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As long as it isn't flexing enough to make contact under recoil, you're good!

That's what they did with the Hellfire…approved/disapproved.

You are what you eat?

Best transfer me that XDS in exchange for $250 towards this project then. Just helpin' a brother out. <laughs>

Another AZ welcome dfc!

I'm not really a "Ford/Chevy/Dodge" cheerleader but this reminded me of a great story. I was driving with a friend who had his Dad's 3/4-ton Ford 4x4. We were headed back to his house when we saw an Urban Cowboy (all dudded up too) pushing a Chevy, that happened to have a bumper sticker that said "I'd rather PUSH a Chevy than drive a Ford." Honk-honk-honkhonkhonk!!! Vvrrooooommmm!!! Last I saw of the UC, he'd stopped pushing, took his hat off and thrown it on the ground, yelling up a storm.

Probably would land on one foot, while planting the other upon the side of your noggin. Just a guess…but I'm thinking with you Drew, we would hear a loud POP as your hips twisted sideways with legs hyperextended, face contorted in a scream to the sky... Which lasted until your testicles break your fall between your splayed legs and starting your lopsided roll, ending with a skid to a stop on your face. At least, that's how I would do it.

ATF-approved. Until they unapprove it and Waco your home/building/block.

I wasn't a fan of 16" .308 barrels…until I got my RRA EO.

Chest rigs rule! Wait…what type again?

From another forum... "Congratulations on starting to reload! Between trips to the range, reloading, and pouring over reloading manuals, your brain will soon be mush and good for little else." PapaJohn

This may make up for their failed XGI.

What is this of which thou speakest?!

Oh yeah!! Plastic cap rings in the snubnose revolvers! And the M16s with the card-in-the-spokes, slow-faster-slower-stop cyclic rate! Back then everyone made tennisball cannons, when tennisballs came in metal cans. Soak the ball in lighter fluid, THEN shoot it! You may be in a block against block war, but when some kid starts a desert lot on fire EVERYONE became a fireman and put it out. Or EVERYONE got a BELT whoopin' after the fire department left.

Dang Tom…you're supposed to spray that stuff in a well ventilated area. You won't be getting the same "satisfaction" painting your truck outside.

Aawww crap!! Forgot about the tax free sale!!

Does this kid look familiar? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E1JO6bADeQ

Awesome beyond awesomenity! We should get a fund together to broadcast these old toy gun commercials. We may have antigunners die on the spot from fear.

/\ /\ What SS said…on the Dillon website talks about seconds to convert from .30-06 to .22-250 or .243, just by switching the toolhead. Auto presses can allow you to make LOTS of fouled up cartridges before you catch what's wrong. It is one reason every press maker sells one of these: http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/23998/catid/3/Berry__039_s__Kinetic_Bullet_Puller Once I had to unload 92 rounds of 9x19mm, due to not catching a powder drop malfunction. Subtract that time from from how many you cranked out per hour, then add it to the time needed to fix the mistake and re-reload the ammo. One shop I worked in relied on QC shop to determine if initial parts were good or not. More than once I'd seen people crank out ten$ of thou$and$ of $$$$ in parts that were out of spec, because QC said "Go!" What happened in my situation (aside from not listening to people with more reloading experience): came up with a great Red Dot powder load on the single stage. Everyone (including reloading manuals) warned that large flake powders don't do well on auto presses when doing small powder charges, as the powder tends to get hung up on the small hole in the powder measure. After running 10 rounds or so very slowly on the auto press, it all looked great, powder dropping as should be. The issue was that in running the rounds through one at a time to make sure that the powder dropped, jostled the powder measure just enough MORE to get the stuck powder to drop. When running full-speed, the Red Dot would possibly drop all the way and possibly not. After getting a few flattened primers, took the rest of the rounds home and unloaded them, weighing each powder load. There was a variance of 2 grains in powder load weight from low load to high load. Auto presses have their place and are great. But the learning curve for reloading is long and steep and you will be far better served with either a single stage or a manual progressive. Lately I've been focusing 100% on consistency of powder load, charging each case manually. Just this one step increases the probability of long range shooting hits immensely! While going the bench rest shooter route to quality control may not be necessary, if you are looking to produce clover leaf groups out of your rifle, slow and steady wins the race.

Always have liked stripper clips…once I learned how to use them. Properly. They are a little different to use when loading mags up but they sure are LOTS faster!

A word on Dillon. A dude I know bought one at a yard sale, with the full disclosure that it didn't work because it needed a broken part replaced. He called Dillon to order the part, explained how it came into his possession, and what he needed. The Dillon rep asked for his address, which he gave. He was then told that Dillon no longer made that exact press nor offered support for that model any more, so they would be shipping him a new press. Despite many objections that he got a used press for $20, the rep said "That is our customer service policy, so you get a replacement press." Above and beyond right there!

Well Otto, I was messing around with a steel mag today and looking at what may work. It appears you can get a block in there no issue…didn't measure how big it needed to be for only 5 or 3 rounds to fit. The mag spring has a circular loop on the bottom, which is directed towards the center of the mag body/spring loops. If you cut it just right, the spring should ride on top of whatever spacer you put in the magazine. I'll see if I can drag a saw out and rig a full setup tomorrow.

Welcome from AZ geistacwm!

Another welcome from AZ!

I have a friend that has been reloading 60 or so years, who can crank out match-grade rifle ammo on a single-stage press almost as fast as people crank out "plinking" ammo on an auto press. Start single-stage. And YES you should be reloading!