I contacted Hodgden recently and was told that they had not discontinued Trail Boss and that they planned to do a production run of it in 2024 at some point.
hopefully we will see it back on the shelves in the near future. Luckily I have some Clays and Universal currently. The powders I would...
since i'm currently working on new loads, IMHO having a good single stage press is important. I just did a variety of 300 blackout loads (4 different powders), some 44 mag loads with a new bullet (25 rounds), some 45-70 with 2 different powders and some 5.56 with three different loads of the...
I am hoping to get over there and peruse the tables for some deals. If I didn't have a bunch of 308 already I'd make you an offer but will stop by and say hello.
The 750 is a great press if you want a progressive (meaning it moves everything each time you pull the handle) and want to reload volumes of ammo (500-1k+ at a time).
IMHO I would look on here for a good lightly used single stage press or something like a Dillon 550, Lyman, Lee etc. until you...
Someone will correct me if i"m way off, but here's my take on brass prices:
9mm is the cheapest of all of the brass on the market these days. some people just recycle it as brass but I would guess the going rate is around $25-30/1k for brass 9mm.
7.62x51 LC brass is good, and if 80+...
The reloading market is pretty soft these days with inflation and the cost of components. The biggest thing I would recommend is to separate the 1050 from the auto drive and the bullet feeder. Make a package deal but also offer them up separately. I would think that someone just getting into a...
Anyone around the ATL or north GA area have any of the parts to make gas checks for casting bullets? I have been looking at few molds and have a few molds that use gas checks. I have some caliber gas checks already but was looking at buying one of the kits to make gas checks (around $80-100 per...
So i'm headed down the rabbit hole. Bought a Marlin Dark and want to develop a good cast load for it, and ideally a good subsonic load (mostly the subsonic). I've been shooting some Berry's 350gr plated bullets to play with for now, but picked up an older Lyman 457406, pretty sure it's around...
Any chance you can shoot 44 special brass, or move to a 300gr bullet?
I was looking into this a while ago for a 44 mag rifle I was thinking about threading and then shooting subsonic loads thru a can. I bought a bunch of 44 special brass, and a 300gr mold, but didn't get the rifle threaded...
I was having issues with the bolt not locking back on the last round on the 300BO rounds, even with some hotter loads (still subsonic). Finally figured out that it was a knock off BAD lever I had on the lower that was causing the issue.:doh: Back to the drawing board. I've got some 1680 and CFE...
some new 45-70 loads (couple of different weights of 3031, and a light load of N320 to test), some 300 blackout (220gr Berry's with H110 and 1680), and some 5.56 (RamShot TAC M193 loads). Time to hit the indoor range for function testing, then the outdoor range with my old chronograph for some...
Picked up the rifle this morning and took a few rounds to the range to play with. I loaded the Berry's 350gr plated bullets with 3031. Did 10 rounds with 40 grains, ten with 45 grains, and ten with 50 grains. Max load for the lever 45-70 was like 65 grain (compressed). I guess I shouldn't have...
Over the past few years I've been collecting stuff to get into casting. Lead (ingots as well as wheel weights and some sheets), a few molds, cast iron pot for smelting, outdoor burner, swaging stuff (Lyman 4500 and dies), powder coating powder, spare toaster oven, Cabine Lead Hardness tester...
almost impossible to identify powder by looks. Especially factory powder as they tend to use blends and their own powders that may not be available to the public.
Nice scale. :)
Hopefully picking up a new 1895 (Dark) this week. I've got a bunch of brass, a variety of powders and just ordered some Berry's 350gr plated bullets to break in and get used to shooting a 95 (my first 45-70 1895, have plenty of other lever guns but no 95/45-70's). So my question- reloading for...
looks like it's already OOS.
Hopefully those that needed some got it. If you didn't, I'd sign up for their email notification and jump on it when you get the email. I know some of the other calibers I have ordered recently have come back in stock as I guess someone noticed the amount sold in a...
They have had some of the harder to find brass come up for limited availability for ordering recently. I shoot some odd stuff, so it's been nice to see some calibers brass that's been hard to find recently. I bought some 45-70 a few weeks ago (now back listed as unavailable) and just bought some...