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    Tracer Shotshells?

    I found a couple of shells in some reloads I inherited than are printed and headstamped "TRACER", they are copper heads (or what do you call the metal part in shotgun reloads?) and the shell part is...
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    Thanks again Fryboy, I think I will just seat to...

    Thanks again Fryboy, I think I will just seat to the cannelure and work things out from there. I am not one to max out a load just for the kick of it, I am interested in accuracy and my lever gun is...
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    Thanks Fryboy, but can you elaborate on the...

    Thanks Fryboy, but can you elaborate on the advice I was given that the bullet should be seated .010" deeper than where it contacts the rifling? Why is this in your opinion a bad idea? Or should I...
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    30/30 Bullet Seating

    I partially seated a Sierra 125g FN HP bullet in an empty case that I had already trimmed to 2.030" and chambered it to check chamber depth, I am .050" short of the cannelure and measure COL 2.488". ...
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    I couldn't agree more. I was going to pass on...

    I couldn't agree more. I was going to pass on purchasing a tumbler initially but then the guy at Dillon mentioned the inspection issue and that made sense to me. He was right!

    Nothing looks...
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    Sorry for taking so long to get back to my own...

    Sorry for taking so long to get back to my own post.

    Thanks Gary, and the rest of you as well.

    I have not done anything with them yet, but I will probably (after trying one unloaded primed...
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    Tumbled Brass With Live Primers OK?

    I accidentally tumbled approximately 100 rounds of 30-30 brass that had new primers seated. I use corn cob media and the Dillon blue polishing compound in my tumbler. Should I kill the primers with...
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    Pardon my ignorance but what is "BOSS"?

    Pardon my ignorance but what is "BOSS"?
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check        

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