mikegideon

  I have a Glock 23, so it's simply a barrel change. The ammo is expensive, so I want to make sure I have the reloading covered before I pop. I shoot very little 40.

  Just tell them they have a pretty gun and they'll leave you alone :)

  Settle down there, Taylor :). The Kimber guys will be along any minute. You're just gonna have to start seeing the humor in folks getting butt hurt 'cause you disrespected their chosen firearm.

  Yep. Good stuff.

  If you haven't had your mitts on a Protech yet, you will be really glad you did. The Godfather was an art piece.

Maybe they finally woke up. I may have to take them off my shit list.

  Now you done it! Pissing off the Hipoint guys is one thing. Those Kimber guys are downright mean  :rofl:

It's not hard to make cameras real durable these days. It's also not hard to make them pretty cheap.

  Well... let the contest begin :)

  NOPE. You always want to full length size for a semi auto. You can neck size a bolt gun. My AR stuff gets a few thousanths shoulder bump, as well as resize to spec. You don't want the brass fitting tight in the chamber.   10-4 on the FCD. I own one for every caliber I reload.

  I can't/won't keep my angle consistent enough. I need something guided. I can screw up an edge on my Sharpmaker. That's hard to do for a normal guy.

  http://www.amazon.com/Lee-Precision-Pacesetter-223-Dies/dp/B002SEZ5PG

  Get Lee dies. I have two sets of their 223 dies. They're great, unless you're gonna be loading high end stuff.

  The factory crimp die does great for two reasons. It stresses the brass less, AND has a carbide sizing ring to help resize the round after seating.    I have a couple of guns that will do long range. Haven't even developed loads for them yet. I have shot 600 yards with some stuff that I loaded on a Lee press with Lee dies. The ammo shot OK at that range. The ammo for the new guns will be done with Redding competition dies on the coax press. Just gotta find a range to stretch their legs after I get the loads developed.

  Mine is a 4 hole. For pistol, I size, decap and prime in the first hole, expand the mouth and drop powder in the second, seat the bullet in the third, and crimp in the fourth. I have a breachlock classic cast. That was my first press. Not near as fast as the turret. With rifle, I size and prime in a separate process. Then do the last 3 stages on the turret if I'm loading blaster stuff. The accurate stuff is single stage, and is a Lee free process.    Expensive presses have their place. I load most stuff on the turret, but my high accuracy stuff gets loaded with better gear. It ain't about bells and whistles. My chargemaster just throws more accurate charges than the autodisk. Same deal with the dies and press. Lots more precision.

  You know how thugs are. They stick together.

  I'm pretty sure Darren Wilson was a good cop. Don't blame him at all for giving it up. 

Nice toy!

  .357 mag was the reason I bought my first hearing protection :) Still one helluva caliber. It's why the 357 sig has my attention. I'll wind up popping for a real Glock barrel for my 23  before it's all said and done.

  There you go whippin out the big stuff. I'm fond of my 30S, which is the daintier version :)

  Crabby one too. He would probably be more bubbly if he had a nice Glock  :rofl:   Seriously (but only for a second), you will find that a lot of us on here are full of shit. Nobody means any harm.

  I never get butt hurt about calibers. I own all the common ones. Fact is, the terminal performance of today's bullets closes the gap quite a bit. Not sure dad will be much help. If we were limited to ball ammo, get the 45. First hand experience? You mean like Marshall and Sanow? That's what I call statistics gone wrong.

  Yep. I have a lot of their stuff. Never been disappointed.

  The RCBS will last longer than you will.

  Besides, there are a couple of things that the coax won't do because of the design, like run a collet style bullet puller. So, it's always a good idea to keep a standard O press around. I have a Lee Classic Cast for that duty. I'm keeping it too.