You mean this rod? It’s straight in the picture, but the measure I use on my pistol dies has an Armanov quick disconnect. The powder measure pivots freely and the rod is not always straight up and down.
Lube your cases! It’s worth the hassle. Get a shoe box and some Hornady One Shot case...
The thread lives!!!
Law Enforcement moved away from .40 S&W because of budgets. A secondary consideration was more smaller statured shooters. The terminal performance and capacity argument is simply justification for their actions. Departments had an opportunity to trade in old guns on new...
What rifle do you have? And what is the definition of accurate vs inaccurate?
I have never tried different ammo in my AR. I figure if it shoots within a couple of inches at 50-100 yards it is well within minute of red dot. Especially with my astigmatism.
When I croak all my guns go to my son. He likes guns. He can keep what he wants and whatever else he can do with as he pleases. My guess is a couple of texts to my friends and those will be gone.
It isn’t too bad on Dillon 550. You feel the primer not going in and can pull the case. Since I was left with a small pile of sized SPP brass I just pressed in the primers off the press and fed them through. I am assuming they will go bang.
.38, .45 & .308 still make sense to reload. Or if you are looking for any type of specific loads for match purposes. I have a couple of soft, reliable 130 PF 9mm loads. But bulk 9mm and .223 might as well buy it right now. Unless the components are already bought and paid for in which case...
This made me giggle. I get your point. But bad analogy. Hiring someone to mow your grass = buying 9mm by the case. Which by the way really isn’t any more expensive then current price of components. Buying a Dillon 550 is more like buying a nice self propelled lawnmower instead of pushing...
I haven’t spent enough time with my Baer to form a good opinion. But it is tight and very accurate. My Dad liked it better then my Wilson.
I would put Nighthawk at the top of the heap. Baer is the best overall value. Wilson is pretty much a high end production line at this point, but...