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HANDLOADING BENCH<br />
(Continued from page 12)<br />
Ward's Kit was designed for people who,<br />
with a small investment, want to reload a<br />
few boxes of shotshells. But owners of production<br />
machines also like the kit. With<br />
your big tool set-up for your most used load,<br />
Ward's Kit is -handy for all other loads.<br />
Both paper and Sop reloads functioned perfectly<br />
and patterned well in my High Standard<br />
Trophy. Because it patterns well, the<br />
Trophy is a good test gun to compare reloads<br />
with factory ammo.<br />
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Webster's RW-l scale at $16.50 has long<br />
been the most practical number in their line.<br />
A new Webster RW-2 is identical except for<br />
a longer beam to weigh to 510 grains. It<br />
also takes the Webster Funnel Attachment<br />
to speed loading. Beam notches for rider<br />
weights are wide and deep, clearly marked<br />
for easy reading, in 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 grain<br />
graduations_<br />
Like all Webster scales it has<br />
self-aligning bearings, adjustable sensitivity,<br />
and a hydraulic damper.<br />
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Despite some opinions, good light rifles<br />
can give superb accuracy. My friend, Caddy<br />
McCall, gets near bench rest groups with a<br />
light Colt .243 right out of the box. His<br />
load is a 75 grain Sierra H.P. ahead of 48<br />
grains 4831 and CCI 200 primers. This is<br />
a real varmint huller. A 90 grain pill with<br />
46 grains 4831 is a dandy game load. His<br />
fast handling gun bags game that would get<br />
away from a<br />
heavy, sluggish piece. Try a<br />
slim, trim tube for a new thrill.<br />
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William S. Ripple", Dresden, Ohio, made<br />
132 grain Swag-O-Matic .357 bullets with<br />
Illinois Swag-O-Matic pure lead .308 wire<br />
cores, in Speer jackets. Maximum variation<br />
was .9 grain. He then formed cores in C·H<br />
.30 caliber dies, with Illinois .250 Swag-O.<br />
Matic 3% antimonial lead wire. Swaging the<br />
pre-formed cores in the .357 jackets gave<br />
harder press operation, and 1.2 grain maxi·<br />
mum variation.<br />
This indicates there is no uniformity advantage<br />
with alloy wire for handgun pills,<br />
even with pre-swaged cores. The Swag-O.<br />
Matic was designed to make uniform bullets<br />
with pure lead cut slugs. These deliver more<br />
shock than any alloy, of course.<br />
Mr. Ripple swaged some soft lead core<br />
pills for deep penetration, with jacketed and<br />
gas check bases. Then with the C-H Round<br />
Nose punch (the only design that works<br />
well) he put a jacket· over the nose and<br />
lifted the handle until he felt it swage on.<br />
His 50 yard groups were about 4" with 15<br />
grains 2400 and WoW primers, with a .357<br />
S & W Magnum.<br />
His regular half-jacketed<br />
pills averaged 3" groups with 17.5 grains<br />
2400 a very powerful, but not excessive, load<br />
with bullets weighing around 132 grains.<br />
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Hornady's 50 grain S·X (Super·Xplosive)<br />
pill is exactly that. Best load for the .222 is<br />
20.5 grains 4198 with CCI standard primers.<br />
This is 1.0 grain more than listed in Speer's<br />
manual as maximum, so work up to it. There<br />
was no indication of pressure in several<br />
rifles. But it may be too hot with some cases<br />
and rifles.<br />
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