MoBigAl

I have some medical issues related to diabetes (peripheral neuropathy) and I'm starting to have some nerve damage in my hands. My grip is really suffering and I'm losing my ability to maintain my consistency in shot placement and transitioning from target to target. The primary issue is loss of strength along with numbness in my fingers. I've been doing strengthening excersises with stress balls or whatever you call them but I'm not seeing any improvement. Has anyone else dealt with this or something similar?

I'm using a 550b with Dillon pistol dies. Never had a problem and most of the brass I load is glock'd from 10 years or so ago. Maybe I'm just lucky??

Like train wreck, you know it's gonna be bad but you watch anyway.

Due to a series of unfortunate life events I have returned to shooting after being gone for many, many years. Shot the monthly club match a couple of weeks ago and actually did pretty good. I know I'm rusty and all but it was almost like the proverbial riding a bike thing. Felt like I never missed a match. Life is good. Edit: spelling

Why do law enforcement agencies hesitate to investigate these crimes?

I've been leaning toward the Berry's despite the fact they are a little more pricey. The inconsistency of the xtremes has come up time after time. I think I'm going with the Berry's...

I like a light crimp also. Had keyholing problems with the G17's , backed the crimp off to near non-existant and problem solved. Again, these bullets will be for plinking only. Are there problems with diameter consistency in the extremes?

I'm getting ready to buy several thousand bullets and load up for plinking/blasting sessions. I've settled between the Berrys 180 FPDS or the Extreme 180. Price is pretty even for both bullets. Not looking for MT's or any other bullet, getting a deal on what I listed. I will be shooting from a G22 and a G23 with factory barrels. Powder will be WST with WSP for primers. Any benefit to one of these bullets over the other?

Like I said, crimp is minimal. Same crimp I've put on tens of thousands of loads in the past. I gotta really think the bullets are out of round. Kinda wondering if bullets are being made on several diffent machines and one of them was out of adjustment? I'm getting 3-5 tumblers out of every 50 rds or so. Kinda perplexin..

I have been loading some 115's over 4.7 of 231. I am experiencing some random tumbling from several different pistols. Bullet weight is pretty consistent and I'm putting minimal crimp on these loads. Over twenty years of reloading and this is the first time I've encountered this. Same results out of some of my buddies pistols too. Cleaned, inspected, yadda yadda yadda... Bullets are Winchester 115 FMJ's on a 550b with Dillon dies. Mixed brass, mainly winchester headstamp. What could be causing this?

I hear the phrase "Oh Crap!!" over and over when I shoot...

7-9% !! I be happy if my kids helped load just 1-2%! Helping to pay for their ammo?? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you only get the flyer if you have ordered from him before. Great service, quick shipping.

I've never really tried to go fast when loading but usually do average around 500-600 rds an hour on my 550B. [knocks on wood]I've never had a squib [knocks on wood] and have only had a couple of high primers that failed to detonate. I take my time, kinda like when I'm shooting a stage...

I would say that everyone here has benefitted from a missed penalty at one time or another ie. foot faults, no shoots, etc.. But to pull another shooter aside a tell him it's not his place to point out penalties if he is not the RO?? Well in my book I don't want to be around a guy that NEEDS those points that bad.

Dang, this thread sure went south...

This deal is still current. I'm picking a few boxes next week before the price goes up again.

The overwhelming majority of this brass came from area matches where I worked as an RO. It was all picked up the day it was fired. The rest of it comes from one Open shooter at our club who does not reload or bother to pick up his brass. He primarily shoots R-P factory loads. The brass is a 50/50 mix of R-P nickel and mixed headstamp brass. I would say that about 2-3% of the brass has been fired more than twice. I say that by looking at the headstamp and noting how crisp the markings are on the headstamp. The ones that are really flattened out are usually indicative of numerous firings or extremely high pressures. I have found very few flattened primers. After I get an inventory I will probably be posting this for sale on the classifieds.

Sorry, I did quote you anyway! I was kinda thinking it was around $100 per 1K. Thanks

I have a small quantity of 38 Super brass. There is some Super Comp mixed in. It's all range pick-up and a lot of it appears fairly new. I also have some 9x21 and 9x23. What's the going rate on this brass per 1K?

Found it at hi-techammo.com. It's new production powder and is actually designated as WC844F. The F stands for fast. Dan says it burns faster than the previous lots of WC844 and thus the starting load needs to be reduced by about 10%. He has a pretty good quantity of it and if you buy a case (4- 8lb bottles) he pays the haz-mat. I picked mine up along with a few other goodies I promised not to tell about...

Anyone have any experience with this powder? It's supposed to be the equivalent of H335. I will be loading 55gr FMJ's on Lake City brass. Looking at a starting load of 23gr.

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Definitely the 550. I like the manual index, it means I'm in control. Sometimes you have those "oh man" moments and I just like the ease of backing things up when necessary. I can easily load 500+ rounds in an hour and for the difference in conversions and toolheads compared to the 650... I say 550 baby!!

Chris, Thanks for the info. With the amount of bullets I bought I should be able to sample several different powders and loads.