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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby Siringo » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:43 am

Purple K -- the 275 grain bullets for the 460 S&W are .451 diameter. S&W just pickup the name to be different in regards to the marketing arena.
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby Baxter » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:52 pm

Well since I don't reload, I contacted Honaday. They said lead-free will be out next year, so much for bear season.
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby MudBug » Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:47 pm

Baxter wrote:Well since I don't reload, I contacted Honaday. They said lead-free will be out next year, so much for bear season.



Quiter! :mrgreen:


What you should of said is "So much for not being a reloader" :lol:


I found out a many years ago when I bought my 270 WSM that if you buy any new caliber and don't plan on reloading you are setting yourself up for frustration.
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby Mike » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:39 pm

I honestly believe that owning firearms and NOT reloading is not a good idea. If nothing else, it gives you another perspective as to whats going on and helps to understand the firearms better.

Besides that, its really a great pastime and helps me forget the bad things of the day.

to get into it, you looking at 200-300 dollars, but its money well spent.
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby Baxter » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:04 am

I found a deal on a kit to start reloading. It is a turret press, hopefully I can work up some nice 556, 40 and thumper rounds. I will be looking here and reading manuals in the meantime.
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby wildcatter » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:47 pm

Baxter wrote:I found a deal on a kit to start reloading. It is a turret press, hopefully I can work up some nice 556, 40 and thumper rounds. I will be looking here and reading manuals in the meantime.


Hey Baxter,

What Turret Press Company? The reason I ask is this..

Now, I very much like the Turret Press concept and own a Redding, don't get me wrong, I still can't live without a Rockchucker for R&D work. One of my guys was resizing the 458-325gr-Hornady to 452 and managed to bend the Ram, guess he learned, that we use the Bullet Proof Rockchucker, for such.

I was thinking that it was a RCBS Turret Press and dropped a dime to them and quick as a bunny they Provided a new Ram, NO CHARGE. To My surprise, the thing would not fit the press, the new Ram being allot bigger in diameter. Then I discovered that the press was really a Redding and not the RCBS, I thought it was. I tried to give back the RCBS Ram back to them, but they were more enthused with the notion that my shop had a failure with a competitor's, that RCBS charged nothing for and Redding charged me something like $20 bucks, with shipping.

Will Redding work? Yes, but don't stress it as we did on those 325's. Will RCBS work? I believe it will, even resizing the 325's.

Good thing the Redding was a Gift, myself I learned many long Moons ago that, sparring a dime, usually will cost you much more in the long run..t
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Re: Lead free rounds.

Postby MOUNTIN DU » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:14 pm

8-) Rockchucker... keep it clean & lubed; it'll do anything and last a lifetime doin' it! ;)
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