shel6977

I broke down and bought one of these and ran about 6 pounds of 9mm case tonight. I ran the cases, a little bit of dawn, about a 9mm case of lemishine, Water to the rib of the barrel, and 5 pounds of pins for 2 hours. Once the pins were separated, I put the cases in my retired food dehydrater for about a hour and a half at 150 degrees and I'm pretty happy with the results. I don't know if I need to tweek my mixture or not yet but so far so good.

I looking for some input on the xtreme plated 124gr hollow points, 135 gr flat nose, and/or the 147gr hollow points in 9mm. I currently use 124 rn in my m&p pro with good results with bullseye powder but am wondering if you guys think heavier/ hollow points might yield better accuracy. Anyone have any input on these bullets?

I haven't seen those, I'll have to check those out.

I'm kinda partial to Nike fitted hats myself. I think I've worn about 8 Iowa State white hats in a row.

I didn't know gg&g made a follower for the 930. Mine has ran flawless with the pink federal shells so I'm kinda on the fence of fixing something that isn't broke. What kind of spring did you use? Is it thicker than stock? Longer?

Spent 33 years in the machining business and also ended up twice in the ER with metal chips that snuck in from the side but I cannot begin to count the number of times safety glasses saved my vision. I recall stopping by an employee who was precision grinding multiple parts on a surface grinder. He set up the auto cycle and started it without turning on the magnetic chuck. The result was the 24" diameter x 2" wide grinding wheel spinning 3600 rpm exploding and pelting us with shrapnel. We both had multiple bleeders but what shook me the most was the large gouge in the left lens. The chunk of aluminum oxide grinding wheel hit my glasses with such force that the frame impact on my eyebrow it split open and needed stitches. I'm sure the glasses have saved my ass more than twice but its always the hospital trips I remember more than the near misses...

After reading this thread, now I'm convinced I need a upgrade from the old rock chucker...hopefully if I can find a Dillon 550, I'll get some more shooting time instead of the never ending loading time... And if anyone has a 550 they need to get rid of, please pm me.

I broke down and bought one from cabelas since they had free shipping through father's day. I think I also might invest in the 47 pins as others mentioned to avoid getting pins stuck in the flash hole.

I thought the same thing when the sale was going on and I was eyeing a Nordic barrel which was out of stock...

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I've been to the ER twice for a metal shaving in my eye. Both times I was wearing safyeu glasses and both times at work using a portaban just above my head. It's like slow motion seeing a piece of metal shaving drop down and bounce off the inside of my safety glasses and right into my eye.

And I saw your post too late...I guess I'll keep using bullseye for my pistol rounds...

I've been using the Rand CLP for about 6 months now and have been pretty happy with it. I run mine pretty wet but usually clean it about every 400 rounds or more often if I shoot it a lot in a short period.

I have a Frankford Arsenal that's been running strong for going on about 8 years now.

I think I will be ordering a spare and sending it off to be welded. Thank you for the info.

I've been looking at these cases but was wondering if a shotgun actually fits inside it or if it will stick out. How do you like it?

I think I can pick up my red fiber better for outdoor shooting than the green or orange that I have also tried.

I've got all my stuff set up with kytex mag pouches that I use for 3 gun and uspsa production. They are very similar to the ready tactical ones and are lower priced than most.

I think that is the only difference between the Remington primers but that's the only thing I can think of why you might get a flash unless the primers are letting gas by like what was mentioned in another post.

For me it's just too much going on with rear fiber sights. I need to focus on the front sight and target. I think of it like looking through a window at a bird or squirrel and the window being my rear sights. I don't care what the drapes or curtains on or near the window look like, I'm looking through the window at the bird and focusing on it, the same way I'm looking through the rear sights focusing on the front sight. If I get to seeing too much of the "curtains" in my sight picture I'm not seeing my front sight correctly.

I've never noticed what your describing in any of my 9mm loads. I've used quite a few Remington 1 1/2 for 9mm and 38. Might be that the 5 1/2's are more for 40 or .357 instead of 9mm, at least that's what the info on the package of Remington 1 1/2 primers would lead me to believe.

I've got a pocket pro 2 that seems to do everything I need it to. I've only had it for a few months but so far I'm very happy with. They are also made in the USA.

I shoot first farthest away from where I'm moving next. If my next move is left, I shoot right to left or left to right if I'm moving to the right next. If there's no movement, generally I shoot left to right just because it's what works for me.

Thanks for the help. Now I need to start looking for a 550....

I get where your going with the drill but they still need to be sized before trimming don't they?

I currently have single stage RCBS Rock Chucker and am trying to find progressive, leaning toward a Dillon 550. My question is in regards to any progressive presses really. I have very seldom had to trim pistol brass because the brass is over the max length but I have had to trim some 223 brass. How does this work with a progressive since you can't measure until after sizing? Do most just put them in the press and go or do people sort and load only the same head stamps or am I way overthinking this?