Glad you came right. Duane at 480 BC is worth keeping on speed dial for future Lee requirements too.

I can not see why a non violent and also a purely paperwork crime should classify you as a non firearm owner - we have all done some crime in some deg...

SAPS doesn't like competition. If the numbers are to be believed Webb sold a tiny fraction of the illegal guns that SAPS nice Colonel Prinsloo di...

Found one.

Sheeple vote for this BS. It's astonishing how ignorant and gullible people in a first world country can be

Miles out of my lane here but it seems unlikely to me that absolutely no damage would have been done. If the pressures really were above 200k PSI that...

************************P14 ActionAs far as I can tell the proof cartridges weren't action specific and neither were the specs for duty ammunitio...

Glad that you are still with us!Cast the chamber to check whether it got damaged,  stretched or so. I'd be a bit iffy of that action now. Th...

Fortunately that turned out well. I'm sure there are actions that would not be quite so forgiving. Thanks for writing it up, serves to remind us ...

I've only ever used a hard wood dowel and never had an issue. Alloy, slug size and lubrication are key IMO. If you have to pound on it one or mor...

Generally, it should be the case, but not always. Bullet speed, bullet construction,target medium etc play a role.That's the point. It isn't...

Happy result. Ideally you want to start with a pure lead blank that is just a little over max possible bore dimension. It's also a good idea to l...

Nobody at our club shoots 7.62x39 and I'm starting to realize why ::) A good few at mine do and they use their own stubby round nose bullets cast...

The bullet profiles differ substantially which will make up a fair bit of your shortfall. Your jacketed example is longer and pointier. Suspect that i...