting to load some 38 Special loads to minor pf. I would like to try West Coast 158 gr RN bullets and use Titegroup if possible. The problem is, if I set the bullet deep enough to get the cannelure in the correct spot, the OAL is 1.40". However, all the load data I have found for 158 gr bullets has the OAL longer (1.42 - 1.48"). Does anyone have any recipes for this bullet? If not, is there a safe way to create a new load? I've always started 10% below max load when trying a new load but that has been when there was existing, good data. Should I increase the percentage and by how much? Thanks

The first link is the plan I used for my reloading bench. It worked out great. Some day I'll get a picture posted in the Galleries thread on reloading benchs.

Very nice assortment of FAQ's. I asked several of those questions when I recently ordered my 650. I've been very happy with it and have successfully cranked out a couple thousand rounds. Will be trying them in a steel shoot tomorrow.

I had the same problem. I had to notch the front of the bench in order for the press to work with the strong mount.