41 AE

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Found  a few of these laying around that were super tarnished like black from weather and I am not sure where I got them from. I have them in the wet tumbler to see how they do. I also found enough small primers to do these. Talk about desperate for something to load!! Craig

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Came out like new of course. For data you have to use 40 cal. Oh well we are having fun now!!!!   Craig

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Hodgdon has data for hp-38 so I am OK there and I have loaded these in the past but kind of gave up as I have 800 or 900 IMI Sampson rounds in my stock. I just couldn't throw these away as you may never see the brass again for 41 AE.  Craig

[Kenk]

Hey Craig, is this what your talking about

https://www.grafs.com/catalog/product/productId/83287

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Yeah those are them but remember with the 800+ I have in stock I really don't need any more for reloading!! I really need to shoot a bunch.!!!  Craig

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OK got the 5 loaded and what a chore. I broke the setting die stem on one set of dies but had another I have never used and it took a while to set the die. These are mag dies set up for 41AE and they do work but barely. 1 of the 5 got damaged a little and I am not sure it will chamber but it might. It will make for a fun range session.  Craig 

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Not sure if I ever told the story of these 800+ IMI Sampson rounds for 41AE but when handloads.com was still going a man called Setso had these rounds and he and I were making a deal for them when I had a bad motorcycle accident. I had forgot about the rounds untill about a year later my old boss said there were rounds in the break room that had been sent to me. Yep 41AE from Setso. A few weeks later he passed away. I shoot this gun every so often but rarely. So that's how I end up with a few empties. Like 10mm you just don't get a lot back.  Craig

[The_Shadow]

Craig I remember him...Robert Matsuhiro  He and I used to communicate on FB before he passed away!

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I think I knew that you new him but it was a while ago but I will never forget as we were talking about a few rounds in a box!! he didn't say it was a few boxes in a case!! I did pay him something for them but it was like 175.00 cheap even at that time. He was a good guy that went to the trouble of chasing down my work address and then just sent them. I miss handloads.com in general but this forum is great also!!! Craig

[The_Shadow]

Yep we had many friends over at Handloads.com...  In fact one of the fellow members "Guy", Guy Miner was into big game hunting in the western mountains.  Well he is a regular guest on Gavin Gear's The Ultimate Reloader where they make some great YouTube videos.
This video tells you a good bit of Guy's background and the latest handloads for 308Win.
https://youtu.be/5iQ7lHoETac

Also I see a few post from "Rigmarole"  David Johnson Sr. on FB as well...yes missing the old Handloads Forum and the great bunch of people we came to know!

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OK back from the gun show and it was not good. The primers were 175 and 200 so I passed on both of those. Some people did have them so they must be available to a certain extent. Oh well ain't but something to do.  Craig

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BTW I did buy some 10mm brass as I can reload those as I have large pistol primers but running low on bullets. Oh well.  Craig

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Range report!! I shot all the 41AE reloads and they all chambered and shot good. Then I switched to the Samson rounds in 41AE and boy are they hot!! I will look at the data for the reloads I did in HP38 powder. Possibly not loaded very hot or close to max but that's the way I like it. BTW no problems with feeding or cambering and 1 of my reloads was very suspect but chambered fine.  Good time even though I was only out for a few minutes. I am concerned about the bow hunters but have seen no one.  Craig

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The data was 4.1 starting and 4.6 max so I loaded 4.3. I will load at 4.6 next time if there is one. Craig

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Well I just bought 1500 small pistol primers for 199.00 plus shipping, pricey  but I got them coming. If I get them I will turn you all on to the place. Craig