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I started loading in in my teens the 60's with a MEC single stage loader. I was shooting a lot of trap and it was the only way I could afford the volume. Years later when my sons were old enough we started shooting trap and skeet. Loading for the three of us and a neighbor who shot with us, a...

i wish the results i get with the laser trainer translated fully to live fire. if it did i wouldn't have to go through so much ammo at the range! it is a good tool but no substitute for live fire. i use my "basement range" 3-4 times a week for about 10-15 minutes. i "shoot" from different...

nice set up. i have a similar set up in my basement. i use a "pink rhino" laser cartridge that i use in conjunction with a free app called "laser hit". it has helped me with trigger press and general gun handling. also, it is fun.

Hi, I'm not sure if I've ever shared this with you. I like practicing with m y G-Sight laser cartridge. The last time I practiced, my laser cartridge was getting lots of non-detected hits so I decided to install new batteries and the new back cap with a striker pad. For my hour and a half...

The .25-20 Winchester The .25-20 Winchester, or WCF (Winchester center fire), was developed around 1895 for the Winchester Model 1892 lever action rifle. It was based on necking down the .32-20 Winchester. In the early 20th century, it was a popular small game and varmit round, developing...

The .40 Super The .40 Super is a powerful automatic pistol cartridge developed in 1996 and introduced to the market by Triton Cartridge. The cartridge was co-developed by Fernando Coelho and Tom Burczynski. It never attained mainstream success, Triton Cartridge folded, and supplies and support...

Just got the RONIN EMP 4”……….after 20 rounds, slide failed to lock open when the mag was empty. Afterwards, 1st round would load, but would have a failure to feed the 2nd round. Would also not eject the 1st spent round…it would stovepipe. This happened repeatedly for 115 rounds (CCI BLAZER 115gr...

The .45 Super The .45 Super is a powerful handgun cartridge that is externally/dimensionally identical to 45 ACP or 45 ACP +P. Developed in 1988 by Dean Grennell, a well-known writer in the firearms field. It has a thicker case wall and is loaded to higher pressures, which offers an average 300...

New gun owner here. Sorry if I am not using correct terminology. Has anyone experienced failure to feed with their new Springfield Ronin EMP in 4 inch barrel? I just received mine new last week. Went to my local shooting range with around 400 rounds. I was only able to shoot 100 rounds because...

The .38 Super Comp The .38 Super Comp is a rimless version of the 38 Super (or +P) with similar internal capacity to 38 Super. The 38 Super Comp was designed to enhance feeding reliability in high-capacity magazines of competition race guns chambered for the .38 Super. Effectively they are...

ok, so i am trying to dial in the adjustments on the Dillon. i tried to put together at least 4 cartridges here is what i have for OAL 1) 1.163..with a diameter just below the crimp line of 0.379 2) 1.155..with a diameter just below the crimp line of 0.379 3) 1.158..with a diameter just...

I take a different approach. I’ve only had 1 gun ever even come close to running low on ammo, was the 10mm that I just bought. I keep 1,500-4,000 rds per cartridge (12k-15k 22lr) on hand at all times and somewhere between 16-20 thousand primers. That’s the first thing I do when I buy a new gun...

The .338 Norma Magnum The .338 Norma Magnum was originally developed as a long-range sport shooting wildcat cartridge by the American sport shooter Jimmie Sloan with the help of Dave Kiff, owner of Pacific Tool and Gauge, who made the reamers and headspace gauges. Barrels were supplied by Rock...

.30 Luger/7.65×21mm Parabellum he 7.65×21mm Parabellum also known as .30 Luger and 7.65mm Luger is a pistol cartridge that was introduced in 1898 by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their new Pistol Parabellum. The primary developers of the pistol...

The .280 Remington The .280 Remington, also known as the 7mm-06 Remington and 7mm Express Remington, was introduced in 1957 for various Remington rifle models. Released 32 years after the .270 Winchester, the had unspectacular sales. Remington renamed the cartridge in late 1978 to 7mm-06...

The .25 ACP/Auto The .25 Auto/ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled centerfire pistol cartridge introduced by John Browning in 1905 alongside the Fabrique Nationale M1905 pistol. The cartridge is of semi-rimmed design meaning that the rim protrudes slightly beyond the...

In addition to the 6.5 and 6mm Creedmoor cartridges, now there's a new Creedmoor on the block, the .22 Creedmoor. It found favor among hunters and PRS competitors. Left to right: 22, 6mm & 6.5 Creedmoor's The 22 Creedmoor seems to be ideally suited as a high velocity varmint round —...

The .22 Newton Charles Newton was an American lawyer and firearm enthusiast known for his experiments with cartridge design. Not as widely known as P.O. Ackley, Newton created several high velocity cartridges and has been called by some as "The Father of High Velocity. Newton developed...

I bought a X-Bolt Max Long Range in .300 Win Mag last week and put a Nikon FX1000 4-16x on it. I bought some Federal Premium with 185g Berger Hunter Hybrids and Hornady Superformance with 180gr SSTs to test it out. I went to the range today to break it in and give it a go. About 40*F, 70%...

The .257 Roberts Ackley Improved The .250 Ackley Improved was developed by Parker Otto Ackley, P.O. Ackley, was an American gunsmith, barrel maker, author, columnist, and wildcat cartridge developer, that sparked considerable interest in improved cartridges. According to P.O. Ackley, the...