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Watch out for total metal jackets (TMJ's) I've had them to rupture in the pot and squirt molten lead randomly. Crushing with pliers doesn't help... Otherwise, cast away!

I'd guess the chancellor is less interested in 'protecting gun rights' than in protecting himself and CU from contempt of court charges.

If you want (financial) peace, prepare for war...

Real men can purchase feminine products without caring what anybody thinks.

Now we know what they're doing with all that .40 S&W!

Same here - no better way to give R's and D's a black eye at the same time!

Here’s my latest procedure for reloading the 7.62x38mm Nagant; using Lee dies, factory Priv Partisan/Hot Shot brass, and a cast 90g LRN sized to .311, Alox lubed. (This will blow the mind of reloading purists, as I've re-purposed every die in the kit, and broken all the "rules" in the process.) Deprime with a universal decapper die, or any large rifle die. Use your Nagant cylinder for initial sizing. Once you find a case that doesn’t fit, use that case to determine the tightest chamber – then lube that case, and press it in! Most of mine either fit, or pressed in with finger pressure. A few required a light rap on the bench top. Trim any cases which extend beyond the cylinder face. I finally came up with a workable trim gauge and shellholder for my Lee trimmer. A few filestrokes on a 9mm shellholder did the trick. Anneal cases. I use the oven method: chill a flat metal pan, stand cases upright, fill pan with 3/8 to 1/2 inch of cold water, then broil for 20 minutes or so. Allow cases to cool, adding more cold water if needed. Don’t quench the mouth of the case, this defeats the purpose – leave ‘em standing to slowly cool. Prime cases. Use powder thru expander die, as little as necessary to seat bullet. (I only split one out of 50, using too much expander die.) Charge case. Now it gets interesting. I used the sizer/decapper as a bullet seater/crimp die. How’s that for outside-the-box thinking? Remove decapper pin, screw die down onto a factory round, then another half-turn or so. There will be a gap of ¼ inch or so between shellplate and die. Then, with the round still in the die, reinstall the decapper pin upside down in contact with the nose of the bullet. (I went slightly deeper.) Now to the new reloads - more case lube (I forgot!) and seat/crimp bullet. Last, remove the bullet seater from the crimp die, and use the die to roll the case mouth in enough to clear the forcing cone. I did 50 rounds last night, three different loads. One split case, and a couple of bullets were loose in the case, until I readjusted sizer/decapper/seater/crimp die as above. Range/chrono upcoming. Stay tuned…

Since this originally aired, I've added .32 ACP and 9mm Luger, and picked up a Romanian Tokarev to eat the 7.62x25. This may be habit forming...

3D? That's a whole 'nuther dimension!

This kind of thing never happens to me! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...

90% NO!

From Faux News This little tidbit is disturbing.

Made it over the river and thru the yard sale... Didn't need anything that I could afford, but did buy a couple hundred bullets from David.

Well, got inspired yesterday evening. Took the Nagant, ProChrono, and 4 flavors of ammo to the range. Fired 14 rounds of each: Ammo______________Average______Std Dev Priv Partisan _________645_________11.53___ slow but consistent Russian surplus_______935_________24.03___ it ain't all that, no chips. 90LRN/Bullseye 3.2____923_________17.15___ purty good 90LRN/Unique 4.0_____992_________42.87___ inconsistent, read on. The Unique velocities ranged from 912 to 1079! These were 2nd loading, had to "urge" the cylinder into position, might explain the variation. The Bullseye is pretty consistent. I may increase that load a little bit, and soft cast some bullets to deal with the keyholing issue. Didn't notice any last night, but I was mainly trying not to hit the chronograph. Power Pistol has possibilities, too... Interestingly enough, the powder charges above are the same as I use for 9x18 Makarov, and yield similar velocities with a lighter bullet. On the trimming issue: I have a 7.62x39 trim gauge, I may use it as a model to fab one from a bolt. 1 mm shorter should be perfect. And I may dremel a 9mm shellholder to fit, it's real close...I can squeeze the Nagant brass in, but it leaves a mark...on my thumb, too.

