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  1. I don't know of any 'testing', but I have been using Winchester primers for years because they are not as soft as federal primers. I have read in this forum that some have had problems with ignition of federal primers (during the reloading process) because they are softer. However, most of the guys in my IDPA club use federal primers without any difficulty. I can say that I have had several primer failures using Winchester primers, and I plan to switch to federal when my stock of Winchester primers is gone.

  2. I have had this problem before. When this happened to me, I took everything apart and cleaned everything. I also took the powder assembly apart and cleaned the powder bar.

    After reassembling everything, I always make sure to tighten the wing nut so that as I'm seating the primer the spring above the wing nut is almost entirely compressed. I have never had an issue since doing this.

  3. I went to a local gun show this weekend. I ran into a vendor selling Fire Dragon barrels for Glock, Sig, etc. Has anyone ever heard of/used these, and if so, what do you think of them?

    Thanks! (BTW, I tried a search first and ran into difficulty)

  4. This is one of the reason why I don't care for homersexuals. Within the last eight months, I've had to remove two foreign objects from a queer guys rectum. The first was on valentine's day. His lover put a juicy juice bottle up his rear end and it got stuck. The second guy had constipation and thought that using a vibrator would help. Then he "fell on it". Yeah right! This kind of thing happens all the time. I hate my job sometimes.

  5. I know that everyone here is already quite familiar with Dillon's customer service, but I just couldn't resist. A little while ago, I broke the wing nut on my Dillon tumbler. It was entirely my fault! I over tightened it. Anyway, I called Dillon Precision to get a replacement. I told them that it was my fault and that I would gladly pay for it. They wouldn't take my money. They said they would send me a replacement and it arrived today in the mail. Those guys are awesome!

    A friend of mine is going to be buying a press to begin reloading 45 long colt. I told him that if he ordered anything but a Dillon that I wouldn't help him. I have come to realize that not only does Dillon's customer service make loyal customers out of all of us, it passes on to every one we come into contact with. You just have to love a company like Dillon Precision.

  6. Several years ago, I ran into a guy at a gun show that was selling some case lube in little plastic buckets (like the kind butter comes in). Anyway, he talked me into trying some. It was really cheap!- $4 dollars and I haven't even begun to use a fraction of it. I put my brass in a bowl, rub some of this lube on my hands and knead the brass like you would bread. The results have been incredible. I asked this gentlemen what exactly it was, but wouldn't tell me. He went on to explain that he had a supplier for twenty years that went out of business before telling him exactly what it was. I told him that it smelled a lot like mink or emu oil that you use to waterproof leather shoes. His response was," don't you ever tell anyone, please". I'm not sure which it is, but the stuff works incredibly well.

    Has anyone used an animal product like this as a case lubricant, and if so, what is it?

  7. Those that give up liberty for security deserve neither...isn't that what Ben Franklin said?

    I believe it was Thomas Jefferson:

    Those that give up liberty for security will, in the end, lose both and deserve neither (or something to that effect)

  8. A few months ago, my wife and son went home to visit her parents. She was traveling alone, running late and she had her hands full. Frustrated by lines, long waits and a screaming baby, she was stopped by security. They went through all of her things- including the diaper bag. A man with a towel wrapped around his head went right through. I don't get it! Shouldn't the security guys concentrate on those that are more likely to cause a problem, or are we too afraid of offending someone with the idea of profiling?

  9. I guess this is another reason to load your own ammunition!

    I used to live in Illinois and now live in Michigan. The anti-gun environment in Illinois was incredibly painful for me. You can't buy ammunition, gun powder, primers, pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc. without a firearm owners identification card. And forget about ever obtaining a concealed carry permit.

    Now that I live in Michigan, I love it. I can walk into any place that sells ammo and buy it. Same goes for primers, powder, etc. And now that I have a concealed carry permit, I can purchase anything (except full auto) that I want. Crime here is nowhere near what it was in Illinois, and there are far fewer police officers. Go figure!

  10. Several months ago, I purchased 5K rounds of 9mm "range" brass off of e-bay. I am so thankful I stumbled into this thread, because the A-merc brass has been such a pain in the you know what. My original plan was to just load it and go about my business. Because of this A-merc stuff, I spent hours hand sorting everything. However, I do appreciate those that identified a problem to me before I discovered it for myself- I sure didn't enjoy seeing it lock up my machine.

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