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I'm in need of a scale. I was set on a $35 Hornady digital, but I read that they're a POS. I have a prehistoric Redding that doesn't work well. If I send it to Redding, will it be as reliable as a modern scale?

Bought stuff during Newtown and they treated me well.

He is resigning. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/us/politics/eric-holder-resigning-as-attorney-general.html?_r=0&referrer= I wonder why? New evidence of more illegal nonsense?

I won't, but were you guys at the split rock show? Someone was there who does coatings and I have no idea who it was

The Americans.

I found about 2,000 M42-C1 primers in my grandfathers stuff. Googling has led me to a bunch of various MSDS and Military stuff but hasn't helped much. I did find this thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/archive/index.php/t-178755.html What should I do with them? Load 45 ACP and 38 Special? Sell them? Chuck them? Keep in mind... I know very little about primers as I just got into loading.

Most WWII USGI small arms are being used in some fashion by somebody. The Israelis like our carbines, Greeks up until recently used Garands, the Philippines use our grease guns, etc.

A few questions about trimmers... I have an LE Wilson case trimmer as shown above. I have case holders for .30-06, 44 Mag, 30-30, 22-250, and 38spl. I need case holders for 223, 45, 30 carb, 458 winmag, and 308 in order of importantce. Shell holders are about $12 a piece on Midway. Is it worth buying $60 in case holders or should I buy a new trimmer? Also, where is a good place to buy powder and primers in store in the Poke-in-the-nose and North Jersey? I was told dunks wasn't bad on price for powder. I know they're scalpers otherwise.

That is a $72 brick...

You wouldn't know anything about shooting a G36, because you aren't a real operator. Because you suck, and we hate you.

I know nothing about Windows phones. They may be a wonderful piece of technology (or may not) but I would not want the Betamax of smart phones. It is extremely unlikely that third party support will ever be more than a small fraction of what is available to Apple and Android.

I randomly found a 3/16 drill bit, a 1/4-20 bolt and tap, and managed to pull it out using a snap on socket as a spacer. I'm happy. Edit: this is silly, but how do I want to lube my brass? Lube the whole exterior and inside the neck? I'm likely to get carbide expander balls if you need to lube inside the neck

When I said rip the shoulder, the case was stuck in the die and the rim was ripped off.

Okay, so I started to size/reprime and on my sixth case I managed to rip the shoulder off of a 223 case. What did I do wrong? The die was set about 1/16 from the top of the shell holder with the ram all the way when I started. I reset the die as per the instructions. Ram all the way, touch the shell holder, lower ram, turn die in one eighth of a turn and lock. Then I wiped off around the case neck, lubed the business end of the case to the shoulder, and sent it through the rock chucker. Sixth piece rips at the headstamp.

I've been doing some quick browsing and it seems like garden variety 224 FMJ 55gr stuff is rather expensive. In the ballpark of 25 cents a bullet or more. Am I missing something? I know things are up in price right now, but I can buy loaded 223 for about 33-35 per round. I really didn't want to get into casting and swaging yet..

Here is some of my more interesting equipment. Here is my home made capper, or whatever the proper term is for a primer-putter-inner. My grandfather made it and it is an impressive piece of machinery. I really wish he taught me how to reload before he died in 2008 but we were never really close unfortunately. If I got into guns while he was alive I imagine we would have a lot more in common. I think it is sized for small rifle primers. I do not know if large rifle primers or pistol primers will work. Here is my case trimmer. I may replace it. The insert in the center says LE WILSON and is for .30-06 and a few other pieces of brass. I need .223 and unless I find the rest of them I will just buy an RCBS one.

To whoever asked, my neighbor got his 11-87 for free or very close to free from the "cop" (or his family) who had it mounted under an AR15. The mounts looked atrocious and I doubt legality to the previous owner was a concern. If the 11-87 action length is close to an 870 action the whole thing had to be 28" or so to be legal federally. Anyway, I understand those that stash loaded defensive guns around. I just figured a slow action safe nullified the point of a loaded gun until my neighbor showed me that.

