Score!!!

[Anger]

These dudes still have some HP38 in stock (widely considered a Win231 equivalent)...
HODGDON HP38 - 1 LB. [HODHP38-01] - $21.25 : WCArmory, WCArmory

 

[shortround]

Any one got advice on my tapper crimp question?

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It is pretty difficult to deform a bullet with a taper crimp. Eventually, you will get a feel for it and if the bullet does not set back in the cartridge case in a semi-auto magazine fed gun you are good to go.

 

[jrbfishn]

Do you know what shipping cost is from extreme

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Made another good find yesterday. Checking the little shop in downtown Round Rock I found a pound of IMR 4895. Seems to be a very historied old rifle powder. From what I see this stuff works great in almost any bottleneck case I throw it in : ) Now I just need case trimming stuff and a 223 die set with full sizing die and maybe a new powder measure (I hear mixed results on the lee auto disk with stick powders and haven't done a personal test yet since I don't have the double disk kit yet)....then I have to find some damn boolits for 223 ><

 

[Booyah]

Do you know what shipping cost is from extreme

I have only placed one order with them so far, for 500 9mm & 500 45acp bullets, but it was free shipping. Looking over their site and running through the order process again, free shipping seems to be the norm for them.

 

[jrbfishn]

Many thanks, fired my first 6 test loads, 9 each of 6 loads, in thirty years wed, suprisingly still have all ten fingers. 700 more ready to load.


from a non-recovering coffeeholic

 

[deemus]

Made another good find yesterday. Checking the little shop in downtown Round Rock I found a pound of IMR 4895. Seems to be a very historied old rifle powder. From what I see this stuff works great in almost any bottleneck case I throw it in : ) Now I just need case trimming stuff and a 223 die set with full sizing die and maybe a new powder measure (I hear mixed results on the lee auto disk with stick powders and haven't done a personal test yet since I don't have the double disk kit yet)....then I have to find some damn boolits for 223 ><

Its crazy how components have become not only rare, but expensive. I bought an 8 pound jug of 4895 about 4 years ago for $85 at a gun show. These days the gun shows are the most expensive outlet.

 

[Pro Street]

It is a good day when you find powder! Last weekend I bought 4 pounds of Titegroup!!!

 

[rushthezeppelin]

It is a good day when you find powder! Last weekend I bought 4 pounds of Titegroup!!!

Lucky, thats one of the powders I've been looking for.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Found 3 lbs of HP38 at Cabellas today. 21 bucks a lb was really really nice, good bit cheaper than I got its twin brother (w231) for. With 4.5 lbs of basically the same powder I'm now set for over 10k bullets with my 3.0gr 231/38 over Bayou 150gr SWC bunny fart loads. Thats probably enough to last me about 2+ years at the rate I'm shooting 9mm

Also picked up a Hornady digi scale with a calibration weight so I have two reference points (both seem to be calibrated exactly the same so I'm happy and now have something a bit quicker than my Lee Safety Scale).