I’m excited to announce today that the preview of Northwest Gun Magazine is now available in PDF, and it’s free! This preview includes an introduction that gives you an idea of what Northwest Gun Magazine is all about, and also includes a complete DIY gunsmithing article as well. In addition to that, You’ll find a […]
It’s the new camera system at http://ultimatereloader.com and http://nwgun.com! I wanted to post this update on the recent upgrades in camera equipment that I blogged about here on Ultimate Reloader a few weeks back. I just posted a big write-up on the DIY project over on NWGUN.com that has resulted in a very cool camera […]
Anyone who’s reloading needs to think about brass prep. It’s kind of like prepping your car before a paint job- if you don’t take the time to do prep right, you will not get the desired result. The first step is getting your hands on some brass. You can buy new brass, buy once-fired brass, […]
We’ve all felt the delima. You’re standing in one of the isles at Harbor Freight tools (or substitute your own local low-cost import tool retailer) – and you are staring at a tool on the shelf. Should I buy this $19.99 digital caliper, or should I buy the Starrett one for $129.99? Hmmmm – how […]
Do you have specific ideas for blog posts, videos, or other content for Ultimate Reloader? I would love to hear from you, and will take your suggestions into account when planning content. Looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks! Gavin
I have recently gotten a good quantity of questions related to the Lee Loadmaster press, and it dawned on me that I haven’t blogged about the Loadmaster in a while. So I thought I would open up the floor to let you all talk about what you like and don’t like about the Lee Loadmaster, […]
Before Ultimate Reloader existed, I had just upgraded from my very first reloading press (A Lee Pro-1000 setup for 44 Magnum) to a new reloading press. The hours and hours I spent online shoveling through forum posts was painful, and I finally decided what press I would buy (Hornady Lock-N-Load AP). The decision wasn’t easy, […]
Hello everyone- Just wanted to send out a quick thank you to my YouTube subscribers and viewers for their support in building the Ultimate Reloader and Northwest Gun Magazine community! It’s been fun to bring you reloading and shooting sports videos, and this coming year is going to be a big one for sure! I […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve enjoyed interacting with all you on Facebook – it’s nice to have a casual forum to share and “like” things. I just wanted to drop a quick post to tell you all that Ultimate Reloader is now easier than ever to find on Facebook! No one likes typing in long URLs, and pasting long […]
In my last video, I covered priming and charging cases, see AR-308 – Precision Loading Pt. 3 – Priming and Charging Cases. Now we need to seat bullets, and also check/correct for concentricity of the bullet. If we have a consistent charge, a benchrest primer, consistent case neck thickness, and a properly/optimally seated bullet, we’re […]
In my last post, I walked through the process of using the Redding Case Neck Gage to sort our 7.62×51 (Military 308 Winchester) brass into buckets based on both thickness and uniformity. Below is a picture showing the distribution. The numbers I’m using here (0.016″ +/- .0005″ for example) reference the total variation in thickness, […]