An old neighbor of mine who I was very close with strategically stashed loaded guns in his house. An 11-87 that was "modified by a cop to mount under his AR15" (which sat AR15less) stowed behind a nook in his fireplace, an SKS upstairs, etc. But I always laughed because my neighbor needed a magnifying glass and good light to slowwwwly open his gun vault. In it he had an S&W or two ready to roll with semi wadcutters. I poked fun at him because there was no point to having a loaded gun in a safe that takes 45 seconds to open. His philosophy was that if someone robbed him and coerced him into opening his safe he had something ready to defend himself with. How many of you heard this or practice this? I found it interesting. I still prefer a quick access pistol safe or something of the like but his reasoning didn't seem horrible. BTW, if you were wondering, his 11-87 had these horrific tabs welded to the top of it to mount to the AR. I didn't study it at the time but it wasn't some fantastic job and the modification probably predated all of the tacticool stuff so it probably bolted to the front pin or something. I don't remember barrel length but it was probably a hackjob that I hope was 18"+. Neighbor had gotten it for free or close to free and just used it for HD.

I've seen them at gunshows for I think $100. I was tempted to buy one for the sake of it but there is really no point. My dad has a 40 round pmag and that even feels obnoxious.

Dry media with walnut shells. My reloading setup is too far from a drain and I know I would make a mess. Does dry media need a vibrating setup or can a "cement mixer" type suffice? My setup is an ooolllddd solid core door that was trimmed to fit as a workbench and then framed again with pine.

So.. I think I have this sorted out. Somewhat. I organized most of my stuff. My plan tomorrow is to bolt down my RCBS Rock Chucker and size/deprime some 223. My 223 dies consist of one standard decapper/sizer and the "Gold Medal" RCBS 223 die. The black annodized looking one with the bullet hole (not annodized since it is steel obviously). I'm not quite sure how that one works so I have some reading. Sizing seems pretty simple. My next thing is I want to build a tumbler. I have a drill press I can sacrifice but I really want a horizontally spinning tumbling bucket so I can build one that looks like a cement mixer. Also, are case trimmer inserts interchangleable? Like the roundstock looking piece that the brass sits in? I have one made by a company whoose name I forget for .30-06 only.

An open letter to the gun community from HK’s marketing department: In a world of compromises, some people put the bullets in the magazine backwards…But it doesn’t matter, because our gun is on the cover of the Rainbow Six video games. Look how cool that SEAL coming out of the water looks… If you buy a $2,000 SOCOM, you will be that cool of an operator too. And chicks will dig you. At HK, we stuck a piston on an AR15, just like a bunch of other companies have done, dating back to about 1969. However ours is better, because we refuse to sell it to civilians. Because you suck, and we hate you. Our XM8 is the greatest rifle ever developed. It may melt, and it doesn’t fit any accessories known to man, but that is your fault. If you were a real operator, you would love it. Once again, look at Rainbow Six, that G36 sure is cool isn’t it? Yeah, you know you want one.And by the way, check out our new HK45. We decided that humans don’t need to release the magazine with their thumbs. If you were a really manly teutonic operator, you would be able to reach the controls. Plus we’ve fired 100,000,000 rounds through one with zero malfunctions, and that was while it was buried in a lake of molten lava, on the moon. If you don’t believe us, it is because you aren’t a real operator. By the way, our cheap, mass-produced, stamped sheet metal guns like the G3 and MP5 are the bestest things ever, and totally worth asinine scalpers prices, but note that cheap, mass-produced, stamped sheet metal guns from other countries are commie garbage. Not that it matters, because you’re civilians, so we won’t sell them to you anyway. Because you suck, and we hate you, but we know you’ll be back. We can beat you down like a trailer park wife, but you’ll come back, you always do. Buy our stuff. Sincerely HK Marketing DepartmentHK. Because you suck. And we hate you.

I go to Walmart. $20/100 shells and $10/100 birds.

I'm a huge fan of Toro stuff. We had a prehistoric two stroke that we got rid of after 20 something years that needed nothing other than mixed gas and a new pullstring. I'm on my third year or so of a new massive four stroke. I actually prefer two stroke because I'm too lazy to change oil.