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AZ, USA
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Posted: 3/25/2021 2:23:21 PM EDT
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Picked up 8#s of h110 for a normal price. I dont shoot much magnum pistol stuff but I was down to 1 lb and figured I might as well pick up some up. Now the only thing I'm trying to get is srp's. I have 5-10k of literally all the other types of primers but right b4 all the craziness happened, I made around 4k 556 and now I just have 1 box left
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TN, USA
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Posted: 3/25/2021 2:42:57 PM EDT
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Ordered 5k BR4 primers. The primer fort has been rebuilt and should last through at least EOY.
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Posted: 3/25/2021 3:24:30 PM EDT
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After 10+ years of faithful service, my Frankford Arsenal Quick-N-EZ case tumbler is dying.
 I took it out of service last night and employed my Dillon tumbler, which historically I have not liked as well. Cleaned and polished 250 pieces of .45ACP brass. Also improved my powder coating process using the Eastwood Ford Light Blue PC. Coated a couple hundred 9mm bullets with great success. I plan to coat some more tonight. |
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Posted: 3/25/2021 3:58:30 PM EDT
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Bought 10 boxes of TSX bullets.
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USA
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Posted: 3/25/2021 4:51:07 PM EDT
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Grabbed a Lee Classic Loader in 45 LC, figured why not, I'll get dies some day.
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Posted: 3/25/2021 4:59:44 PM EDT
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Purchased a bag of new 9mm brass casings (Winchester) at Palmetto State Amory and was quite frankly amazed that they even had this item given they have ceased selling reloading items in their retail stores.
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Posted: 3/25/2021 5:03:33 PM EDT
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Bought two pounds of Titewad, $23.74 per lb.
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Posted: 3/25/2021 8:27:06 PM EDT
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did another batch of .223 in the FART.
I have 3 gallons of mixed once fired and non-once fired brass and was going to sort it. Hard to tell what's what. So decided I'll size it all, wet tumble it all, then sort it. This allows me to see if the primer pockets crimped = once fired or reamed = one of my reloads Noticed that .223 brass gets shorter after it's fired, weird. I was using case length as another clue to sort once vs non-once fired and shrinking doesn't help |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 5:58:08 PM EDT
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I've been buying powder, bullets, brass, primers, and die sets for a couple years now.
I never reloaded a single round. Today, I ordered a Dillon 550C. Did I fuck up? |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 6:45:09 PM EDT
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Went the range and emptied about 50rnds of 9mm and tested my 77gr OTM 262 clones against my 62gr FMJ loads for Cola Warrior. Either will work for the distances in APR.
Picked up at least 5x or more in brass compared to what I shot, maybe 10x even in 9mm brass. FARTed 15lbs of brass. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 7:40:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By seaskidoo: I've been buying powder, bullets, brass, primers, and die sets for a couple years now. I never reloaded a single round. Today, I ordered a Dillon 550C. Did I fuck up? Nope, cant fuck up with a 550. I recieved my FX120i scale today. Set it up and calibrated it. Holy cow, the size of this thing compared to my gempro 250. I cant wait to do a load work up. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 7:48:29 PM EDT
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I spent some time messing around with my 5.45x39 stuff. In the 5.45x39 Load Development thread we were discussing shell holders.
Seems that Hornady has a very specific shell holder for this round, their #56. But (hurray!!!) both Hornady and Dillon 9mm shell plates fit fine. And Lee’s #19 (9mm) shell holder fits too. My RCBS 9mm shell holder doesn’t (quite) fit, but given the number of alternatives, the near-Unobtainium quality of Hornady’s #56 shell holder, and NO progressive shell plate “for” 5.45, are neither one a big obstacle. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 8:27:38 PM EDT
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Loaded 60 more 9mm with 115 gr Brazos bullets. Not real happy with these bullets, but I’m almost done loading the last in my inventory.
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KY, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2021 12:13:39 AM EDT
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Traded some 38spl and 45 brass for speer 100gr 308 “plinker” projectiles and 30-30 brass.
Also scored a pound of H4895, 300 CCI 400’s and 100 BR4’s for $30 off a coworker who’s moving OCONUS. |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 3:50:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2021 1:02:07 PM EDT
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Turned some 9mm reloads into empty brass. Picked up all my brass, plus the two lanes next to me who didn’t want theirs
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UT, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2021 3:20:15 PM EDT
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Hoping to finish my casting for the winter this weekend in between prepping the garden. I'm just shy of #300lbs cast. 😊
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Posted: 3/27/2021 7:04:40 PM EDT
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I deprimed 319 .223/5.56mm cases. Yes, there's a story about the number, and it's this guy:
 Attached FileYeah, I ain't loading that one!  These were the rest of my range pick ups that had just been sitting, taking up space. They included about 150 crimped PMC cases. Which was a bummer. The primers in those PMC cases deform, but don't pop out with my Harvey Deprimer. (Maybe I should contact Harvey about this...) So I got out the old Lee Universal Decapping die, set up the Rock Chucker, and punched these uncooperative primers out. Much messier to the press than I like, so I cleaned the crap out/off of the press right afterward. Another issue with the Harvey Deprimer was a group of 5 IMG cases. They stick on the Harvey's pin because they have undersized flash holes. Or they did. I opened them up with my Lyman flash hole deburring tool, so now they are like all the rest. Too bad I didn't think to look out for this headstamp once the first one stuck... |
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Posted: 3/27/2021 8:33:38 PM EDT
[#19]
Trimming 45-70 brass
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Posted: 3/27/2021 10:33:02 PM EDT
[#20]
Same old same old, cranked out another 250 9mm’s. Running the tumbler now.
