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If you go Glock you will be better off if you stick to 9mm. The 9mm series seem to be less problematic than the bigger Glocks. The have been instances of catastrophic failures of the larger caliber Glocks. Mostly with hand loads, but some with good quality factory ammunition. Whatever you get, stay away from loads with lead bullets. Stick with jacketed ammunition.

Have you had a chance to shoot it yet? I have an 1895 in .405 Winchester and it is a bruiser. I ended up having a gunsmith install a pachymr decelerator red rubber recoil pad on it. It mitigates the recoil a little, but the rifle does not slide around like it did with the metal butt plate. I also had a lyman type 38 fully adjustable receiver sight installed on it at the same time.

There is a lot of good general information available in the Speer Reloading manual. If you can, try to track down a copy of "Modern Handloading" by Major George Nonte. It was published in the 60's but has a wealth of information from general reloading to casting your own bullets to forming brass for obsolete cases from existing cartridges.

I've see engine cleaner recommended in some forums. Seafoam Deep Creep spray or GM Top Engine Cleaner come to mind. If you go to the Seafoam manufacturers page it lists gun cleaning as one of the uses for Seafoam. Seafoam does a dandy job on engine carbon, so I imagine it would work fine on powder residue.

I would be wary of using Brasso or any other chemical cleaner containing ammonia. Ammonia is great for removal of copper (think Sweets 7.62) and i would not want to keep something with ammonia in contact with my cases for any great length of time. For what it is worth I have found Lyman's Turbo media rejuvenator/polish effective and economical. Just a few hours in the tumbler with treated corn cob media and the cases have a nice burnished look.

Lots of reported KaBooms with Glock series in 40-45 caliber. Both reloaded and some with factory ammo. Go to www.thegunzone.com and you will find many documented examples. I don't think the 9mm ever goes, or if so it is very rare, but the bigger calibers have more than their share of KaBooms.

I use a belt and suspenders approach. I have the goldenrod, 1 lb packs of silica granules along with VCI chips spread out in my safe.

Crashbox, Are you also a fan of the .405 Winchester? Hornady #5 has some data on the 405 I also believe Hogdon has some online loads listed for the .405. When Winchester started producing some 1895 rifles a few years back i had to get myself teddy Roosevelt's "Big Medicine". i have since did some mino customization to the rifle by putting on a red rubber Pachmyr Decelerator recoil pad and a Lyman #38 peep sight.

The unsupported area in glock chambers is another reason to not reload brass fired in the glock. It is a good recipe for an incipient head separation

I am curious to find out how many of the members dabble in black powder. I am a longtime reloader, but am a novice when it comes to black powder. Before I started in black powder I purchased Mike Ventorino's book on Shooting the big bore buffalo guns. It is interesting reading and has a lot of useful information on correct techniques Mike learned the hard way through trial and error.

You can mix Ed's Red without the Acetone. The Acetone makes Ed's Red a faster acting cleaner and particularly useful for removal of plastic shotgun wad residue. Ed's Red is useful for carbon fouling and to some degree mild lead fouling, but isn't particularly useful for copper fouling.

Hello, I've been into guns and shooting for 35 years and have been into reloading for more than 23 years. I am a collector primarily interested in handguns, but have a number of rifles in my collection. I have a fond spot in my heart for the late 1800's Winchesters such as the 1885, 1886 and the 1895 rifles. I've shot and reloaded every handgun cartridge from 9mm Luger up to the 45 ACP, with magnum cartridges included. My latest kick has been black powder in metallic cartridges for the big buffalo guns (45-90). If i may make a suggestion, how about a forum on black powder.

Depending on the vintage of the revolver, the clip provides headspace. Up until about 15 or so years, Smith & Wesson machined their cylinders so that they were stepped to allow positive headspacing for 45 ACP. Newer Smiths don't have the stepped cylinders so you do not have headspacing if you don't use 45 ACP with moon clips. Without the moonclips, the gun may or may not go bang each time you pull the trigger.