Post by sixshot on Mar 21, 2020 22:31:08 GMT -5
Over the last few days most of us have experienced something we never thought we would see in our life time, pretty much a world wide panic over one illness. This has brought on a lot of uncertainty & fear & people have started stocking up on food, water, fuel, TP & now guns & ammunition. A lot of the gun buyers from what we read are first time gun owners & some of them are first time reloaders.
Most here on Singleactions Forum are experienced gun owners & reloaders but some of our members are new or fairly new to the game & perhaps have just bought their very first reloading press, scale, powder measure, etc. Maybe even bought a set of dial calipers, a deburring tool, loading block or a bullet mold. For most of us this is all old news, we've been doing it for years, nothing new here, right?
For the new guy, buying his first gun at a time like this, maybe he bought a 9mm, 40 S&W, a 45 ACP or even an AR 223 & this is his first attempt at loading for his new home protection gun. Wow, this is a big step right, lots to learn to turn out some quality ammo that is sure to function. So we've looked at the reloading manuals & came up with a safe, dependable load in our new semi auto but it must function 100%, correct? Many of us use once fired brass or range brass to save on money which allows us to buy more powder, primers & bullets. So, how do we know our ammo is correct, will it cycle in our gun, does it fit!!!
Here's a very essential tool that every reloader must have if he's shooting a semi automatic handgun or rifle to insure that your ammo will fit your gun. These are case length gauges where you can drop a loaded, or unloaded round in & see if it fits flush, if it does you have just produced a quality round of ammo that should be reloaded to SAMMI specs & work just fine in your new semi auto. You will never, ever find a competition shooter that doesn't have one of these in his range bag, if he's a hard core shooter he has already gauged his ammo, trust me! OK, there is another way to do this if you don't want to order one from Midway, Midsouth, Dillon Precision, etc. You can take your gun apart & use your barrel as a headspace gauge, if the round "plunks" flush you're good to go, if it hangs up you had better use that round for practice or pull the bullet, your choice. Here's 4 different case length gauges I use when loading 9, 40, 45 & 223.
Dick
Most here on Singleactions Forum are experienced gun owners & reloaders but some of our members are new or fairly new to the game & perhaps have just bought their very first reloading press, scale, powder measure, etc. Maybe even bought a set of dial calipers, a deburring tool, loading block or a bullet mold. For most of us this is all old news, we've been doing it for years, nothing new here, right?
For the new guy, buying his first gun at a time like this, maybe he bought a 9mm, 40 S&W, a 45 ACP or even an AR 223 & this is his first attempt at loading for his new home protection gun. Wow, this is a big step right, lots to learn to turn out some quality ammo that is sure to function. So we've looked at the reloading manuals & came up with a safe, dependable load in our new semi auto but it must function 100%, correct? Many of us use once fired brass or range brass to save on money which allows us to buy more powder, primers & bullets. So, how do we know our ammo is correct, will it cycle in our gun, does it fit!!!
Here's a very essential tool that every reloader must have if he's shooting a semi automatic handgun or rifle to insure that your ammo will fit your gun. These are case length gauges where you can drop a loaded, or unloaded round in & see if it fits flush, if it does you have just produced a quality round of ammo that should be reloaded to SAMMI specs & work just fine in your new semi auto. You will never, ever find a competition shooter that doesn't have one of these in his range bag, if he's a hard core shooter he has already gauged his ammo, trust me! OK, there is another way to do this if you don't want to order one from Midway, Midsouth, Dillon Precision, etc. You can take your gun apart & use your barrel as a headspace gauge, if the round "plunks" flush you're good to go, if it hangs up you had better use that round for practice or pull the bullet, your choice. Here's 4 different case length gauges I use when loading 9, 40, 45 & 223.
Dick