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Posted: 3/27/2021 11:39:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2021 1:00:10 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AssaultRifler]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GHPorter: I deprimed 319 .223/5.56mm cases. Yes, there's a story about the number, and it's this guy: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61464/Holey_Case_jpg-1882504.JPG Yeah, I ain't loading that one! I culled these two cases while sizing today, one of the left is once fired, not by me I don't shoot factory .223 (IMI) One on the right was reloaded multiple times headstamp LC (Lake City) Everyone be on the look out for the Ring of Death Wouldn't cause a kaboom but case separation with the top half stuck in the chamber  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 12:36:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AssaultRifler: I culled these two cases while sizing today, one of the left is once fired, not by me I don't shoot factory .223 (IMI) One on the right was reloaded multiple times headstamp LC (Lake City) Everyone be on the look out for the Ring of Death Wouldn't cause a kaboom but case separation with the top half stuck in the chamber https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/59119/bad1_jpg-1882968.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/59119/bad2_jpg-1882969.JPG And that's why I fondle each case before it gets past depriming. I wind up with a bunch of scrap brass sometimes, but I don't waste (as much) time on bad brass. |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 2:50:26 PM EDT
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Unreloaded some .223 in the Aug, 4th range trip no cleaning in between, worked flawlessly
Put 10 six rd mags from my G43 CCW piece Put 20 mags through my Glock 20, it was 10mm appreciation day!  Attached FileMost of these were LRN projectiles. Had a few failures to fire but they went bang on second and one took a 3rd try. I think the firing pin channel is gunked up, had that happen on the G21. But the best thing about today's range trip reloading related, I had the best brass score ever. 9mm and .223 everywhere!  Attached FileFor the first time ever I had leave some on the ground Ran out of time but not before I got a mega load.Note the brass, range doesn't really have dirt, more like sand, but the brass gets stomped into the sand and it's messy. When you pick up a case you get sand all over your fingers. So when I got home I washed it in a big tub with water and Dawn  Attached FileUsed water hose and put in another tub to sort of get rid of most of the sand and suds as much as possible. Then I used my Dillon media separator to spin dry it best I could. Then laid on a towel to air dry. Look at all that brass   Attached File |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 6:12:29 PM EDT
[#25]
Tested my lapua brass in my no name upper.
2 groups of .78" and .79". At least it is consistent. Brass is tumbling as we speak. |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 8:54:39 PM EDT
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Finished up the 2,000 run of 9mm’s. Tumbling now. I’ll probably start another 5,000 next week....
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Posted: 3/28/2021 9:36:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GHPorter]
[#27]
I did some research. Seems I wound up with 19 “NPA 5.56” cases, and I wanted to know what I had.
So far, I can’t tell if this is the not-so-good brass made for Olympic by Iraq, or maybe the Taiwan Police stuff. All I know at the moment is that these cases were in great shape when I collected them, and definitely once fired. Mysterious, but only mildly distracting. Up next: more wet tumbling. I have around 400 deprimed .223 cases that need to be de-filthed so I can move ahead with them. And as noted earlier, either process them further or cut my losses and add them to the scrap bin. Edit to correct typo: |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 11:06:07 PM EDT
[#28]
Set up my press for resizing 9mm cases and did a few. Need some long sessions to build up my stock of 9mm ready to prime.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 11:05:36 AM EDT
[#29]
It looks like my NPA cases were made in Iran, given the funky, “grainy” quality of the headstamps. So.... I have a few cases I’m not reloading. I may add one or two to my collection of bad examples (like A-MERC).
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Posted: 3/29/2021 11:30:21 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AWZ1287]
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Finally got in touch with Giraud and ordered a power case trimmer, was given an eta of July.
I also called dillon about my 45 dies/conversion kit, that I ordered last summer. He bumped my backorder status to priority 1. He wasn't sure why I haven't received them yet. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 5:37:20 PM EDT
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My Lee refurb project has come to an end with the delivery of the mount. Now to start loading some 44 and 357 mag.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 9:02:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AssaultRifler]
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USA
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Posted: 3/29/2021 11:33:05 PM EDT
[#33]
Ordered 500 69gr RMR .224, and a Redding premium expanding die for 45colt.
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:46:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:48:30 AM EDT
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Started resizing 9mm brass. Ran a load of dirty .40 S&W brass through the tumbler.
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Posted: 3/30/2021 10:01:06 AM EDT
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Finished a batch of 500 9mm 124 gr Xtreme plated.
Back to 5.56 62 gr Hornady. I will have to process more brass, this batch will be 2000.
