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Old 02-12-2006 | 08:09 PM
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#40Fan
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Hey guys. Been a while since I have been able to do anything on the internet. Glad to see some responses.

Too bad that you had to knock Sterling Marlin. I guess that I have to be a fan of Stremie now.

I ended up getting a Lee Aniversary Kit. It really isn't that bad of a kit. Not as well built as the RCBS, but seems to do the job very well. I even bought a RCBS die set as well as the Lee to compare the two. Both do a great job. I kind of like the All In One bullet seater and crimper of the RCBS but the Factory Crimp Die of Lee's really kicks ass.

After getting the kit and decapping/resizing over 200 rounds and getting them cleaned up, I went looking for powder. There are a few places around town that sell powder. None sell ReLoader 22 or any Reloader powder. I was able to find some IMR4831. Bought a pound of that and started loading a few test rounds.

I began at 50 grains loading 10 cartridges and worked my way up by 2 grains to 56. Got a chance to go out and shoot and none showed any signs of excessive pressure. So I came home and loaded 10 more with 58 grains and took them out.

I was impressed with the results. They all shot great at a 100 yards. Still no signs of excessive pressure. The temp was in the 50s so I didn't want to go any further until I was able to test in higher temps, but I went ahead and loaded another 20 at 58 grains.

Another chance to shoot and I set up a target at200 yards and here is the best group of three shots that I got. Shooting off of sand bags. If I can get these results every time I will be very happy. The worst group that I got was about 2 inches.

When the weather warms up I plan to make sure that the 58 grains is still not to much and go up from there if I can.

One thing though, this is actually quite fun reloading. Not only saving bucks but gives me something to do. It wasn't that hard to learn how to set everything up either. Using a couple of cordless drills to speed up the primer pocket cleaning, case trimming and deburring really helps as well. Might have to pick up one of those units that holds all of those tools for you.

Thanks for the help guys.



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