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from the description of the guys house...I wouldn't be surprised he his selling to pay for a divorce.  My wife would have my head if the halls were lined with reloading components.

I guess I would be crazy to be 100% ok with archery season, but be against .223 for the same animal Bottom line is use what you can get a consistent kill zone shot in the ranges you are comfortable with.     These days everyone is convinced that the AR type rifle is something worth having and shoot them exclusively.  It is a great general purpose firearm  I am OK with this decision if that is all you can shoot.   But then again I prefer to take a deer rifle to go deer hunting.   Deer hunting these days is an expensive hobby....should be no excuse for not getting a clean shot with the tools available these days.

A 9mm SP-101 will run you $800-900 these days.   Honestly....If money the only factor preventing you from getting one...Why not just get one in .357?  I know it is not like your 9mm collection, but it doesn't make sense to spend 2X the money for something like this.

Another vote here for 4350....It is a very versatile powder that works well in .243.  I use Hodgdon rather than IMR   ...and 25-06 ...and 257 Roberts ...and 30-30   It is my rifle counterpart like Bullseye is for my handguns.

Your wife must have a LOT of shoes!!!

Treat handgun hunting as you would bow hunting.  Get a grapefruit or pie plate - the farthest distance that you can hit that plate on a first shot is the max you will want to try with a pistol.   Great thing about a red dot is that 0-100 yeards casts a nice point blank with a 3 or 4 moa dot.  cover the kill zone and you will hit somewhere in that area.   The key to success is practice, practice, practice.  Flinching will lose/injure a deer and ruin your day.  It helps greatly if you are a reloader and can afford to shoot the thing a lot. Again...the key is practice.

Oh well...if we are dreaming    A Ruger MP9 or XGI would help pay for my child's college.

I sold a couple of them for $175 about this time last year.  My how times have changed in short order.   ....Man that was an ugly rifle.

I can say that the difference in the accuracy between the MK series and Single Sixes is close enough in inherent accuracy that the real difference boils down to which you can shoot better.   For most folks that is the MK series.    Have a single six that can hang with my K-22 8 3/8" and target MK II. Some of them are real shooters.  FYI - that .223 vs .224 will not throw you off enough to tell at .22 pistol ranges....those soft .22lr bullets easily will obturate on both.    Great modification!  

LOL...beat me to it.

This is a great way to blow up a gun.  As mentioned above it is a VERY BAD IDEA to make it a habit of leaving powder in your dispenser.  2400 or Bullseye are not something you want to flip a coin on.

If you buy from the wife....It would be really sneat if you sent a letter/card letting her know that you are grateful and will make sure it gets used many more years.   I dunno.  It seams that someone getting some joy from those items would be special.

That is a pretty light load.  You shouldn't have any problems at all other than the Unique being dirty.  I wouldn't sweat it.  Like mentioned you will lose them before they fail.    

Go to GT Distributors at the state line on Rossville Blvd.  They had a couple yesterday right at $300 if I remember correctly.  Pay GA tax at 7% and pick it up on the TN side via their FFL partner.

13.5 grains of bullseye on 158 grainers for .357 is my standard.  It is well below max for every bullet in that weight range and doesn't beat me up. 

I love my dillon.  The only modification I have made that benefits the process is I strapped on a fiber optic type light at harbor freight that shines down into the cartridge after it has been charged.  Right before I place the bullet I look and confirm a drop.     Every time I load with it...feels like a kid at christmas.

Doesn't look any uglier than a traditional AR?!?

Not by me you won't.  Some people like to pay for the brand, but you, me and a lot of other folks are in the know.   I use a high quality molybdenum Disulfate axle grease.  Untold rounds, works like a charm.   Then again for some folks that piece of mind is what people like paying for...glad that there are people like that.      

for me the soft/hard line in the sand is 1500 fps

Often it is not what you eat, but where you eat that adds to the experience. A nice french dinner doesn't really taste as good if it is eaten out of tupperware and pixie cups off the trunk of your car.   Prince's also follows that rule.  While enjoying your meal...the potential hail of bullets from a pimp beating down a strung out midget/amputee/methhead makes that chicken a very rewarding meal. Kinda like parachuting in that the real possibility of death makes the experience much more exhilarating.      

You could probably build a safe with hardened POR15....unbelievable stuff!!!

I cast pretty soft 45 acp....they are range pickup fodder and can't be over 10-12 in hardness.   Can mirror caster above in that I have had no leading problems when I have sized them right and used a good beeswax/alox based lube.   Same with 38 special and 45/70

I echo the ability to download .223 or .222 Same bullets and more brass availability.  .22 Hornet isn't hard to reload for, but brass really doesn't last all that long by way of its shape/design.  I have found that 2400 powder is the best for this cartridge if you do go with it.   The only way that I would ever consider keeping one is if I ran across a 77/22 hornet Ruger rifle.  That is a really cool form factor for that caliber.  Possibly also one of the S&W revolvers that they chambered for it.  I see the caliber staying alive simply because there are people who love the .22 magnum who are reloaders who don't want to pay .22 magnum prices for something they can do themselves.   Otherwise I would just go with the more mainstream calibers.

Remember that bullet setback increases pressure also...You can have a perfectly sane load ,but it still blow up your gun because it slammed into the ramp to hard or too many times and pushed the bullet back a fraction.     That is why factory .40 rounds are also pre-treated upon loading with an adhesive - To help combat setback.  This is what was really blowing up the early glocks (Unsupported chamber + High pressure .40 + Bullet setback from putting the same bullet in the chamber again and again when loading your combat/SD piece)

If I was boss they would dump a 100# bag in a hopper like they have in the health food store and you could buy them by the pound.