The Value of Range Brass
Heretofore, I’ve picked up 45 ACP empties at the indoor range I use in Scottsdale AZ. The ROs have even been so kind to sweep empties from others in my direction (after the other shooters have left)...
View ArticleMartindale Gauge
Martindale Gauge If you reload 45 ACP for automatics (but not necessarily for revolvers), you need one of these gauges from Bruce Martindale (kingsarcher2@yahoo.com). It’s basically a bored-out nut —...
View ArticleReloading Room
Reloading Table (Click to enlarge) The newest addition is that air conditioner in the upper-left corner. With daily temperatures already over 100 in late May, it’s what you may acknowledge as a...
View ArticleTolerance in Brass
This is the last of a five part series on tolerances in reloading. In previous sections we’ve looked at tolerances in the weighing of the miniscule amounts of propellant we use in handgun ammunition,...
View ArticleWorn-out Brass
Not a good sign. One pass, fourteen fail and 985 to go. Cleaned for an extra hour to reach a semblance of shiney, this old brass sat in someone’s to-be-reloaded pile for years slowly growing cruft. The...
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