Federal brass loaded fine, btw... bullet/case friction was obvious. They shot kind of crummy though. concentricity was undetectable (rolled on a flat surface, with cartridge sihoetted against a lamp). Now to do some of the 4x fired for a comparison, see how they fee. I hate using "feel" to...

yup, its the real world, as much as we all try to hope it aint..

Positively ID'd on the firing line skunkworks forum: Factory seconds. Pics are there. If I can figure it out, I'll post 'em here too, guess I have to get permission or something...

Wow, great article, thanks kindly!

Well, kinda crummy, maybe I'm too picky though. I couldn't get factory ammo to shoot better than about 5 inches. After 200 rounds of handloading I'm having a hard time breaking the 0.5" barrier. I've made lots of expensive and time consuming mistakes along the way, I figure this is just another...

I got some jacket peel on that bunch. Faint, but I hate the idea of any...

Anyone shooting these? I've been loading exclusively with these and noticed that my last batch had a lot of funkiness around the plastic tip, maybe 1/10 are like this: 1) tip is popped up slightly (maybe .002") 2) jacket/tip joint has voids: imagine a sierra varminter hp bullet tip (rarely unif...

Savage 12 low profile .204 Hornady brass Hornady 32 gr VMax Fed 205M and Rem 7.5 primer IMR 4064 and Hogdon Benchmark Not an expert here, but I've noticed the same thing with my Hornady brass. I loaded some 1x fired federal brass last night, and it surely required obvious effort on the press handle ...

...and I went ahead and bought a Wilson .204 holder. $8 for the holder, and another $8 to ship it slow UPS boat.

Perfect. Thanks very kindly, that's exactly the information that I'm looking for!

1.8275" for me, screwed up a mess of 'em before I realized that I messed up my home-fabricated Lee gauge/trimmer.

I don't have much of an accuracy round yet however, perhaps I ruined my life by doing that. Time will tell I guess as I work on the load....

Yup, I think its going that way. I'll look at Midway's page again and see if they show the same part number for 20 tactical and 204 Ruger.

'Anyone know which Wilson Case holder(s) is for .204? I know this seems like a "duh" question... but please follow me on this.... 1) I have a CH4D Trimmer. CH's case holder for .204 (designated "U") is for several rounds (.222 rem mag, .222, .223 .204, maybe something else). 2) I...