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I think I got lucky at the local gun show last weekend. Saw 6 packs of CCI 11's for $10 each. I bought 2 and left the others for...

I picked up a brick of CCI 400s today for 75.00 at a gun show. That's the best I've seen them post Covid !

IF the rivet is brass then you may only have a mar not a scratch. May want to duplicate the mar on a trial blue surface and apply some...

If it pulls caps off that fall into the innards it could stand a cap post and action shield.

I use the leg of my 6 inch caliper to run down the arbor well in the barrel and measure the depth at the perimeter then with the...

I'd like to not lock it either I have legitimate questions on the subject.

That's all well and good but you ain't the only one with gun training , revolver work experience and opinion on this forum.

Do you happen to know how well Triple 7 handles load compression !

Well It doesn't change what he has found to be experiential-Ly true about accuracy influence just that the original design parameters...

I have a couple of them but almost always use the LBT tester after casting the bullet.

Thank you, finally a definitive answer that original Colt design actually called for the arbor to be end fit ! Ok Uberti, you have your...

Another factor that may have contributed to the blow out is lead hardness. I've never had any trouble with 12-15 BHN lead balls but a...

Yeah, I've cut quite a few 11 degree cones in various revolvers. My Brownell's kit also came with the cutter and lap for an 8 degree...

I have that model of Ruger as well and they're strong. I remember Kuanhausen mentioning in one of his books that almost nothing ever...

Gun shows, Walmart and Sportsman's Warehouse. I did pick up 700 percussion caps about 2 years ago at a gun show for 12.00 $ a hundred...