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Always good to have some tips on bullet casting for those longer casting sessions… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter since 1969.

Well, our cast bullets – we want no leading, superb accuracy, hardness, malleability, expansion and penetration….Is it possible to have it all, or are our cast bullets doomed to be a whole lot of trade offs at best… Let’s look at this issue… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a […]

Why not save time by mixing our wheel weights or range scrap alloys right in the casting pot and make bullets directly? We would be cutting out the middle man – and lead ingots would be the middle man. Let’s check out the reasons lead ingots are beneficial to us bullet casters… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting […]

The needs of metallic silhouette shooters require accurate stabilized bullets at long ranges. 50 yards offhand is long range for many of us who have been neglecting this important discipline. If we can shoot offhand well at 50 yards, then longer ranges are eminently possible. But lots of practice will get us there – and […]

Changing dies would seem to be an easily accomplished task for users of the RCBS Lube-A-Matic 2 Sizer Lubricator for our cast bullets. Turns out that the retaining nut often will not catch the threads or become cross threaded requiring repeated attempts before it finally is replaced. Perhaps others have found this quick and easy […]

For many of today’s shooters, the 50 yards and farther offhand disciplines have been neglected. And shooting proficiency is definitely perishable. So let’s get reacquainted by shooting our 44 Magnum or 45 Colt lever guns or carbines offhand at 50 yards. FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and […]

When Ruger was commemorating the 44 Magnum as well as their Blackhawk – the year 1955 comes to mind. Turns out the 44 Magnum didn’t get on the shelves until 1956, and Ruger brought out the 44 Magnum Blackhawk with the flat top before S&W got their M29 to market. But this video is about […]

Whether your interest is in rifles, shotguns or handguns for sport, recreation or hunting, you can find interesting and thought provoking content here in the 3 Circles Cookie Shack…it’s angles and information you might not find in any other video….Come on in – the welcome lamp is lit..!! FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in […]

Buying lumber from any of the big box stores like Home Depot or Lowe’s shouldn’t be a difficult situation. We check out availability on the store website and locate the exact aisle and bay where our desired product is located. However, there are glitches in the system. Here’s how we can turn those to our […]

We know about the Inline Fabrication Wall Mount Bar Plate. But what about reloaders who have little open wall space – Is there a means to mount and store reloading presses vertically?? I asked Dan, the owner of Inline Fabrication for possible solutions… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a […]

Handloaders have used the plastic powder funnels since reloading began. And there were never any perfect funnels as handloaders often loaded for different calibers and cases. No one funnel could do all. And so we now have interchangeable fitted insert funnels capable of versatility. Here’s the current offering from Hornady, and it’s a good one…$47 […]

The 375 Winchester is a 1978 souped up version of the old target shooting black powder 38-55 that goes back to 1884. We will be reloading the 375 Winchester and 375 H&H Magnum with cast bullets from Lee mold 378 – 250…. FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader […]

American shooters are very used to shooting old lots of surplus military ammo in their calibers like 303 British, 6.5 x 55 Swedish, 7.62X54R Russian, 7.62×39 Russian etc. So why not give Prvi Partizan 303 ammo a try in a pre-hunting scenario using the PPU 180 grain SP BT loads tuning up at the range..?? […]

Amazing that these shells, produced over a 20 year run, totally disappeared from the American shotgun terrain to virtual obscurity today. For those who might run into these interesting shells, here is this video…Grab some coffee, and let’s go..!! FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter since […]

So where can you find raw pure lead today? RotoMetals handles it, of course for cost. But turns out dentists used to have lead foil in their x-ray films years ago. Some dentists saved their x-ray lead. So this dentist named Bob retired and moved to Tennessee. Before he left, he was clearing his house […]

We’ve already done some work testing fired high brass 12 gauge hulls using the powder coated 1 1/4 oz Russian Paradox slug and 33-34 grains of Longshot powder = 1440fps. They shot into 2″ groups at 50 yards but loosened up the fillings in the back teeth doing so. Let’s retest for more data using […]

Be sure to catch the song lyrics at the end of this video…!! – – California days of heavy rain mean profitable indoor reloading sessions including but not limited to sizing and lubing cast bullets and tending to our press mounting systems. Let’s do it…. FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has […]

Used to be the word hack was not a positive thing, even derogatory. But now, a hack can be a cool thing in life. So here are some shooting hacks like Christmas any time of the year… FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter since 1969.

Let’s get more data on this…Factory shotgun slugs shoot with great power and accuracy. Do we have to use new 12 gauge hulls for best slug accuracy and performance? Or can we get that using fired slug hulls,,,? FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter since 1969.

In working with the new Lee 6000 Six Pack Progressive Press, it’s a solid progressive. However, some easy modifications really help as will be presented in this video. Let’s do a first try on reloading with cast bullets – the Matt’s Bullets 200 grain 45 cal H & G 68 bullet. We already know that […]

Surprise – There’s a bonus clip at the end of this video… There was a time when all resizing dies were steel. Then came the age and convenience of carbide full length handgun resizing dies. And we loved them…but found out there were some shortcomings… And now some reloaders are going full circle back to […]

Our early reloading benches and reloading areas were always a conglomeration of add-ons with random press mounting. But as we grew in our reloading practices and procedures, the hodge podge became unwiedly. With better organization learned, our latest reloading areas and benches can be much more efficient in space and motion. Let’s look at the […]

The new available Lee 6000 Six Pack Progressive Reloading Press has been out for over 6 months, and is Lee’s entry into the extended stations progressive. Let’s set this press up with the automatic case, primer and bullet feeding systems FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube in 2012.  He has been a Reloader and Shooter […]

This video outlines the required steps to assemble the Russian Paradox and Tail wads in a more organized fashion in one video instead of multiple. The assembling of these components is critical for best performance, and Nick Ross has created solutions to get us where we need to go. FortuneCookie45LCFortuneCookie45LC started posting videos on YouTube […]