Over the last year, I’ve had a lot of questions about the Hornady PTX expander system, and how to get it to work. I thought I would take this opportunity to talk briefly about the “magic PTX bracket linkage thingy” that many of you have asked about specifically. The official name of this item is […]
Well, 2012 is upon us! 2011 was a great year, but now it’s time to start thinking about the year to come. Traditionally, this would be the time to make plans and goals for the new year (we all know the follow-through rate on those plans 🙂 ). Even if many of the new-years goals […]
Recently, I solicited your ideas for and eBook that I’m working on related to 45 ACP reloading. I got a lot of great ideas, and appreciate your feedback! Now, I’d like to ask you all a pointed question: what are your favorite “pet loads” for 45 ACP? Why are these your favorite loads? What is […]
You know the feeling: You are reloading some ammunition, and things just aren’t going smooth. The less smooth things go, the more impatient and irritated you feel. This is certainly not the way I like to work in the shop, but it inevitably happens from time to time. For me, there are two ways that […]
Hello all- just a quick note to wish you all a very merry Christmas! I hope today is full of great experiences with your family and friends! (and perhaps some reloading 🙂 ). -Gavin
Here’s a quick summary of this week’s blog posts on NWGUN.com – including a complete bill of materials for Dale Miller’s AR-15 build (you asked, so here it is!). I also did a 50,000 mile review of my personal truck (2007 Dodge 2500 w/Cummins) – Check it out! AR-15 Build: Dale Miller’s Precision AR-15 Like […]
One of the things I really enjoy doing with my guy friends is having “open shop night” at Ultimate Reloader. It’s great to do some gunsmithing or other machining, and then crack a cold one with the guys, sit back, and just enjoy the machinery/conversation. Recently, I had the good fortune of inheriting a “dorm […]
It’s Christmas time- that wonderful time of year when we all look forward to exchanging gifts, being together, and hopefully playing in the snow. I did a quick write-up on Christmas gift lists over on NWGUN (What’s on your Christmas list?), but I thought of one more item that I think I will ask for […]
Here’s a quick recap of the blogging activity on NWGUN.com: What’s on your Christmas list? Dude Movie Review: The Best Christmas Gun Movie! Like Revolvers? You Should Get to Know Grant Cunningham 5 Ways to Help Keep Our Outdoor Shooting Areas Open Western Washington Shooters Lose Public Shooting Area Looking for a place to hunt […]
If you’re like me, as soon as you get a new rifle, you start to anticipate reloading for it. There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of seeing your groups shrink after careful planning and successive batches of reloads. For most of us, there’s a particular rifle cartridge that we tend to reload most frequently. Which […]
In this third installment of the Frankenlöder 9mm Dillon+Hornady+RCBS series, we’ll build on what we talked about in the first post and second post. We’ve seen what it takes to setup the Dillon XL-650 with Hornady 9mm dies, and also modified the drop tube from the RCBS Pistol Bullet Feed kit in order to get […]
Here’s a quick recap of this week’s posts over on NWGUN.com: Smith and Wesson 327 TRR8 – First Shots Kel-Tec PF-9 Range Report – Best Group Yet! 70 Years ago Today: Attack On Pearl Harbor Do you like AR-15s? Check out the complete AR-MPR series! Dude Movie Review: “The Edge” Anthony Hopkins / Alec Baldwin, […]
Hello all- I wanted to let you know about a project that I’m working on. My first eBook! That’s right- in conjunction with Northwest Gun Magazine, I’m putting together a 45 ACP reloading guide book. The idea is to distill for the reader/loader all of the essential information about reloading 45 ACP. This won’t be […]
70 years ago today, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This event changed the world forever! You can read my write-up on NWGUN.com here! Thanks to all of the Americans that served during WWII! -Gavin
In my previous post, I walked through the process of setting up the Dillon XL-650 to load 9mm Luger ammunition with Hornady pistol dies. In this post, we’ll cover adding a bullet feeder to this setup. What will be unique about this setup will be the fact that we’ll use most of the RCBS pistol […]
My brother-in-law Aaron was recently the victim of a drive-by yard dumping prank. A giant well-aged plastic yard Santa was dumped in his front yard. This occurrence transpired shortly before a trip to the woods shooting with friends. It didn’t take too much creative thought to decide that dear old Santa needed to come along […]