At this point I was thinking, Cut 'em in half!

I usually tell them I'm 18 AND 21.

The big problem with case length is that it's already as long as the cylinder - any case stretching will bind up the action. Twice fired cases will need trimming. Also, crimps will cause splits in the thin brass, although I don't worry much about small splits above the bullet. Crimp is not really necessary anyway, since the bullet is seated so deep in the brass. Couple of other issues: The Lee shellholder doesn't work with the factory brass. A RCBS #1 is a better fit. The Lee trimmer shellholder is a misfit, too. Lee seater die doesn't seat the bullet deep enough without modification. I've loaded 150 rounds or so, but still a work in progress for me.

I referenced both of those linked articles; but developed my loads from H&R .32 mag data, backed up by this article from Bob Shell. I'm itching to try Joe's/Real Guns H110 load, but haven't had the time, or the nerve, yet. I started reloading on the dark side; 9x18 from 9mm Luger cases, and the Nagant. I did graduate to .38/.357 just to regain my sanity. P.S. I just bought a few boxes of the Russian surplus from Aim. I'm going to chron a couple cylinders of these to see if the Ruskie stuff really is all that.

In the Unique string, 5 of 10 rounds were over 1000 FPS. Compared to factory Priv Partisan 98 grain bullet at an anemic 650 FPS, my loads were pretty good. I'm not pushing the envelope any further until I resolve the aforementioned case crushing/case trimming issues.

Wow...since my comment above, I've gotten into reloading, and even attempted the Nagant. I have the Lee dies, a Lee .311 93 gr. bullet mold, and used it to load factory Hot Shot/Priv Partisan cases. The Lee dies seriously oversize, and often crush, the factory cases. I now leave sizing until the last step; yes, size the loaded round, then only just enough to allow insertion of the round into the cylinder. Case trimming is a problem. Once fired cases are too long and bind the cylinder. Lee doesn't make a 38mm trim gauge. My homemade version doesn't work very well. I have loaded a .311 90 grain LRN over 4.0 grains of Unique, averaged 980 FPS. Same bullet over 3.2 grains of Bullseye averaged 916 FPS, with some keyholing observed - possibly because of 1) bullets too hard 2) lighter load 3) bullet too small from sizing in the case. See reloading disclaimer above, YMMV!

Crossville Chronicle article about gun auction. "Cumberland County will be hosting the second annual Gun & Knife Show on August 5th - 7th at the Cumberland County Complex. A 6' foot vendor table is $50, but early sign up and multiple table specials are available. Show includes air conditioned indoor space with 400+ tables in two buildings. Outdoor space available for interested vendors. Show hours for public 9 - 5pm on Saturday and 9 - 4pm on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. Early bird showing will be on Friday, August 3rd from 6-8pm with $10 admission for adults and $1 for children. 1398 Livingston Road, Crossville, TN 38555. Any questions, contact Donnie Moody at 931-484-6431 or donnie.moody@hotmail.com." - quote from ### post. I'll be there if she will let me...

I must take exception to the above statement. I've followed the Chick-fil-a reporting for several days now, and have yet to identify the "bigot who infringes on others rights" in this story. I do celebrate and support Mr. Cathy's exercise of religious freedom, and free expression of same. I condemn the facists in government who seek to deny his business based on his personal beliefs. If that's bigotry - if you have specific evidence of bigotry in this case - or can show where TGO members celebrate and support such - then by all means, bring it up for discussion. Otherwise, check your mirror... BTW, Chick-fil-a's support around the country is overwhelming, to say the least.

But you'll save money! ...about like my wife saves money shopping...

Been thinking about this since your first post on the subject. Has a couple of ideas to try someday(!) when I find the time for such a project: 1. Would standing the bullets upright on a metal plate (cathode) at the bottom of the solution work? Seems that would leave an unplated base similar to FMJ. 2. Casting zinc bullets (requires a steel mold and hotter temps) - plating these should yield some dandy rifle bullets. 3. Any more ideas on tumbling, polishing, etc?

Dolomite, the bill is S 3414 - the amendment is SA 2575, per John Richardson