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stimpylu32:
This thread will be for Tips and Tricks that you have found to make loading Easier or more Effective so please keep the posts to that subject .

All ideas welcome , post your T & T's

stimpylu32:
FL die too short to FL size the whole case .

One thing that i have found is when using some dies in some presses the FL die will not go down far enough to fully size the case , so i put the lock nut under the press top and this gives the die another 1/4" to 3/8" of down adjustment .

stimpy

stimpylu32:
Loading 38 spl and 357 mag with the same dies .

This one is from Coyotejoe

I got tired of readjusting dies when switching between .38 Special and .357 mag and considered buying another die set, but being both a cheapskate and a procrastinator I never got around to it. Then I flashed on a solution, probably an old idea but new to me. I took my digital caliper to the local True Value Hardware store and checked the thickness of a 7/8" flat washer. Eureka it miked .135" thickness, exactly the difference between .38 and .357 case length. I adjust the dies perfectly for .38s and when loading .357 I place the flat washer under the expander and seater dies and I have a perfect setup for .357. Eighty-five cents did seem pretty steep for one steel washer but a lot cheaper than a set of dies.

stimpylu32:
Cheap powder trickler

Take a bottleneck case with the spent primer still in the case , fill it about 3/4 full of the powder that you are using , then as you need to top of the load in the scale pan just tilt the case and roll it in your fingers to despence the needed amount of powder .

When your done just put the remaining powder back in the can that it came form till you load with it again .

longwinters:
Want to save time and sore wrists?  Buy the RCBS Trim-mate.  Best low dollar investment I ever made.

Long

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