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That $6 per box for 9MM is about what I calculated for my reloads. I don't know where you are getting factory ammo anywhere near that cheap. Locally the cheapest 9MM runs from about $11 to $13 per box so I figure that is still a pretty good savings. For 45 ACP the percentage saved is even better. I ...

Greener, It is probably you, the press and the gun. :wink: Try playing around with the amount of crimp you are getting from your seating die. Some 45's are just tighter and since the 45 headspaces on the case mouth that is a critical dimension. Take your calipers and measure the case diameter at the...

Dillon makes excellent products and stands behind their stuff with good customer service. But don't over look the Hornady LNL. You can get one for a pretty good savings over the equivalent Dillon. It is a well made, reliable press with auto-indexing, fairly quick caliber changes, easy setup and adju...

The ones I have are actually made of aluminum but I have seen plastic ones as well. I load up ten of them in a magazine and I can dry fire ten times by just yanking the slide back between trigger pulls.

DWS

They make .22 dummy rounds. They usually come in packages of 10. Buy a package or three and load them into your magazines. Then when you are dry firing you can pull the trigger that many times before you have to reload.

DWS

I have had excellent service from Mid States Bullets. Their URL is https://www.bulletsdirect.com. Their prices are reasonable and shipping is included in the price. The loads I use for .45 ACP are a bit heavy for bullseye competition. With a 200 gr. LSWC I use 5.1 grains of Tite Group. I use that in...

When you say the rounds "won't chamber" do you really mean they will not fit in the chamber even if you insert them by hand? Or are you referring to them not feeding properly from the magazine when you release the slide? I guess I am assuming here that you are shooting a semi-auto 45 and not a revol...

When it comes to guns and shooting I don't understand the concept of a "non-essential". It just seems to be a question of degree of essentiality. Is that a word??

DWS

I guess the guys at your range might wonder about pink shooting gloves.

I have a pair of the Peltor Tac 6 ear protectors. They seem to work fine for me. I use them at our gun club's indoor range when there have been anywhere from just one other shooter to as many as 9 others. I also use them at our local IDPA matches. We don't allow magnum calibers on our indoor range s...

While I don't doubt the anti-gun crowd will resort to anything and everything to get their way, it sure looks as though the latest rash of price increases is legitimate. The cost of the raw metals used in ammunition manufacture has really been rising. You can verify that by checking the markets. Now...

I had a 597 back when they first came out. Mine had the original plastic magazines. If you get your hands on any of those be careful how you clean them. I used a spray cleaner which literally turned the magazine into crumbled pieces of plastic. When the first generation of metal magazines came out I...

Yep, all these latest price increases can put a serious crimp in somebody's shooting. But there are still some ways to cut costs to try and keep up with your shooting. I did the math a couple of weeks ago and it is costing me a little over $6 a box to reload .45 ACP with lead bullets. That is with p...

I got mine from the NRA store and it is a nice compact bag that will hold everything I need for two pistols for a nice shooting session. One of these days I'd like to get something a little larger than this one for when I want to spend a day at the range shooting a variety of stuff. But I've got so ...

Shooting more often is definitely a good thing. Congrats. Also a good excuse to buy more guns so you don't get bored shooting just one or two.

DWS