Reloading practice is the bulk of the time I spend with my A300, particularly reloading from the shotgun cards, but also from loose shells in a dump pouch. I still get out and shoot it every now and then, but it's definitely cycled more dummy rounds than actual ammunition by an order of magnitude.
Mmm mmmm that A300 is awesome and it's newer sibling the 1301 is also awesome.
Some have better luck with the simplicity of the Lee auto-disc measures but with the auto-drum measure and super fine powder you can either try polishing the heck out of the drum & the pocket it goes in, see if a different drum happens to fit better, or simply add an o-ring under the drum to keep powder out of the gears. A 7/8" OD x .103" o-ring works, you can 'borrow' one from a Lee lock ring if you have spares of those around.
Pretty much. It's crazy that this sub-$800 gun can cycle pretty much everything from super gay turbofudd trap loads to 3" turkey magnums, hot as fuck slugs and 12-pellet 00 buck and the only thing you notice is the varying recoil.
I've never used a progressive press. How limited is one in selecting/upgrading the powder measure on those?
I know exactly what you mean. As I have the same action on my Ruger Gunsite Scout I can tell you that this is an excellent upgrade if you want a fantastic trigger pull on it.
My son likes the DeSantis Nemesis.
I use the dillon measures on my Dillon presses. on my turret press i have a RCBS uniflow with the case activated upgrade.
If their AR triggers are as good as their M77's I'll look into it, and to answer the question of a pocket holster I too will endorse DeSantis, I have one for my E series CSX and the tacky exterior one works like a champ.
most powder measures can be adjusted for different powders. I've never seen one that couldn't do most pistol and rifle powders. you might have to change or adjust part of it when changing from small grained powder to larger grained powder. I will say that the dillon measure is good, but it's a rube goldberg mess. I'm probably selling my dillon stuff off anyway, I prefer my turreted press. i feel like i have a better control over the process by just doing one thing at a time vs 4 things at once with the dillon. it's not much slower at all. I can still do a hundred or two an hour once i'm in the rhythm.