Perishable Skills

Taking everything out of the safe for a few shots. It made for a nice gun cleaning day

Ruger SP101 9mm - First shots of Spring

swaging some 9mm brass to remove the crimp and to aid in easier priming

Here is a quick way that I separate out 380 from 9mm for range pickup brass.

It was a half way nice day, so I was out to do a little plinking and to sight in a vortex spitfire that I picked up from midway on an early Black Friday sale. I also picked up a MetalForm magazine for the 1911. I figured that I better keep my range day surprise to the end of the video. Was I surprised, well you can be the judge!

Trying out 115gn, 124gn, and 147gn bullets with CFE Pistol and Tite Group

Reviewing the newest gun safety bill

Setting up Lee 9mm Dies on the Hornady Lock and Load Progressive press

How does a person afford to purchase reloading supplies in 2022?

Comparing weight and sizes of CCI Small Pistol Primers, Federal Small Pistol Primers, and Unis Ginex Small Pistol Primers

Trying out Unis Ginex Primers on a RCBS single stage reloading press and mixed head stamp brass. Also bonus footage of the same load with CCI primers on a Hornady Lock and Load progressive press. Running Hodgdon CFE Pistol powder. 115 grain Xtreme Bullets.

Unboxing Small Pistol primers from midsouth. Also there is a quick cost breakdown of the components I have recently purchased.

This is my Vibra Prime primer tube filler. It's a shame the vibration failed after loading about a thousand primers. It was in storage with the batteries removed, but after 2-3 years it fails to fully function. Putting a fluke meter on it does show good voltage levels on the battery pack, the rest of the mechanism is sealed so it would be difficult to troubleshoot farther without invasive steps.

Tweaking the Hornady shell pate for better indexing.

Here is the process that I use to dial in a charge on a Hornady PTX powder measure

A simple tweak to the Hornady Lock and Load bullet feeder to keep the bullets where they belong and not in my lap.

This is my fix for falling brass on the Hornady Lock and Load case feeder

This is my simple modification for my Hornady Lock and Load Case feeder.

Enjoying a summer day plinking some steel with a Ruger SP101 9mm 2" revolver.

Tuning up the Hornady lock and load press for 9mm