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1. Don't crimp anything smaller than .375 H&H. If your bullets set back, your dies are screwed up.
2. If you load a large quantity of some caliber, buy an automatic case trimmer.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
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Only have the one type of powder you are currently using on your bench at a time.
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The best powder to use for rifle cartridges is the one that most nearly fills the case.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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Don't drink are have distractions around when reloading.
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1 powder on bench at a time. ^ This one ^
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Only have the powder jug you are loading on the bench.
Never stop buying supplie
Don't get in a hurry.
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Dont drink whiskey while reloading This! Stick to King Edward cigars, vodka tonics, and beer when reloading. Whiskey on the reloading bench is just dangerous.
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Get you some lee collet dies and save yourself alot of grief and no lube and straight ammo due to floating mandrel!
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" If you want an accurate load. Don't write it down. You'll shoot in the ones and spend your life trying to figure out what you did, but will never repeat it".
Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.
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The best powder to use for rifle cartridges is the one that most nearly fills the case. When I first started reloading for my 270 Win I used the Jack O'Connor load of 60 grains of H4831, and it will almost fill a case. Never having done that before, I consulted my neighbor, a long time reloader, and he said that I'd blow my rifle up if I did that. He used a mild load of 4064 in the 270, one that did not come close to filling up a case, and was unfamiliar with H4831. I gave it some thought, and figured O'Connor knew more about the 270 than my neighbor did, and I've used a case full of H4831 ever since.
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Only one can of powder on the bench at a time.
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When loading 38 Specials w/Bullseye in a loading block, double check powder drops 6 times... Never use shotgun powder in non shotguns ! Dont be a cheap f~ck !
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If a double load of powder fits , its the wrong powder !
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Use a small pick to check for stretching/incipient case head separation.
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Get a digital powder dispenser. Now that I think about it, that's probably been the best reloading decision I've made yet.
There's no fuqing way I'd consider going to back the manual powder dispenser. Just about to buy one on sale at MidwayUSA.
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The best powder to use for rifle cartridges is the one that most nearly fills the case. I would guess that any powder will "nearly fill the case".
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Originally Posted by Judman PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Learned by guess and by golly. Paid attention to the Lyman manual. Didn’t know anyone to get tips from. The inna net was still 30 years in the future for me. Lot of the tips posted here I learned along the way and they are mostly fundamental methodology for me.
I am..........disturbed.
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