08 October 2004, 02:55
DocRe: Another Undeniable Truth About Reloading/Shooting!
Well, then here's a good question:
Why is it that, on occasion, we can spend money on a gun getting a nice hand lapped custom barrel, blueprint the action, bed, float, lap, replace lugs, etc. etc., Spend lots and lots of time working up that load til we get that 'tack driver'...then go to the range, and the guy next to you is taking his brand new rifle out of the box, feeds the cheapest factory ammo through it he can find, and it groups under 1/2" too without ever breaking in the barrel?
Though, I've personally never had a factory gun do that with factory ammo, and I've spent tons of money trying different factory ammo.
08 October 2004, 14:02
KoryAnother Undeniable Truth About Reloading/Shooting:
As soon as you get comfirmation e-mail from MidwayUSA saying your order has shipped, you realize you forgot one other thing you must have.
I did that three times this week. I'm such a fool.
Kory
08 October 2004, 14:11
284LUVRIcan't decide if you guys have put a curse on my loading bench or released the one that was on it.Some of that stuff sounds awful familiar. LOL
08 October 2004, 02:45
308SakoI have found that primers dropped onto the floor actually pass thru it into another dimension.

06 October 2004, 04:08
RogerKTwo actually:
If you drop the resizing die, it will fall in such a way as to bend or break the decapping pin.
If you drop a ready case, it will fall on the neck and bend a neet dent into the thing.
06 October 2004, 05:42
FjoldThe first thing I did when I got my first set of Redding dies is order the 5 pack of replacement decapping pins thereby guaranteeing that I will never need one.
06 October 2004, 05:54
hivelosityIf you are showing some one how to reload and they drop a cartrage into the spent primer catcher, they will put the cartrage through the resizing die with out wiping the dirt off.
06 October 2004, 07:39
Paul HTrue, but if you put the foam padding on your concrete floor that machinists use to keep from wearing themselves out from standing all day long, you'll save your de-capping pins and cases. As I recall, a ~2'X4' pad will set you back about $20.