Recent content by Alistair

One other thing you might want, now I think on it. If you're planning to do some load development, you'll want a way to take apart cartridges as well. If you do a ladder test and find an appropriate powder charge, only an imbecile will then shoot off the higher charge weights above your target...

Yup, one for each. You can get universal decapping dies if you want, but easier just to get one for each, set it up, and size and decap in one cycle. Equally, I think there are seating dies that do a range of cartridges based on bullet diameter (eg 30 cals, 375, etc) but I just bought one per...

I'm of the (admittedly not that informed) opinion that it's pretty unlikely, but perhaps not impossible. If he is going to do so, I'm also of the opinion that it'll be sooner rather than later, and will likely coincide with China having a go at Taiwan. What with Russia now effectively being a...

A Lee Classic Cast press is a good pick for your use case. Nice big window, plenty of space for longer cartridges, decent value. Not the most precise perhaps, but more than good enough. Other than that, you'll want a sizing / decapping die, a seating die, and a lee factory crimp die. Plus a...

Eh, it's an interesting position, but not one I necessarily agree with. Admittedly, Rolex, Omega, etc are very much 'entry level' luxury. Just the same as a Mercedes, a Rigby Big Game, an Apple product. They're mass manufactured, machine made pieces. You get very little choice on...

On paper, the 7x64 is probably the better designed cartridge. It's also more interesting, and has a better selection of bullets. Plus, rifles are pretty cheap second hand because it's niche. On the other hand, cases will be hard to find in the UK, factory ammo supply will be extremely patchy...

Huh, miracles do happen. We actually agree on something Brent. The posters you describe don't have anything useful to add to any conversation and don't debate in good faith. They bring down any conversation they're involved in, contribute nothing of value, and frankly I wouldn't be in the least...

I 100% agree. That doesn't however have anything to do with the government just arbitrarily taking on debt to gift every baby with a $1000 starter fund. Earn some money, invest some money, enjoy the rewards. Simple stuff really... and if the government needs to mandate some financial...

Social Security generally isn't invested at all. It's immediately paid out to cover current retiree payments. When a surplus does occur, which it hasn't since 2020, it's invested into US Treasury securities. That's an entirely different problem, because in theory social security contributions...

There is another economic consideration to the Trump accounts, which is either positive, or negative depending on your worldview. That $3bn a year is required to flow into US stock markets. Those are the only investment vehicles allowed; passive ETFs tracking US markets. Typical capital...

Plus of course per SpaceX's own S1 filing, Starlink, the rockets, all the space stuff... is irrelevant to the supposed valuation. 93% of their claimed future revenue streams are just from their AI business unit. Per their own Total Addressable Market summary. A TAM summary which...

I encourage you to read the S1. It's... enlightening to say the least. Pretty funny too honestly. If that's too much effort, which fair enough, this is an entertaining, if rather brutal summary. Thoroughly worth a watch: Easy enough to fact check everything he says as well, it's all in the...

It's certainly marketed and sold as a luxury watch. People believe it is one. So it is.

That checks out. Rolex does a great job of advertising their watches to the masses, so whenever someone finally accumulates a bit of wealth or a relatively well paying job and wants to impress their friends (and random strangers), it's the go to. It's why they're so popular with influencers...

Hmm. A couple of questions: - Perhaps an obvious one, but you say the rifle shoots factory just fine. Have you tried using some since you started the reloading stuff? Want to rule out a recently dinged crown or a lost land or something as a root cause. - What primers are you using? - Are you...