Oh, on your crimp/no crimp question, I got a Lee crimper for my heavy 223 for s&g and it was a waste of time. My favored loads were ruined for accuracy, growing from half-inch to inch, when I attempted various crimps. Now I don't bother. Some guys swear by them, but I'm not one of them. I've heard that the crimp cleans up wider velocity spreads, but I did not see that either, or they were as tight as they were going to go.


I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.