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Nice, please post pics!

RickyG wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 pm Found 8lbs of imr4350 and 2lbs of h4895 today

Nice! Those are my favorite, versatile powders for rifle

Nice find! Looks to be in great shape. I “think” a S&W that early should have the ribbed hammer. Looks pristine for its age. Pulled the grips yet? Matching?

I’ve been necksizing my 30-40 using a custom set of dies from Lee. Figured it would pay for itself in brass life extension. Seems to spend on load, but I anneal and full size every 4-5 loads on average.

I am curious. Not like Curious George who is no longer curious since he ran away to San Franciso with another monkey but the regular kind of curious. What do you figure is the right amount of brass for your peace of mind? My kind of numbers or regular, sane, folks' numbers? I currently have ~600 pi...

$2.50 a round for factory loaded ammo is pretty steep. However, costs for reloading . 30-40 ammo has also significantly increased since the pre-Covid days 0f 2019. I am not an accountant, but my calculations indicate it now costs me $1.42 per round to reload .30-40 versus $.81 in 2019 when I acquir...

Score!!!

Hopefully they’ll start selling brass soon too. I feel I’m getting kind of low…

La Riviere Du Plain wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:16 pm Is this good ammo for these old guns?

Yes

Your call, but I’d want to drill holes through those dummy rounds. Nice to have real weighted dummy rounds, but need to easily know they’re inert.