I have some empty .38spl boxes, so I will set up a press to turn out some cowboy loads. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 10:46:38 AM EDT
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Yesterday’s plan for tumbling brass fell through; I was hurting too much to get the materials together to do the job.
However with all the work I’d done finding and depriming that brass, I wound up with several of my old cashew jars filled with dirt and grime from the range brass. So I figured I could do something about that; I washed the jars thoroughly. While I was at it, I noticed that I a bunch of those jars still had their original product labels. The labels aren’t a big deal, but they make it harder to see what’s in the jar at a glance. So I grabbed the first three jars with labels that I saw and removed the labels. I soak them in warm water for an hour or so to get the majority of the paper off, then I use a citrus oil goo-remover (De-SolveIt is what I have now) and a Scotchbrite pad to get the remnants off. A quick wash with Dawn to get the oily residue off, and I have clean, unlabeled jars. I have a number of jars “on deck” to get the labels off of when I can. I did get shipping information from Hornady on my replacement .223 sizing die. It should be here Wednesday. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 2:54:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/30/2021 3:10:08 PM EDT
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Started another tumbler full of dirty .40 brass and walnut going.
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Posted: 3/30/2021 8:22:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/30/2021 10:34:22 PM EDT
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I've been trying out my new Frankford Arsenal intellidropper the last 2 nights. I've measured powder for 400 rds of 9mm with it so far. I really like it so far. I was about to order a Chargemaster lite, but thought I'd give the FA a shot for $158.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/30/2021 10:53:01 PM EDT
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loaded 200 rounds of 9mm
20 rounds of grendel 123 sst resized 40 7mm/08 brass |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 11:27:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cardplayer]
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Loaded 250 180gr from Everglades to shoot 10mm
Bought some Varget(don't use it) for trade fodder to trade for some H1000 on a local gun board. Got messaged today by a fellow reloader that is 20 miles away and he recently got lucky with some H1000 and wanted to trade lb for lb for 6 lbs. Today was a good day, I'm not crying you're crying. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 11:31:44 PM EDT
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Separated my lgs from some barnes hunting bullets
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Posted: 3/31/2021 8:42:31 PM EDT
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Tumbled all my .30 carbine, back to .223
Have two types of .223 brass - once fired and non-once fired. Plan to weed out all the once fired and hawk it on EE when done sorting the two. For the non-once fired I already have about 2 large Tidy Cat buckets of brass that's been dry tumbled and sized. It was dry tumbled before I bought the large FART. Anyway, here's some once fired .223 fresh off the dehydrator, rain threatened so couldn't let it dry out in the sun this time:  Attached FileOther major accomplishment was dialing in the powder measure to toss 4.9 gr Red Dot my for 45ACP 230 gr LRN loads. Made about 60 rounds. They're pretty, using wet tumbled 45 brass. All the primers are seating perfectly, just below flush like they should be thanks to the clean primer pockets |
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Posted: 3/31/2021 9:57:09 PM EDT
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Finished tumbling all of my sorted .40 cases. Almost done resizing my clean 9mm cases. About time to sort through all the range pick up brass.
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Posted: 4/1/2021 11:08:29 AM EDT
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Received a cool mount for my super swage 600.
Going to post a full write up on it, as soon as I get it set up. |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 12:45:25 PM EDT
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I got all wound up in finding those jars and stripping labels off of them, and spent quite a bit of time on that. In the process, I decided to completely change my whole equipment/tool/brass storage set up.
I’m probably not the only one who’s stuff accumulated and “got put away” without a grand plan. (I hope it’s not just me. ). But that’s how stuff has happened, and now it’s a royal pain to get at a lot of stuff, particularly my dies and brass stash. So I’m basically taking everything off of my wire shelf units (the small one (14x24x30) with rifle brass stored on it, and the BIG one (18x48x60) with tools, dies and (a lot of) “stuff”), and I’m going to actually plan where stuff will go for practical accessibility. For the moment, the small shelf unit with handgun brass will stay that way. It has my smallish Craftsman toolbox on top of it, and its location is both out of the way and handy. But it’s not necessarily safe from being reworked at some point.My loading room is the smallest room in the house, about 10x11 (it has an angled wall with pretty much just the door), so it really, really needs to be organized for efficiency. Fortunately, my darling wife - who could have been a fantastic loadmaster if she hadn’t been in avionics (and then a nurse) - is going to help me figure this out. |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 12:57:14 PM EDT
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I started priming a bunch of 9mm cases that I recently resized.
I primed 200 9mm cases while on pointless zoom meetings. 800 more to go. Cracking open a full brick of 1000 SPP made me feel rich
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Posted: 4/1/2021 1:18:34 PM EDT
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I forgot to mention that Hornady got my .223 sizing die back to me yesterday. Those guys are great. The only down side was that they got it packed and ready to ship on Friday, so I had to wait for FedEx to pick it up on Monday, then truck it down to me. And here I am complaining about waiting on something that was totally free for me.
They only had to polish it - which did get rid of the scratches I could feel with a fingernail. It looks like they replaced the expander rod collet too. I hope to get the “organization” stuff I’m doing more out of the way so I can get back to sizing brass sometime soon. |
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