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Those presses occassionally show up on Ebay (the examples below are not D presses) keep looking and one will show up: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories

I strictly follow the COL according to the loading recipe for my revolver reloads. Why not. I used to seat the bullets to the COL and then crimp with the Redding profile crimp die, until I discovered that the crimping (lightly) seated the bullet another 0.010" or so. So I compensate by...

Light loads of Winchester 231 are very pleasant to shoot in 38 special.

Any load data for JHP will do except the XTP. It has a bigger hollow point and is thus seated deeper, the loads are reduced to compensate. This is according to Lee's 2nd Ed. Modern Reloading.

That's creative use of space. You could also have a custom cabinet made, say 5' wide by 7' high with full height lockable doors. Inside would be a reloading worktop with knee space for sitting, built-in lighting and power, and storage shelving. Even gun storage. The cabinet could be placed...

I suppose consistency in the throw is something you gain with experience, but yet there is an inherent problem in a measure so sensitive to the slightest incosistency of a throw. So, I've been racking my brain thinking of either a gravity-driven "thrower", some gizmo you flick and a weighted...

Thanks for setting me straight. I checked the instructions on my 10-10 and sure enough they call for the screw foot to be used to align the beam pointer at zero. Now if I could only remember why I didn't read those instructions before...

My understanding is the screw foot is used only to level the scale, not intended to zero it. You can zero an out-of-calibration scale by adjusting the screw foot, but the correct method is to add or remove weights from the weight pan with the scale perfectly level, until the beam pointer is...

I'll be ordering some plug gages to establish the cylinder diameters. They measured .357-.358" with my calipers but that's not an accurate way to measure. Supposed to be .3575". Thanks for all the input.

Well I'm ready to load with lead. Need some opinions please. Seems like Missouri is a good source, and I like how they specify the hardness so you can match load pressures to hardness and avoid leading. Any reason not to buy from them? Second option is Hornady, I've been loading their...

4.3 gr. of W231 behind Hornady 125 gr. xtp; soft shooting for targets.

Received a call back from Redding tech, their engineer is aware of this issue and it is "normal" - the Redding Profile Crimp Die WILL SEAT THE BULLET DEEPER. How much will depend on individual factors such as type of bullet, level of crimp, etc. In my specific case 38 spl light crimp seated...

Gentlemen thanks for your replies and for sharing your knowledge. All of it is valuable to me as I this is my first reloading season. At some point I hope to be able to relax on the exactness of this hobby, once I learn where the real dangers lie. I will post up Redding's official answer...

Case shortening is not the issue. Bullet seating is. Crimp dies are not "supposed" to seat the bullet - Redding's instructions say that the bullet must be seated to the proper depth before crimping. And it's not just .005" it goes up to .008" and that's with the lightest crimp. I tried some...

Wil sorry not the case here I know how to adjust and set dies. As soon as I get the slightest roll on the case mouth the bullet seats deeper. Let me ask you have you ever measured the OAL after seating the bullet and then after crimping? Could you please?