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  1. What fascinates me, is that I have been around guns for a long time. I mean I was sort of tried and true 1911 man for the first decade. Of course the plastic guns ie Glocks and other...came to being. I mean I am dumped the 1911 for the last 8 years. I have gone to a incarnation of the 1911 that is the USP. What a tank! That gun just goes and goes! No problems that were gun related ie setting up malfs with dummy ammo. I sort of went to Glock for a new caliber....the 9mm! I lke to shoot! The Glock is like a mechanical version of the Life Cereal Actor Mikey! the darn thing just keeps going and going! You can debate all kinds of subjects! And, as long as there are people opinions will vary!

    Embrace your choice and exoll the virture of being able to express your opinion!

  2. I sort all my brass.....except 9mm. The WW and Fed 45ACP I use for my 625's, all else goes for the USP's! The 9mm just gets cleaned and put in the pail for the next reloading session. I have real anal tendancies for the the 308 brass....and the 223 brass each is sorted for purposes.

  3. No sure if they stock what kind of targets you need? But they are fast shippers! There is LE Targets in the twin cities www.letargets.com, they moved to Blaine last summer or fall. They were easy to find of University and 280. Now, up close to Bill North location.

  4. You got some leg work to do.

    I would suggest you be careful in your load work up and your data sources. Hodgdon data uses WW brass to work up loads in, and Sierra uses Federal.

    I would suggest WW brass, Varget, BR2 primers, and work you load based on Hdodgon data. I bet you will a decent chance of success!

  5. In my experience with shootinng HP it was an acquired skill. I was advised that calling shots was good practice as long as the gun and the ammo was not suspect. That means the shooter has a bit of skill to begin with. This guy helping me use to say it was like being a launch control officer in Minuteman III LCF, you can line things up but once you let her fly it is gone! I got caught up admiring my art work at times when shooting rapid fire strings, the first two shots would be on call but had group shift of the last 8 shots.....and lost focus on the front sight and my position. Slow fire prone was easier.

  6. Personally Varget works well it worked in the factory bbl on my 700 and it sings with a Mike Rock bbl.

    I use Lapua and WW brass. Hodgdon load data is based on WW brass. But, the Sierra manual uses Federal brass. I have 16 reloads on one lot of lapua brass. The brass looks new!

    Varget and BR2 primers

    RL15 and 210M primers

    IMR4895 and WLR

    I like Nosler CC 155's and 168's. Troll the Nosler Pro Shop for deals on seconds. Their brass is nice stuff and the seconds can be had for decent prices, it is just not wt sorted.

  7. When I was shooting 1911's I was pretty religious about changing out recoil springs every 3K. So, I have continued the practice with the G17. Is this a wise practice? Not shooting major loads just plinkers. Which is better IMSI or Wolff? I have been using a non captured recoil guide, any thoughts on captured vs non-capatured?

  8. My process for 223

    #1 Clean brass

    #2 Size brass on T7 with Imperial Die Wax

    #3 Polish brass to remove case lube

    #4 Trim on Giraud Trimmer and other case prep

    #5 Store brass for future use

    On 550

    Station #1 universal decapper to remove errant debris and prime

    Station #2 I use TAC cause it flows with no probs, but I have done the polishing alluded to earlier

    Station #3 I seat with Forster Ultra Seater

    Station #4 I use Redding Taper Crimp but only for blasting ammo

    I can run off a good deal of ammo quickly

  9. I have shot for a few years TG in the 45ACP in the past I have gone with BE/Unique/231/Universal Clays to TG. I have gave N320 a run and it was clean shooting powder, but spendy. A lot of people sing the praises of WST. In real world use with lead bullets adn hard ball equivalent load is this a decent choice for clean burning for the 45ACP especially in use for 625 loads?

  10. No rifle bullet is going to sit still like loading handgun rounds. Reloading the 223 or any rifle cartridge on progressive should be done in two passes. Process the brass first:Lube the brass (do not use one shot), Size, tuble the lube off the cases, Use the Giraud (great machine), finish any primer pocket work, and the store. Then on loading day slip a universal decapper in place of the sizer die to knock out any errant materials, primer and load.

    I would work up your load before you do any batches of ammo. Pulling a load of the air is a waste of your time and energy.

    I would find a good Dillon PM friendly powder, my choice would be TAC!

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