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Radio in a bucket is hilarious. Those racks just look too tempting to expect the big brown guys to leave them alone. Saw a bunch of them on the Alagnak. They were also usually right by the front door. When I lived in King Salmon, we had a bear tear the door off of a car to get the leftover pizza in the back seat. Drying rack is like a buffet.

Ah, I got a kick out of that! Too funny.

Cariboujack,

When I first loaded for my .454 I had the cylendar lock up a couple times. I called Dick Cassul to find out how to prevent this. All I had to do was seat the bullet to the canalure in one press and crimp it with the next.

I have no idea why it works, but it does. Maybe one of the Lee Factory Crimp Dies might me in order.

Redding Profile Crimp die. Even works on a 425 gr. .475 bullet.

Hornady makes a good profile crimp for the 480/475 too.



The round on the left has been through eight cylinders worth -40 shots- of abuse with 420 grain bullets. The Hornady set come with four dies. They won't let you seat and crimp in the same operation, an idea that is worthy of merit with heavy recoilers. I use the Lee FC die on my other heavy recoiling loads: 300s in 44 Mag and 45 Colt. I don't have issues with cylinder lock-up.

Except for personal protection however, I don't often carry handguns. A longgun is a better choice, if less convenient, when with a group of people.