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New Lapua Brass for 2015: 300 BLK, 7mm-08, 8x57mm JS
Every year we anxiously await the new product announcement from Lapua. In 2014, Lapua brought out new bullets and new cartridge brass — .221 Fireball and .50 BMG. For 2015, Lapua once again brings out...
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Tips for Reclaiming .223 Rem Range Brass
Bryce Towsley has authored an informative article on Reclaiming .223 Rem Brass. Writing for Shooting Illustrated Online, Towsley confesses: “I’m a brass horder…. I end every shooting match on my hands...
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Get Your Lapua Brass Orders in NOW Before 2015 Price Increase
Powder Valley Inc. (PVI), a leading vendor of ammo and reloading components, warned us to be prepared for price hikes on Lapua-brand cartridge brass, bullets, and loaded ammunition: “Lapua has...
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Shoot BR Cases from Your PPC Action with Rebated Rims
Butch Lambert of ShadeTree Engineering provided this tip. Butch notes that many 6 PPC benchrest group shooters also enjoy shooting in score matches. But to be really competitive in the BR for score...
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Primer Pocket Gauge — Cool Tool Checks for Loose Pockets
Repeated firings at stout pressures can cause primer pockets to grow in diameter. This can create an unsafe condition if your primers are not seating properly. Are your primer pockets “good to go”, or...
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Squeeze Play — The Many Factors Involved in Neck Tension
In our Shooters’ Forum a reader asked: “How much neck tension should I use?” This prompted a Forum discussion in which other Forum members recommended a specific number based on their experience, such...
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How Hornady Ammunition Is Made — Step-by-Step Process
Get an inside look at the how ammunition is made with this step-by-step production guide from Hornady. The video begins by showing the stages in production of a lead-core jacketed bullet with exposed...
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Using the Giraud Power Trimmer — Smart Video from Erik Cortina
Forum member Erik Cortina recently launched his own YouTube Channel dedicated to precision reloading and accurizing. Erik’s videos demonstrate the proper use of specialized reloading tools and provide...
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For the Man Who Has Everything — Lapua 9mm Brass
Here’s something you don’t see every day — pistol-caliber Lapua brass. We shoot superior Lapua brass in our rifles, and now you can get the “good stuff” for your 9mm pistols too. It’s nice to know that...
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Lake City Ammuntion — Video Reveals Manufacturing Process
What’s the next best thing to a stockpile of gleaming, freshly-loaded ammo? How about a movie showing gleaming, freshly-loaded ammo being made — from start to finish? The five-minute video below shows...
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Sinclair Product Report: Thumler’s Tumbler with Stainless Media
We know that many of our readers are now tumbling their brass in liquid media rather than dry media such as corn-cob or walnut shells. When done with STM stainless tumbling media (small ss pins), this...
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Case Diagnostics — How to Spot Problems with Cartridge Brass
Ever wondered what caused a particular bulge or marking on a case? And more importantly, does the issue make the case unsafe for further use? Sierra Bullets Ballistic Technician Duane Siercks offers...
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Lapua Launches Lapua Club for Customers
Lapua, the Finnish maker of premium cartridge brass, bullets, and ammunition, has created a new Lapua Club for Lapua’s customers and product users. By signing up for the Lapua Club, you can get access...
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NEW High-Volume Cartridge Brass Drying Machine
Note, this is a limited-time offer with Free Solution (August 2015). So, what do you do with wet cartridge brass after ultrasonic cleaning or wet-tumbling with stainless media? Most of us just dump...
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Safety Tip: Inspect Brass to Minimize Case-Head Separation Risk
We are re-publishing this article at the request of Forum members who told us the information proved very valuable. If you haven’t read this Safety Tip before, take a moment to learn how you can...
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Tools and Techniques for Measuring Cartridge Brass
German Salazar has written a very thorough guide to measuring nearly all the critical dimensions of cartridge brass. In his Measuring the Case article, on his Rifleman’s Journal website, German...
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Tuesday Tumble — How to Make Lake City Brass Shine Again
“Once-fired, lot-number-traceable Lake City 7.62×51. This has been de-primed, pocket-swaged, small base body die’d, full-length sized, trimmed with a Gracey Trimmer, and tumbled. Now it’s shiny again....
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The 6mm BRDX — a Longer-Necked Dasher
At the recent IBS 600-Yard Nationals, the 6mm Dasher cartridge was the most popular chambering for both Light Guns and Heavy Guns. The Dasher, a 40° improved version of the 6mmBR Norma case, can...
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Neck Tension 101 — It Ain’t As Simple as You Think
If you want to load ultra-accurate ammo and shoot very small groups, you should read this article, which we are re-publishing by popular demand. Many novice handloaders believe that neck bushing Inside...
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Lapua Brass on Sale at Brownells
Here’s something you don’t see very often — Lapua cartridge brass on sale. As part of its Back-to-Black promotion, Brownells has deeply discounted its inventories of Lapua Brass. For most...
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