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thank you all for taking the time to respond, all this information helps very much.

thank you. i appreciate your experience and will certainly employ your caution.

10mm Dave, i picked up one of the larger Hogue grips as you've advocated.... it has definitely helped with fit/comfort and establishing a more natural point of aim...thank you. i hoped to get the D. Lauck grips but with a few options for my larger hand dimensions the price became ever more prohibitive....that said, i'm saving my shekels

thank you, i'll do so i'll also search out options for static dissipation. i was thinking of perhaps adding another surround at a bit of a distance from the primer tube shield as well and maybe some sort of loose cover?

thank you for responding. i purchased the reloader and a bunch of associated parts for it quite a few years back and it is all still in the boxes sealed. I probably should have sold it years ago but life got in the way and i neglected to. i do use eye and ear protection when reloading, just a habit i learned and practiced long ago..... but i can't help but wonder if there isn't anything else i can do to optimize safety. If the unit can't be upgraded, is there perhaps a way to fashion/attach a more comprehensively protective shielding device for the surround as well as for the top? any constructive thoughts or suggestions would sure be appreciated

I understand that very many users have had excellent experiences with the Dillon 650XL reloader. That said i've heard firsthand of some frightening occurrences of primer chain explosions. I'm not trying to create conflict or misrepresent....rather, I'm just hoping to see if perhaps an upgraded/revised priming system is available for the Dillon 650XL? thank you

thank you. i misunderstood.

I too was reluctant to modify my magazines, as such i was referred to the Grayguns base pads which work very nicely and meet specifications...you might want to give them a call.

I read so much about the Sig p320 concerns, particularly as they have just recently become available to the California market. .... It seems most likely to me that these issues resulted from errors in reloading. I think Mr. Gray's testing nicely and most definitively demonstrated that as the most likely cause.

i wonder if the sight you're showing is the base portion of this sight on the SW Model 41 https://www.rimfirecentral.com/threads/sight-options-for-the-model-41.1186857/#lg=thread-1186857&slide=10 see post 15

I came across a notification that the famed gunsmith Mr. John Jardine has passed. While I've never had the pleasure to handle one of his firearms, I'm told he made some pretty terrific 1911s.

thank you did you not favor them?

YSR, may i ask...what type of grips are you using on that revolver? are you happy with them?

thank you all, yes San Diego based.... and the revolver is a 686 plus professional 7 shot 38 special/357 (my mistake, too late to edit the original post). I'm just after surgery so unfortunately won't be shooting for quite some time i'm told but i really appreciate the offer. i will try to see what i can accomplish by dry firing in the mean time

i too would love to watch and learn

thanks....hope to get to the range next week.

Darn it, all we have is a Costco sized box of Chex (trying and too often failing at watching sugar content). I do have the hammer inertia puller...must try harder. The rounds were made for me by a close friend who was a bullseye shooter back in the day. I'll have to check the case/brand. I'm using a new unaltered SW 686 plus performance model. After running through the sizing die they now fit nicely, haven't tried them yet. Appreciate the note regarding degraded accuracy but haven't had a chance to get out to the range to test one yet.

thank you everyone....i'm going to try doing some DIY work at home...and should that effort fail i'll strongly consider the DL option.

I was having difficulty flush seating hollow based wadcutters for a 38special revolver. The problem arose as a result of only having access to the standard seater die which distorted to face of the projectile. I wasn't sure if RCBS sold replacement stems or if i'd have to purchase a new die so I called RCBS. They were very nice and very helpful, no hassles and no charge. They sent me a new seating stem. I honestly didn't expect it as my dies have been in the family for a good many years. Great experience, thought i'd share.

interesting...i'll search badman nice to have options

RJH interesting...and sad to hear...but thank you for the information The pile driver won't work on flush seated 38 special

thank you, founds a few things i need in addition to the cob media at Grafs

still wondering if such a tool exists in the mean time i ran the cases through a dry spray lubricated sizing die.... and thankfully the bulge disappeared, the cases look great.... and the rounds now pass the plunk test.

Hi, i have a bunch of 38 special loads in which the HBWC projectile is inset flush to the case mouth. Unfortunately there is a small bulge consistent with the base of the projectile. I tried my hammer type bullet puller to no avail. My Forster collet type bullet puller won't work because there's nothing for it to grab on to. Appreciate your help and suggestions. thank you as always.

thank you everyone, i placed an order for the xtremes.....now to look for a good load with my VV310 and VV320