American Handgunner July/August 1982

Ifyou've had your eye on progressive
loaders-but found them
out of your range-the Good OI'Boys
at RCBS have one you can set your
sights on. The new GreenMachine
progressive loader.
Now, you can tum out upwards
of 600 rounds per hour with the
Green Machine. And it's priced right
around $500. So it makes high volume
production of reliable, accurate
pistol ammunition available to a lot
more shooters.
The Green Machine comes all
set to load·.38 special ammo. But
you can convert it to .357 Magnum
in minutes.
Head down to your RCBS
dealer today. See the Green
Machin@ in action. And
check out its new tubeless
primer feed, carbide size die
and window bullet seater.
Once you do. we're sure
you'll discover there's a whole
new shootin' match in
handloading.
SPEAK
our
Proper bullet seat will
aid- accuracy
As to Mike Venturino and his story.
"Learning Loads." in the July-August
issue of The American Handgunner
last year. his experience with .44 and
.38 Specials in magnum guns and
relative Inaccuracy from their use: I
believe the phenomenon is related to
overall cartridge length and resultant
. bullet jump when using .44 Special
cases in .44 Magnum cylinders;
same for 357 Magnum and .38
Special loads.
If he would try seating the bullet to
the same overall length. that would
increase the accuracy of the shorter
hulls.
Since with ALOX lube and low
velocites only one lube ring is usually
necessary to prevent leading. he
won't even get greasy!
Thanks for the best type magazine
on the market.
Paul C Charbonneau. D.D.S.
Laurel. Miss.
"I shoot better with one
hand than two"
I read with interest Mr. Ayoob's
column in the March issue. and
enjoyed it very much. with one
exception.
I am the proud owner of a brand
new Government Model. in .45
caliber. and am enjoying it more than
I anticipated. It is the first firearm I
have ever owned. and the first pistol
I've ever fired. It's great. As you
imply in your column. there is a
savage joy available in going i~to a
range where other folks are firing
small- to medium-caliber weapons
and busting their eardrums with
something on the order of a magnum
or a .45.
I had been warned by a friend. an
owner of a .357 magnum. that the
.45 would kick. Well. the only
explanation I can think of is that.
when my friend last shot a .45. he
was twenty years younger and about
forty pounds lighter; I don't find the
recoil bad. at all.
In fact. John Browning's best is
such a pussycat. that I found one
thing exceptionable in your column:
the use of two hands. I've tried both
grips. and have come to the
conclusion that. had God intended
for man to shoot two-handed. He
wouldn't have invented pistols. I
shoot much better with one hand.
than with two.
This conclusion. by the way. can't
be influenced much by my size.
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Produces up to
-~--- 600 rounds/hour.
priced around $500. The Green Machine opens
up a whole new shootln' match to a whole lot
more shooters.
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AMERICAN HANDGUNNER . JULY / AUGUST 1982