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The cure for violence is common sense criminal controls. violence is a manifestation of an underlying problem (or problems). The cure for violence is to find the root cause. We already incarcerate more people per capita than most countries. While I'm all in favor of locking up violent criminals (or...

I believe that the big money lobbyist are the ones actually running the world.

made a slight correction there...

short answer: maybe.

longer answer: It depends; need more info:
calibre(s) ? answer might be different for 30-30 in a Win94, vs 458Win
bullets: lead/jacketed/coated?
powder(s) being used?

Thanks so much Steve. All the other elections were clear, it was the Judicial ones that were confusing - its clear now :-)

Can someone point us "newer-Americans" to some basic info on how the judicial elections work here in Texas? I note on my county's sample ballot a long list of various Supreme Court Justice elections as well as District court Judge elections. It is not clear to me which elections (some? all...

Water quenching really only works if there's a tiny bit of arsenic in the alloy (eg from clip-on wheelweights)

that's good to know, thanks.

Cool toy, Andy.

I'd be interested in any results you're willing to share. eg. for a particular 'lot' of cast bullets: water quenched vs air cooled?

will you be testing any commercial cast bullets as calibration samples?

https://hodgdon.com/hodgdon-acquisitions/

"Hodgdon Powder Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Ramshot and Accurate smokeless powder brands and the Blackhorn 209 muzzleloader brand from Western Powders. "

Marlin purchase announcement on Ruger website:

https://ruger.com/corporate/marlin.html

not sure what concerns me most,

# the fact that this is even happening in a 'democracy'

or

# the likelihood that there may be people in this country who don't see a problem with these draconian abuses of power

I haven't tried these yet, but I like the color:

https://backwatershooters.com/shop/

I assume you're referring to action pistol competitions such as USPSA, IDPA and/or Steel Challenge. The answer(s) may vary depending on the sport, the calibre, and possibly auto vs revolver. When I started competing in IPSC years ago your bullet options were: cast lead, cast lead, cast lead, or jack...

If you're after magnum loads, I have used Blue Dot with standard primers with no problems. Top I do as well. Be aware that Alliant no longer recommends Blue Dot in 357 magnum with 125gr bullets due to pressure concerns. Heavier bullets are fine (I generally only load 158gr in 357 magnum). reference...

My understanding was that 2400 needed magnum primers, having researched more I see in Alliant's data that is not the case.

I use 2400 without magnum primers without a problem.

oooohhhh......very nice :-)

the price is a bargain compared to what asking prices seem to be these days